Nutella Gingerbread (and Barista Prima Coffee Giveaway Winner)
Posted by Tracy | Filed under breads & pastries, desserts & sweets
First things first – congratulations to lucky number 4 – LaurieJ! Please contact me at prizes [at] sugarcrafter [dot] net with your full name and mailing address so that I can get your prize out to you as soon as possible. Also, a huge thank you to all who entered! It was so much fun reading [...]
Tags: bread, chocolate, nutella
Pumpkin Monkey Bread
Posted by Tracy | Filed under breads & pastries
Monkey bread. It’s almost as much fun to say as it is to eat, and with the arrival of autumn, I couldn’t stop thinking about taking my usual recipe and kicking it up a notch with the addition of pumpkin – so, of course, I did. Making monkey bread has always brought with it feelings [...]
Sourdough Beer Pretzels
Posted by Tracy | Filed under breads & pastries
Have you made your sourdough starter yet? In case you have, I wanted to have a sourdough recipe ready for you today so that you can get started with making your own sourdough bread. I adapted this recipe from a sourdough pretzel recipe I found at King Arthur Flour, except that I couldn’t resist adding [...]
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Sourdough Starter
Posted by Tracy | Filed under breads & pastries
Like many people who do spring cleaning when March (or for us upstate NYers, May) rolls around each year, I also tend to do “fall cleaning” in September and October, in anticipation of the months of hibernation ahead. I like to wrap up major home projects we’ve been working on, give away or donate things [...]
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Gingerbread Bagels
Posted by Tracy | Filed under breads & pastries
Hey all! Today, I’m excited to be guest posting for the very lovely Lindsey of Gingerbread Bagels, whose recipes I am constantly bookmarking and adding to my to-make list. I feel like Lindsey and I are kindred spirits because we both have a passion for baking, and because we both like to blog recipes with step-by-step photos [...]
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Zucchini, Basil, and Cheese Rolls
Posted by Tracy | Filed under breads & pastries
It seems that everywhere I turn lately, zucchini is in abundance, whether it’s at the farmer’s market, our CSA, or the garden of a friend. Suffice it to say that I’ve received quite a few zucchini over the last few weeks, so after the first few zucchini breads and the batch of zucchini relish I [...]
Nutella Cinnamon Rolls
Posted by Tracy | Filed under breakfast & brunch, desserts & sweets
There are some days that I just lose my appetite. It might be because of my mood, or that nothing sounds good, or that I’m in a food rut again and need to spice things up a bit. When my appetite comes back though, what I’m inevitably craving is some sort of comfort food. Yesterday [...]

