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Cinnamon Raisin Bagels are homemade bagels that are loaded with plump raisins and just the right amount of cinnamon spice. The perfectly dense and chewy bagels are delicious with lots of butter or cream cheese. For another bread with a touch of cinnamon, try my Cinnamon Sugar Banana Bread. Cinnamon Raisin Bagel Bagels have been around for centuries and are still popular, even after the New York Times described them as “an unsweetened donut with rigor Morris” back in 1960. Bagels are not going anywhere, especially with the variety of bagels being made, including my Everything Bagel and Salt Bagel....

A few months ago I decided I'd like to try baking all our bread instead of buying some of it at the store. I was already baking about half of what we eat, but was tired of getting cheap grocery store bread that was full of junk (and the nice stuff is pricey!!). So I tried out a bunch of different recipes, tweaked my favorite, and baked my heart out. Little did I know that a couple months later, there would be a serious bread shortage in stores! I'm so glad I was already in the habit of baking all...

Pressing my fingers down into the dough, i imagined i was hitting the keys on a piano, While i hummed a tune in my head. Baking at this time is really helping to keep me calm. There is something very satisfying about that part of the process of making a focaccia. Don’t you agree? Jump to Recipe I poured a good glug of olive oil over the dough and it gathered in the little dimples left by my fingers. After wild garlic, three corner leeks and nettles that I gathered on my walk in the woods were arranged on top,...

     I've been cooking Indian food for 30 years. I started eating Indian food when i was diagnosed with cancer back in 1990. I was a vegetarian and having problems with the combination of chemo and a macrobiotic diet, so my oncologist suggested I try cooking Indian food since I could have all the vegetarian/vegan dishes I wanted and still get plenty of nourishment.  So my sister in law the Indologist, who's lived and worked in India for many years, came out from NY and got me started with books. After that I began to haunt the Baharat Baazar....

This Easy Sourdough Bread in the bread machine is a simple solution for busy people. Make a really delicious sourdough style loaf without the work involved in looking after a sourdough starter. What is Sourdough Bread? Sourdough is bread made from naturally occurring yeasts and bacteria.  A true sourdough is made from a starter that ferments and creates these natural yeasts, this will take at least 3 days.  You use some of the starter to make your loaf then feed the remaining starter with more flour and water every two days to keep it alive.  Easy Sourdough Bread Sourdough is...