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January 2022

Appetizers/Starters, Breads, Dinner, Lunch, Sides

Rosemary Sea Salt Sourdough Artisan Bread

This recipe, in yeasted form vs sourdough, is by far the most viewed recipe on this here CSPS site. I’m not sure why exactly — the referrers are all from Pinterest, so I am guessing it’s just been shared to members who have large followings, and then saved a lot. So I decided to create a sourdough version of it as well, and I personally think that it is even better than the yeast version. Got a bit of tang, very rosemary, just the right amount of sea salt. It’s going to make some delicious paninis for dinner.

19. January 2022

Breakfast/Brunch, General Reference/Tutorial

Breakfast Bacon, in the Oven

Yup, a stack of bacon! It’s breakfast, right? Well this is more about technique than a recipe per se. Everyone has their own way of cooking bacon. In the pan, in the oven, even in the microwave. My method involves the oven, covering the pan with aluminum foil, and by placing the bacon on a wire rack placed on the prepared baking sheet. This increases the airflow so the bacon cooks evenly and makes it crispier, and reduces clean up and splatters in the oven. Very much a “set it and forget it” for at least 45 minutes (and then I usually check until it is the crispiness of my liking). It might not completely count as a full breakfast, but it IS bacon, so I’ll eat it! 🙂

18. January 2022

Cookies, Sweet Snacks

Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Blondies
with Toasted Pistachios

It’s a cookie in bar form! Not brownie but a blondie! In essence, you can use the exact same recipe to make cookies, but I was in the mood to make bars, so here we are. These are easy to make, flavorful and easily substitutable — in other words, don’t like dried cranberries or pistachios or white chocolate, swap out for raisins, walnuts and semi-sweet chips. Lots of options!

14. January 2022

Appetizers/Starters, Lunch, Salads

Wild Rice, Corn + Sprout Salad, with Hot Smoked Salmon

Winter Salad — although frankly, this is pretty good for a summer picnic too (no mayo!): Wild Rice, Corn + Sprout Salad, with Hot Smoked Salmon. Simple to put together, healthy and is a spectacular lunch. While I think that the smoked salmon is integral, I can see that without it, it would also be very nice (somehow, a totally different salad).

14. January 2022

Breads, Breakfast/Brunch

Maple Cinnamon Sourdough Breakfast Bread,
with Raisins and Pecans

Back to the usual weekly sourdough experiments, Up this week, another bread on the sweet side: a Maple Cinnamon Sourdough Breakfast Bread, with Raisins and Pecans. I know that raisins can be a controversial baking subject, so the nice thing is that you can just omit them, with no harm done. Delicious bread, great toasted with a bit of melty butter.

11. January 2022

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