Honey Yeast Rolls
My daughter Jess and I love bread… totally, love bread. I mean, we love it. Lisa and Jess + Bread=Love. The smell, the texture, the taste, the sop-ability the versatility and the yum factor make it the perfect food. When we discovered that in the military prison they sometimes put the inmates on “bread and water” …
Sopapillas
What’s a sopapilla? What?! You have never had a delicious New Mexican fried bread called a sopapilla?! Oh my word… you must vow never to eat another morsel of food until you have. VOW IT! You’ll be glad you did because well… we’re talking sopapillas here. I was raised on these things (man oh man, …
Cream Biscuits
Tonight was “quick and easy” dinner night. I wasn’t going to blog about it but as we were eating the biscuits, I changed my mind. These biscuits are delicious, soft, pillowy, quick, and easy to make. Mike is not much of a biscuit eater (???) and even he loved them! This particular recipe calls for …
Buttery Sweet Cornbread
I had the most wonderful grandmas. No kidding, I hit the lottery there. They never, ever forgot a birthday. They always acted like a celebrity was at the door when I showed up. They could hug and kiss you and just make a person feel… well… loved. Oh and they could cook like there …
Brioche Burger Buns
It gives me such a great feeling of satisfaction and accomplishment when I can make something homemade that I would normally buy at the grocery store… and mine tastes better. Do you feel the same way? I mean, I know I can purchase hamburger buns for a buck a bag and be done with it …
Best Ever Baking Powder Biscuits
I was always on the hunt for a good biscuit. I mean a really good biscuit. Well, I ended that hunt when I found an Alton Brown recipe for baking powder biscuits. They are in fact a really good biscuit. Then one day, I happened upon this biscuit recipe that promised to be the “best …
No Fuss Focaccia
I love old cookbooks. Some of them are hilarious… the 60′s and 70′s seemed to find most home cooks dabbling in the “art” of aspics. Ew. Some of the really old cookbooks are a treasure and include things like “how to prepare a good chicken”. The first step is to “make sure his eyes are …