Category Archives: Bread

Peach Bread

Posted on October 3, 2011 by sparecake

As far as I can tell, it is still as of this writing decent peach season in DC supermarkets. Good thing, as I found this peach bread recipe that I bookmarked a few years ago, and wanted to check it … Continue reading →

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Cool Rise Bread

Posted on September 30, 2011 by sparecake

After several months of making the same bread over and over, I remembered that switching things up once in a while isn’t an awful idea. After looking at two cool rise bread recipes, I messed with them a fair amount … Continue reading →

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Apple Bread

Posted on September 21, 2011 by sparecake

I spent last weekend in Kansas City visiting Alex and Lauren, my former roommates. We spent most of the weekend eating, and, unusually for us, only ended up having time to cook one thing ourselves. Luckily, it was delicious! After … Continue reading →

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Homemade Fluffernutters

Posted on September 7, 2011 by sparecake

Over the last year or two I’ve gotten increasingly into homemade things. Bread, granola bars, yogurt, tomato sauce… they’ve all become things worth the time to make myself. This time, though, things got a bit silly and I decided to … Continue reading →

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Orange Knots

Posted on September 2, 2011 by sparecake

These were originally called Orange Bow Knots. While I was shaping them, however, I sort of forgot the bow part, and just went with the knot, so they’re sort of lumpy knot balls. Despite not being cute, they’re really nice! … Continue reading →

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Sweet Dough

Posted on August 11, 2011 by sparecake

After flipping through my King Arthur Flour cookbook last week, I decided to try their sweet dough recipe and make two variations. The dough ended up not as sweet as I expected (although the recipe allows up to 1/2 cup … Continue reading →

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Buffalo Chicken Bread

Posted on August 8, 2011 by sparecake

A few people have asked me what the mess in the middle of my header image is. It was a braided bread full of chicken parmesan that I made with Ted a year or two ago. I made it again … Continue reading →

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Pear Bread

Posted on July 12, 2011 by sparecake

I got a bundt pan weeeeks ago, but had never used it, which was basically a tragedy. So here’s my first bundt, a tasty pear bread for breakfast. If you’ve got a bundt pan you don’t use nearly enough, you … Continue reading →

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Chipotle and Cheese Pull-Apart Loaf

Posted on June 19, 2011 by sparecake

I’ve had a pizza pull-apart bread recipe bookmarked for ages, and kept intending to make it. When the time came, I sorta took it in another direction. Start off by fishing the chipotles out of a can of chipotles in … Continue reading →

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Kalamata Olive Bread

Posted on June 13, 2011 by sparecake

Thursday night my friend Anna and I went to this ‘Urban Picnic’ thing at the Textile Museum. It was a fairly DC event – 20-somethings finding any excuse to drink outside while still feeling cultured because they’re at a museum! … Continue reading →

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