Category: Quick Breads
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Buttermilk Biscuits
A video tutorial is located at the bottom of this recipe. Biscuits are SO easy to make, it blows my mind why people by those disgusting cans of biscuit dough in the refrigerated section of the grocery store, or attempt to use Bisquick, which is filled with salt, hydrogenated fats, and preservatives. It generally takes…
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Whole Grain Low Fat Banana Bread
My parents raised me on a whole grain diet with NO processed sugars. I’m talking course whole wheat and cornmeal, brown rice, with honey as the only permitted sweetener. Needless to say, many of my mom’s dessert recipes, particularly cakes and quick breads, suffered as a result. The texture was never comparable to recipes made…
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Pumpkin Apple Gingerbread
I made this recipe for a demonstration at Le Cordon Bleu’s campus in Scottsdale. An instructional video is at the bottom of this recipe. This is a loaf-style gingerbread, with enormous depth of flavor thanks to molasses and coffee in the mix, lightened and brightened with bits of apple, earthy with pumpkin, and spicy with…
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Cranberry Pumpkin Muffins
I’m famous for cooking with pumpkin, and I use it all year, not just during the holidays. This is a recipe that always brings them running. The sweet spiciness of the pumpkin bread is countered by the tartness of the cranberries. While canned pumpkin is available year-round, fresh cranberries are not. So I buy about…