Showing posts with label sugar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sugar. Show all posts

Sunday, August 20, 2017

Top 7 Sweet Breads You Need to Bake

1. Challah Bread

 
Challah is one of the most delicious things to ever grace this earth.  I grew up eating it at Friday night Shabbat and other holidays.  It's traditionally made in a braid that has eggs, flour, water, yeast, salt and my absolute favorite ingredient sugar.  I think it tastes especially delicious with a little honey thrown in.  It's also tasty with a few scoops of raisins added. 
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Challah is a succulent sweet bread that yes, may have a somewhat complicated process (the braiding is a b***h), but is worth the hassle.  For a great recipe click here!
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2. Zucchini Bread 

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Zucchini bread is a pretty simple but delicious sweet bread.  And, bonus, you can lie to yourself and say it's "healthy" because it has zucchini in it!  But it's really not too good for you, but 100% fine in moderation.  Most recipes include other spices like cinnamon and almonds, pecans, or walnuts.  Really you can do whatever you want, it's your zucchini bread, but if you're looking for a good recipe click here!  
 
I highly recommend everybody try to make zucchini bread because it really is super easy to make.  My friends and I were able to make the dough in about ten minutes and then let it cook for a little less than an hour.  It's a lot of fun to do with friends or bake by yourself, either way a fun way to pass the time.  
 

3. Monkey Bread 

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Monkey bread was a staple of my childhood.  One of those treats that with every savory bite I feel a pain of nostalgia hit my lower abdomen.  My aunt always made delicious monkey bread and there were many an afternoon when my friends and I were bored so we decided to bake something easy (because we were lazy)- usually this was monkey bread.  With fairly simple ingredients and a quick preparation process the longest part is the bake time.  If you're looking for a fun snack to bake try this recipe!
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4. Lemon- Blueberry Bread 

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Spice up your traditional lemon tea cake with some mouthwatering blueberries!  Top it off with some delish icing and you're pretty much good to go.  No need to go to Starbucks when you can easily make it at home and enjoy it for the next few days, or bring it to a party and treat all your friends!  Relatively simple and crazy nummy lemon-blueberry bread is an amazing treat to try!  Looking for a great recipe?  Click here!

5. Banana Bread 

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Similar to Monkey Bread, Banana Bread is another staple of my childhood and many others.  It's at almost every bake sale I attended and participated in and the subject of many afternoon snacks!  It's delish and a perfect treat if you're looking for something easy to make and easy to snack on!  For a classic Banana Bread recipe click here!
 
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6. Almond Bread

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Know what's delicious- almonds.  Know what's also delicious- bread.  Combine the two and you get something seriously dank.  Almond bread has a simple preparation process and an appetizing result.  It's one of the quickest on the list to make with a baking time of a mere 40-45 minutes.  If you need a solid recipe to try click here!
 

7, Coffee Cake

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While not exactly bread, I'm currently craving Coffee Cake so it's ending up on the list.  Also it's delicious and that is that.  In my opinion, the best way to start the day is with a  cup of coffee and a slice of coffee cake!  It's sweet, delish, mouth-watering and just freaking amazing!  Maybe not the best thing to be eating every morning, but like everything else in this world it's perfectly fine in moderation.  If you're looking for a recipe to try click here!
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Good Luck!  And may the force be with you!
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Saturday, December 3, 2016

Maple Sugar Cookies

Hey, been awhile :)

Anyhoo so school has begun again and that means that my free time has been greatly diminished, we will be having a memorial service if anyone would like to join, nonetheless I'm still trying to bake as much as possible.

A few days ago I made some very drunk, but very delicious brownies.  They really weren't all that special pretty much followed the directions on the box and then added some crushed up oreos on top- but to me and my drunk roommates they were delicious!!!

More recently I made some maple sugar cookies, adding on a simple cream cheese frosting (because it's official I am in LOVE with cream cheese frosting- and it will probably be the death of me via heart attack).  It all started due to some very stressful academic situations- I then decided that baking was the only real solution to such anxiety.  I went and picked up the most basic ingredients for sugar cookies- so pretty much some eggs, butter, and a betty crocker mix.  Sad but true.  Desperate times come for desperate measures (did I mention that like every other college student I'm borderline broke at all times-- I hope that acts as some sort of explanation).


 

But like always I didn't stick to the box rules.  I threw in some good ol' fashioned VT Maple syrup and some extra vanilla extract (because in my opinion they never have enough and the cookies don't really taste like anything often).  Also just a PINCH of salt- if you put in too much you may as well throw out the cookies now because salt is so overpowering that you only really need a tiny tiny bit to make a difference.  Also it's really not that good for you and you're already making cookies, so calm down.

 

From there I followed the regular cookie making format.  Roll up the dough, plop it on the already greased up pan, and then indent each cookie dough sphere with a fork to flatten it out a bit.
 
Throw each batch in the oven for 7-10 minutes and you've got the maple sugar cookies down.

 

For my cream cheese frosting I honestly just winged it.  I threw together about 14oz of plain cream cheese, purchased at the small market conveniently located a block away from my house, about two cups of sugar, a teaspoon and some of vanilla extract, a dash of milk, and just a hint of melted butter (but not too much).  Then I mixed them all together until smooth and delicious.

We weren't even drunk and they were pretty tasty!!!  Super easy, if I can do it anyone can!!!