Bread and Baking

Bread, Baking

Pao de Queijo – Brazilian Cheese Balls

Pao de Queijo - Brazillian Cheese Balls

The first time I encountered Pao de Queijo was at Pradaria Steaks & Churrascaria, a restaurant in Houston, unfortunately now closed by the looks of it. Like most Churrscarias, the restaurants want to limit how much of the main meal, i.e. the meat you can eat, by putting bowls of these delicious cheese puffs on you table …

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Sun Dried Tomato Bread – A savoury Mediterranean loaf

Braided Loaf in baking tin

Once you try this Sun Dried Tomato Bread, you’ll be looking for excuses to make it again and again. Most of the time nowadays I make sourdough, but it does take a bit of effort and planning, where as this bread recipe is really quick by comparison and the sweet fruity, slightly sour and umami …

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Caramel Croissant Bread and Butter Pudding

Croissant bread and butter pudding

Technically this is a bread and butter pudding, i.e. that croissants are bread made from butter, but it far more decadent than any normal bread and butter pudding. Traditionally a bread and butter pudding is a thrifty way to stretch ingredients such as stale bread and still come up with a delicious dish. Its origins …

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A Melting Moment

Melting Moments

As a young girl growing up in New Zealand I used to enjoy these simple biscuits/cookies as a treat after school. In some ways Melting Moments biscuits are like a lighter version of shortbread, and because of the icing sugar and cornflour, they literally melt in the mouth, and the amount of butter, makes them very …

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Pumpkin Soft Pretzels

Baked pumpkin soft pretzel

From the huge amount of left over pumpkin I had the other day, I had been looking for some ideas and came across soft pretzels made with pumpkin purée. Since I had turn half the pumpkin into purée, this looked like a good idea. I’m sure canned pumpkin purée would be just as good, if …

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