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Chocolate Chip Cranberry Banana Zucchini Bread

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Have an abundance of summer zucchini? You could make a plain zucchini bread. Or, better yet, you could make Chocolate Chip Cranberry Banana Zucchini Bread!

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Yummy Yeast Rolls

Yeast rolls cooling, take one
It’s a home baker’s version of a Hallmark card. When you really care, you don’t send a card. You invite your family over and bake these yummy yeast rolls from scratch. Just make sure you have plenty of flour on hand to make them.

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Citrus Apple Bread

Loaf out of the oven, take five

Apples, orange and lemon make this moist quick bread sweet and citrussy. Not only did I learn to make a new quick bread, I also learned a new word. “Citrussy” is actually in the dictionary.

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Hello, Mr. Potato Bread!

Potato rolls

I’m on a roll when it comes to making food for Saint Patrick’s Day. First there was the Irish soda bread and then the shamrock-shaped key lime bars. Now I’m making potato bread dinner rolls.

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How to Make Real Irish Soda Bread

Soda Bread on a Plate

Usually I am a green beer and shamrock shake kind of gal on Saint Patrick’s Day. It wouldn’t be Saint Patrick’s Day without green food coloring in my food or drink. However, this year I am not feeling quite myself. I am making something that is actually not green for the big day. Well, it’s not green yet anyway. I’m making Irish soda bread.

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Got Rosemary? Make Rosemary Garlic Focaccia

A slice of focaccia

I have more rosemary than you can shake a stick at, or at least a rosemary twig. So today I am making rosemary garlic focaccia. Why do I have so much rosemary, you ask? How do you make this rosemary garlic focaccia? Let me tell you.

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Time-saving Secrets for Making Knittle Bread

Time to make the dinner rolls

It’s no secret that making homemade bread takes time and patience. If you are short on either of those ingredients, let me share with you a few secrets to speed things along. I’ll start with an old-fashioned bread recipe, called Knittle Bread, which I’m told dates back to the 19th century. Then I’ll mix in a few 21st century time-saving tricks.

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Dog Versus Banana Bread

Banana Bread Sliced

Find out who wins in this amazing story about a battle of the wills between a girl who simply wants to enjoy a movie and an agile dog looking for adventure, while a loaf of banana bread gets caught in the middle. Also discover a fabulous recipe for making chocolate chunk toasted walnut banana bread along the way.