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    The Best Einkorn Challah Bread Recipe EVER!

    November 19, 2020 / No Comments

    I love to make bread.  I love the entire process – the mixing, the kneading, the rising, the shaping, and then the delicious smell of baking bread wafting through the entire house!  There’s nothing more delicious than a warm piece of freshly baked bread coated in butter or jam.  I love it! I also love different kinds of breads for different reasons.  My favorite kind of bread is challah, a Jewish Sabbath bread that is typically braided or knotted.  Challah is beautiful to look at, and with a hint of sweetness from honey, it tastes delicious too! If you want to try your hand at making bread, here is my…

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    The Most Incredible Banana Bread Muffins Ever!

    October 29, 2020 / No Comments

    One of the very first recipes I ever learned to make was banana bread.  My mom used to buy bananas and set them on the counter, but my siblings and I would turn our noses up if there were ANY brown spots at all on the bananas, so inevitably we had the perfect bananas for banana bread every week!  Which was totally fine with me since I LOVE banana bread!  Then, I had kids, and my banana bread recipe had to be transformed. My kids prefer muffins to slices of crumbly bread, and quite honestly, I prefer them eating muffins too so there aren’t tiny crumbs all over the house!…

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    The Easiest Magical Matzah Crack Recipe Ever!

    October 28, 2020 / No Comments

    I learned about celebrating Passover in college (eons ago!), and this recipe for Matzah Crack has stuck with our family through the years.  I love how simple it is to prepare, and there are only a few easy-to-find ingredients.  Not to mention the heavenly yummy salty chocolatey caramel taste!  This recipe makes a large batch, and since it’s so quick and easy, this recipe is also a wonderful holiday gift idea.  Bake up a few batches, drop some pieces in a canning jar, tie a pretty red ribbon around the jar neck, and you’ve got yourself a beautiful, simple gift that everyone can enjoy! The magical part of this dessert…

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    The Best Ever Copycat Starbucks Pumpkin Loaf

    October 23, 2020 / No Comments

    My favorite thing to order at Starbucks is a Tall Vanilla Latte and a slice of their Pumpkin Loaf.  It’s SO good, and the sweet pumpkin bread with the bitter coffee is the perfect combination on a cool fall morning.  Imagine my surprise when I cracked open my trusty old BHG Cookbook to make a pumpkin spice loaf and found out it is probably the EXACT SAME RECIPE that Starbucks uses!  It tastes literally the same, but I’ve made it a lot better for your digestive system by switching out the regular flour with Einkorn flour and upping the spice content.  I feel like my reliable BHG is a bit…

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    My 6 Favorite Baking Tools + Bonuses

    September 30, 2020 / No Comments

    It’s fall and that means baking season is here!! I bake a TON in the fall and winter seasons, and I love to make bread as well as other yummy treats. These are my 6 favorite bread baking tools, but these tools are super helpful no matter what you are baking. These 6 fantastic baking tools will help you make delicious homemade bread as well as yummy pies, pastries and cookies for the upcoming holiday season. #1. My most favorite tool for baking is … A KitchenAid Stand Mixer!  This sucker is a game changer my friends!  I refuse to use a bread machine (that’s not homemade bread to me…

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Hi!  I’m Erin.

Welcome to my little space on the web!  After a year in a pandemic, I’m gardening for holistic health and happiness, focusing on nutrition-rich foods that heal and support the immune system.  I hope you’ll join me on this gardening adventure!

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