Bake or Break

Adventures of an amateur baker

Entries from January 2007

Chocolate Cashew Bread

January 29th, 2007 · 15 Comments

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With residual holiday spirit, I bring you this quick bread. I have been quite absent from here and shamefully still have a bit of catching up to do. This bread was one of the treats I gave in holiday gift boxes. Sad, I know, that I’m [...]

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Tags: chocolate · quick breads

Some folks like to get away…

January 5th, 2007 · 9 Comments

We flew in earlier today to our absolute favorite city. Unfortunately, we’re just here for the weekend, but we’re going to make the most of it. We had our first experience with Max Brenner chocolate today, and I have to say that it is absolutely delicious! Now, it’s our mission to cram [...]

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Tags: break

Holiday Date Balls

January 1st, 2007 · 8 Comments

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Anytime between Thanksgiving and New Years, my mother was likely to make up a batch of these for guests or just for us when we asked. The recipe came from an old holiday cookbook that she had for as long as I can remember. I don’t even know the name [...]

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Tags: no bake