Honey Oatmeal is a versatile bread with a lovely texture and tender crumb. Honey Oatmeal Bread    1 cup instant oats                                1/3 cup honey 2 cups hot water                                  2 tsp. salt 1 package dry yeast                            1 Tbs. butter or oil 1/4 warm water                                   5 ½ cups of flour, approx. Extra oatmeal for coating                   1 egg (optional)   Put the oats in a large bowl.  Bring 2 cups water

Preheating the popcorn in a large stock pot makes mixing in the caramel MUCH easier.

1 scant cup of flour (a cup minus 2 tablespoons ¼ teaspoon of salt 1 stick of unsalted butter chilled and chopped ¼ cup of ice cold water.   In a medium mixing bowl whisk together the flour and salt. Add the chilled butter and use a pastry cutter to cut the butter into the flour. In a warm kitchen you might refrigerate the bowl for 20 minutes before getting started. Add the ice cold water and mix quickly with a dough whisk or sturdy wooden spoon.   Once it comes together in a

Classic Scones are easy to make and vastly superior to the dried out coffeehouse variety!

Chocolate Babka. Photo by Craftsy.com Most people only know about babka because of the episode on Seinfeld in which Jerry and Elaine miss...

Sometime after the airing of our first season of Breaking Bread, a woman named Anna Druelinger sent me several recipes, including one for multigrain bread that she developed back in 1976, and very kindly anticipated that I might make use of it by adding at the bottom of the page: “You have my approval to use these recipes as you desire.” I have adapted her original version somewhat, and scaled it down to produce two loaves instead of four. These are mini-loaves, about 10 oun

This yummy coffeecake can be made with any basic roll dough, but I'm including the recipe that works especially well. The batch of dough will make two coffeecakes, so consider making cinnamon rolls with the remainder and popping them in the freezer for later, or make something share with a friend. Ingredients - Basic Coffee Cake Dough 2 packages active dry yeast ¼ cup warm (110° F) water 1 cup milk (skim, 2%, or whole milk all OK) ¼ cup of butter ¼ cup sugar 1½ teaspoons salt

Ingredients 1 15-oz. can of crushed tomatoes, undrained ¼ cup tomato paste (about half a six ounce can) ¼ cup red wine 2 small cloves of...