Category: bread
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Vegan Pane di Pasqua

(vegan Italian Easter bread) I’ve mentioned before that I’m the child of an Italian immigrant. One of the traditions that my family brought from Italy is pane di Pasqua, or Easter bread. Flavored with anise, this traditionally eggy bread has a dense, dry crumb and is not too sweet… but it’s delicious. My aunts would…
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Cherry Almond Oat Soda Bread
St. Patrick’s day was yesterday. I usually make a soda bread filled with orange zest and currants, but as I don’t have currants in the pantry, it just didn’t happen. I woke up this morning with a loaf of sourdough to bake and I’m not very pleased with how it turned out. I realized I…
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My Bread Baking Essentials
I have a Wegmans grocery store an hour away that has gorgeous loaves of bread for about $6 each, not including fuel for the car. Since that’s the summer option and there’s still snow on the ground, I’m baking bread today. I’ll continue to do so until it’s just too hot, then off to Wegmans…