A special thanks to Mrs. Briseño for this incredible recipe! Sweet, nutty and has a beautiful, moist crumb. This recipe makes a single layer, 8” cake. Perfect to share….or not. Almond Coffee Cake For the cake: 1 egg ½ cup buttermilk ½ cup melted butter (regular, salted) 1 teaspoon vanilla ½ teaspoon almond extract ¾ … Continue reading
Fellow blogger and Bay Area local, Andrea Giang (a/k/a Cooking With A Wallflower), posted these Everything Spice Soft Pretzel Bites the other day and ever since, I’ve been obsessed with trying them out. Her recipe, which you can find here, uses refrigerator biscuit dough, which makes this recipe a snap. I’m using my own biscuit dough … Continue reading
Homemade croissants made with fresh puff pastry is the finest thing you can bake. The down-side is the dough takes about 3 days to make. However, once the dough is made, it keeps in the freezer for a very long time. So if you know you want fresh croissants on Easter Sunday morning, you can … Continue reading
Made with local honey and butter, this white sandwich bread is delicious! It makes awesome sandwiches, toast, breadcrumbs and croutons. This has quickly become a favorite among family members and customers! This bread will keep in the cabinet for up to 5 days (here in California). I keep it in the cabinet for about 3 … Continue reading
I have to give a huge food bloggers shout out to our friends Rana and Phoenix for gifting us their very last jar of fresh honey. What a great flavor. You can actually taste the wild flowers and even a slight note of lavender. Sadly, their hive died off during a recent move, but I’m hopeful … Continue reading
In the last shipment of smoked salmon we received from our brother, there was an extra special treat – an awesome sourdough starter – or as Anthony calls it – barm! Of course, the box reeked like booze when we opened it due to the formation of liquor on the barm. Okay, we’re in! Anthony … Continue reading
If this doesn’t qualify as the junk food trifecta, I’m really not sure what will. But I promise it’s awesome! I first saw this on a Travel Channel Show. Those shows make me so hungry. On pizza travel day it was especially bad. I wasted no time pulling some pizza dough out of fridge for … Continue reading
I think the title says it all, but I’m happy to belabor it by saying “ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?” Seriously?!? A waffle, filled with everything delicious that I love, topped with my favorite ice cream? It’s not even my birthday! In any case, I hope you enjoy this super-fast, delicious, “I-just-had-to-have-hot-dessert-topped –with-ice cream” dessert “waffle”. … Continue reading
For those of you who don’t know yet, our brother, Anthony, makes the most amazing smoked salmon on the planet. Last week I received a huge delivery of this delicacy. After everyone had their fill of samples (is there such a thing?), I thought maybe I could create a waffle which mirrored our favorite smoked … Continue reading
If you liked the post quesapita or pitadilla, you are going to love this one! I had some leftover pita dough (recipe follows) and thought maybe I could prepare it in the same fashion as one of my latin favorites, pupusa. It worked! Check it out! Pita Dough 3 cups flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 … Continue reading
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