Mama pulls out her candy thermometer for Christmas almost as soon as the Thanksgiving dishes are done. My grandparents started baking fruitcakes to enjoy and give as gifts long before Thanksgiving, ...

This flat-out gorgeous whole-grain bread is studded with cherries like garnets. Spill a pound of halved scarlet Bings into a bowl with basic quick bread ingredients -- whole wheat flour and brown ...

Every spring when Easter time rolls around, I get the itch to bake again. Long dormant since the winter holidays, I feel prepared once more to tackle doughs, cakes and other sweet things with gusto. I ...

The Cupcake Bloke has done it again with this perfect bread bake, ideal for sandwiches! I wanted to create a bread that worked really well with baked ham and cold meats. My Dad was a pork butcher, so ...

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