This Braided Cheese-Onion Bread has been a favorite recipe in our family for years! The chewy texture of the bread, combined with ribbons of melted cheese and onions all baked into one beautiful loaf is the perfect companion for almost any main dish. This recipe was first posted several years ago, and has been updated… Read More
Bread & Rolls
Homemade Hot Cross Buns
Homemade Hot Cross Buns originated in England, and are a traditional treat enjoyed at Easter time. I love the hot cross buns sold at a local Salt Lake bakery, Mrs. Backers, and have been on a mission to recreate this classic sweet roll in my kitchen! tradition, tradition The tradition of hot cross buns dates… Read More
Favorite Sour Cream Banana Bread
I’ve been a fan of banana bread since I was a young girl. Give me a glass of milk and a thick slice of banana bread and I’m one happy girl! To achieve a super moist banana bread, I believe it must include one or more key ingredients: buttermilk, yogurt or sour cream. Our Favorite… Read More
Green Chile and Cheese Cornbread
Take cornbread to a whole new level with this Green Chile and Cheese Cornbread recipe. This recipe will make you crave cornbread as a side dish every time you whip up a batch of chili or soup. The creamed corn, green chilies and cheese combine perfectly to make the most moist and flavorful cornbread ever!… Read More
ABK Soft Herb Breadsticks
Soft Herb Breadsticks are the perfect side to almost any dish…soup, salad, pasta. If you love Olive Garden Breadsticks you’re going to love this recipe! It’s spring in Utah, and that means one thing. Expect the weather to change every few hours. Or minutes. Today, it’s feeling like a stay inside and make soup kind… Read More
My Mother in Law’s Rolls (Doreen’s Rolls)
My mother in law taught me how to make rolls when I was first married over 33 years ago. This recipe, My Mother in Law’s Rolls (Doreen’s Rolls), has been in my husbands family for years and is one of our kids’ favorite! It is one of my favorite recipes because it calls for dried… Read More
Big Fluffy Pan Dinner Rolls
Remember those rolls they used to make in the cafeteria at lunch? Yes, once upon a time cafeterias in schools were used for cooking, not just heating up. The rolls were always served with the special Thanksgiving lunch, my favorite school lunch of the year! I loved those big fluffy white rolls… If you don’t… Read More
Cheese and Garlic Twisted Breadsticks
I’ve been making Cheese and Garlic Twisted Breadsticks for years. They take less than an hour start to finish and paired with a salad or soup make a meal complete! They are simple enough to make with your kids this summer, they’ll love to cut the dough into strips, sprinkle with cheese and then twist. I… Read More
Great Harvest Honey Whole Wheat Bread (copycat)
I’m trying to figure out where the past 12 months went. A year ago, this was our life… February 2013. The coldest February in the history of the world to move. Not kidding when I say the snow stayed on the lawn until April. It was that kind of winter. Hooray for 2014. Yesterday, it… Read More
Maddox Ranch Rolls
If you have lived in the Beehive State for any length of time, you’ve been to the Maddox in Perry, Utah. My favorite meal at Maddox is fried chicken, Maddox Ranch Rolls with honey, and a slice of fresh strawberry or peach pie with whipped cream.I know- grease, carbs and sugar. I didn’t say it… Read More
Not Your Granny’s Whole Wheat Rolls
When the word “wheat” is used in the same sentence as bread or rolls, my mind immediately links with the word “heavy”. Nothing could be further from the truth with Not Your Granny’s Whole Wheat Rolls. The combination of wheat flour and white flour (2-1) along with a little orange juice in the dough (to… Read More
Cheese and Onion Rolls
One of our long time favorites is Braided Onion Cheese Bread. The basic recipe includes dough filled with a cheese-onion mixture, then shaped into ropes and braided. I love the look of the braided loaf, but also love it shaped into rolls. The recipe for Cheese and Onion Rolls was easily adapted to eliminate the… Read More
Tessa’s French Peasant Bread
This is the time for Tessa’s French Peasant Bread. Guess what the weather forecast is for the weekend?If you said SNOW, you’re a winner. Heavy sigh. Last week, we went to Southern Utah for baseball. Oh. Sun. I remember you. Warm. Blue skies. Sunscreen. No boots. Then Monday came, reality along with it. Back to… Read More
Challah Bread
Christmas and the start of 2013 came and went in a flurry of activity. A few highlights from the holidays.. Bakebakebake Cookie Exchange with friends (Great) Grandma meets the newest addition to our fam for the first time. Bowling on Christmas Eve. My mom’s favorite sport 🙂 Talking to our missionary Stephen for the last… Read More
Lion House Rolls
Lion House Rolls are famous in the state of Utah. Once you’ve had one of these huge, fluffy rolls, you’ll never want to try another roll recipe! This recipe comes straight from the famous Lion House, located on Temple Square and has been enjoyed for generations. Thoughts from November, 2012: Hello. Announcement.IT’S THANKSGIVING IN TEN… Read More
Frieda’s Light Wheat Bread
Last week at The Fork, we had an amazing hands-on bread making class taught by Frieda, Queen of Bread Making. Frieda is a darling woman who really knows her stuff when it comes to bread and roll making. If you haven’t already stumbled across her blog, you can find it here. Who doesn’t love the… Read More
Buttermilk Cluster Rolls
Sunday= the perfect day to make home baked rolls for a family dinner. I made these absolutely delish buttermilk cluster rolls (twice) last week. I loved the way they look after being baked in a springform pan. Homemade roll heaven. Buttermilk Cluster Rolls 2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast, or 1/4 oz. 1⁄2 tsp. sugar… Read More
Buttermilk Dinner Rolls
Buttermilk Dinner Rolls Eighteen days till Thanksgiving. Are you planning your menu? Polishing the silver, washing the crystal, pressing the linens, stenciling handmade place cards? Yes on the first question, no on all of the rest for me. Did you know there are really helpful planning time lines for these type of things? Real Simple… Read More
Orange Rolls with Sour Cream Glaze
Orange Rolls with Sour Cream Glaze are a special treat your family will love! They’re sticky and gooey and filled with orange flavored goodness and worth every minute they take to make. I’m not sure where orange rolls originated, but I know they are popular in Utah and certain areas in the South. Growing up… Read More
Diane’s No Fail French Bread
French Bread. When you think French Bread, do you think of the light, airy stuff you buy in a paper bag or a plastic sack at the grocery?? I used to buy it all of the time. When we moved to Bountiful 100 years ago, my friend Diane made a loaf of this bread for… Read More
Emily’s Corn Bread for Dummies
Last weekend, we were going to have a little barbecue, but the weather didn’t cooperate, so we made chili instead. In our house, chili NEEDS cornbread. You know how I love bread? Any kind. And cake, almost any kind. This is a marriage of cake and bread. Oh, and unlike other recipes that may… Read More
Oatmeal Wheat Bread
A few years ago, Grant asked me what we would do if we ever needed to rely on using the wheat we have stored in our basement? Me: What do you mean? I would make wheat bread. Grant: Do we have a wheat grinder? How would we grind the wheat? Me: WHAT?? You have to… Read More
Aunt Myrtyle’s Parker House Rolls
What is Thanksgiving without home made rolls? It’s like The 4th without the fireworks, Valentines without roses, St. Patties Day without green, New Years Eve without a kiss. August, September, October and November- without the bow hunt… Yes, I could do without the bow hunt, but not without Aunt Myrtyle’s Parker House Rolls I first… Read More