This might sound weird, but one of my favorite things in the whole wide world are the hush puppies from Long John Silvers. I grew up with one at the end of my street, and while I have never been a huge fan of fish, the hush puppies were perfection. Sadly, I don’t live there anymore and Long John Silvers isn’t there anymore either. Not to mention, for people like myself, with a gluten sensitivity, hush puppies aren’t traditionally a safe choice either. One day while doing some historical recipe research (I’m a historical cookbook collector), I stumbled across a recipe for hushpuppies that I got from The Henry Ford,…
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Easy Homemade Soft Pretzel Knots
In the early days of 2020’s quarantine, when everyone was holed up in their kitchens baking sourdough and banana bread, I watched Jennifer Garner make pretzels on Instagram and fell in love. Shortly after, these Soft Pretzel Knots were born. I never knew that I could make pretzels at home and she made it look so easy! Pretzels and Lye Traditional pretzels are typically made with lye. I always thought you needed food grade lye to make pretzels, and this was terrifying. I had scenes of Fight Club running through my brain. And if you’ve seen the movie, the narrative in my head went like this: Lisa is in her…
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Everything But The Bagel Challah Bread
When Trader Joe’s brought Everything But The Bagel seasoning onto the scene a few years back, I bet they didn’t know that it would cause the pandemonium that it has. Now other stores have knock off blends, but they’re all the same, a mix of: sesame seeds, sea salt, minced garlic, minced onion, black sesame seeds, and poppy seeds. A blend of savory flavors that I’m delighted to bring to you in a loaf of Everything But The Bagel Challah. We aren’t Jewish, but Challah is the most requested bread I make. In fact, I already have a recipe for it here. It’s beautiful, fluffy, eggy, and soft. When I…
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The Best Ever Cheesy Garlic Bread
Three words hold the keys to my heart: Cheesy. Garlic. Bread. Seriously, if there’s one thing I think I could eat every single day and it would not get old, it’s dough, covered in melted cheese, and slathered in a butter garlic sauce. I sprinkle mine with parsley to throw in something green and for a pop of brightness. Making cheesy garlic bread really begins with the dough. You want a really good quality pizza dough, that is heavy in olive oil. This gives the dough flavor, but also creates a very moist and tender crumb, without tasting greasy. From the dough, you need some really good mozzarella cheese. You…
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My Favorite Challah Bread
Let me start off by saying I am not Jewish, and as far as I know, this recipe is not kosher. Maybe it is, but I’m not Jewish, so I really don’t know. What I do know is that I love Jewish food. Latkes, matzoh ball soup, sufganiyot, bagels, lox, and schmear. It is all, so, so delicious. I also love challah. It’s beautiful and braided with a softy eggy interior. It’s amazing. And I have to say, my children agree. In fact, I have now made challah so much in my house, I can officially say I have a favorite recipe. What you’ll find below is My Favorite Challah.…
