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A collection of the latest recipes I have found.

Bagels

Bagels

I have been interested in making bagels with my sourdough. The recipes seem similar to pretzels but a good bagel is chewier and probably has more developed...

Pecan Date Shortbread Cookies

Pecan Date Shortbread Cookies

Sugar is good in all forms. Seems like brown sugar is better than white sugar and maybe unrefined sugar is also better. We have the Joanne Chang from Flour...

Barley Oat Biscuits

Barley Oat Biscuits

I like this youtube video on food52 for Barley Oat Biscuits. I like the idea of a salty and sweet easy to make cracker. You can keep some in the uncooked ...

Sourdough Buttermilk Biscuits

Sourdough Buttermilk Biscuits

Trying out this recipes for buttermilk biscuits. The recipe looks like a good way to use the sourdough discard. Milk can be substituted for the buttermilk....

Sourdough Starter

Sourdough Starter

I have been reading the Sourdough book by Sarah Owens. She describes creating a sourdough by creating a mother with water, sugar, honey, and raisins for abo...

Cheese Souffle

Cheese Souffle

Making a basic souffle is not as difficult as it seems. They are not as fussy as everyone says and makes a really creamy and meal. We have a souffle cookbo...

Pound Cake

Pound Cake

I liked watching Sohla’s video on food 52 for making vanilla pound cakes. I started by making just the vanilla and hope to try swirling chocolate and perhap...

Raspberry Crumb bars

Raspberry Crumb bars

I really like the raspberry crumb bars at the Flour bakery. The recipe is not too difficult in the first Flour cookbook. It is nice to make the dough a few...

Spiced Peans

Spiced Peans

Spiced pecans are a family tradition around the holidays. I like the heavy flavors from the bitters, bourbon, and hot spices. The nuts last for a while. I...