Bake or Break

Pear Bread

I bring you this recipe with a warning. After you try it, you may never want to bake anything else ever again. It is just that good. If I had pears in the kitchen, I’d be making it again right now.

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Raspberry, White Chocolate, and Almond Loaf

View more photos Being a big fan of Williams-Sonoma, you can imagine that I am an even bigger fan of the Williams-Sonoma outlet about 90 miles from here. I try to keep my visits to a minimum, but I do love perusing the aisles looking at all of that lovely, mostly unnecessary stuff. Last weekend, [...]

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Kahlua Date Nut Bread

View more photos Taking a bit of a break from cookie baking, I want to share this quick bread recipe with you. A little twist on a traditional date bread, it can be made into loaves of various sizes and wrapped up for a wonderful holiday gift. Date nut bread is one of those ubiquitous [...]

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Chocolate Cashew Bread

View more photos 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 just now getting around to this. [...]

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Cinnamon Swirl Bread

View more photos I am such a victim of marketing. Every year about this time, I get completely sucked in by all the seasonal magazines. You know what I’m talking about. Holiday Baking. Christmas Cooking. So-and-so’s Best Christmas Ever!!! Anyway, I’ve already bought four or five of these. This recipe comes from Better Homes and [...]

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Cinnamon Pecan Muffins

See the recipe On a recent trip to a Penzey’s Spices store, I became fascinated by all the different kinds of cinnamon they have. I smelled those cinnamons for far too long than would be reasonably acceptable. I bought two kinds of cinnamon and have been anxiously awaiting the time to make something with them. [...]

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