Dried Cherry Panettone

by Helen Kain | Jun 3, 2020 | Bread & Scones, Breakfast, Fall Recipes, Spring Recipes, Summer Recipes, Sweets, Tea, Winter Recipes

I”m a glutton for slightly sweet bread. Not the super-sweet-sticky stuff like iced cinnamon rolls, but scones, date loaf and Portuguese King’s Bread, also called Bolo Rei, a marvellous concoction that Isabel, our cleaning lady, brings every Christmas....

Baklava Pull-Apart Bread

by Helen Kain | Apr 12, 2020 | Bread & Scones, Breakfast, Fall Recipes, Recipes By Season, Spring Recipes, Summer Recipes, Sweets, Winter Recipes

Baking is a very soothing activity. Baking bread with scads of butter, sugar, cinnamon, and nuts is the epitome of soothing. Baklava Pull-Apart Bread came to me along a somewhat circuitous path, as frequently happens with my food inspiration. During this strange time...

Monkey Bread

by Helen Kain | Aug 26, 2019 | Bread & Scones, Breakfast, Fall Recipes, Sweets, Winter Recipes

When I was planning the table setting Monkeying Around, I discovered Monkey Bread. Where has it been all my life? It’s absolutely delicious and a really fun thing to make with small kids. Those sticky little hands can be put to such good use! The little sugar...

Mixed Berry Scones

by Helen Kain | Jun 17, 2019 | Bread & Scones, Breakfast, Summer Recipes, Sweets

This recipe, very slightly adapted from Cook’s Country, is a winner. The tartness of the berries is offset beautifully by a touch of sweetness in the butter and honey glaze.   These American-style, big, shaggy scones are easy to make and fill the house...

Sweet Bread with Raisins & Candied Citrus

by Helen Kain | Sep 2, 2018 | Bread & Scones, Breakfast, Fall Recipes, Sweets, Winter Recipes

I have a terrible weakness for sweet bread. Not the sticky-sweet-cinnamon-roll kind, but the yeasty, nectarous confections the French call Viennoiserie. They’re near-pastry but not quite; they beckon as croissant, pain au chocolat, panettone and other...

Afternoon Tea with Scones

by Helen Kain | Jul 16, 2018 | Bread & Scones, Breakfast, Sweets

Scones can be a divisive food. To start with, there is the pronunciation. I say scone (like gone), you say scone (like bone). Their composition is quite different, and depending on which side of the pond you’re from, what is familiar is “normal”....