This soft and pliable dough is suitable for all sorts of shapes, from braids to cinnamon rolls to monkey bread. Soft dough is the secret to tender bread. In a small bowl, combine the warm water and 2 ...

In a medium bowl, combine half the flour with the yeast. Stir in the warm water until combined. Cover the bowl and let ferment in a warm spot in your kitchen for 30 minutes. Stir the melted butter, ...

Imagine the landscape of a weekend morning, maybe the early hours of an Easter Sunday before whatever ritual -- your church, my egg hunt -- you observe. The house asleep, the alchemy of coffee, the ...

I used to be a pie person. At my aunts' apartment in Rome, there always seemed to be a jam crostata on the sideboard in the dining room. ... I liked its rustic simplicity, the casual, imperfect ...

One of my food resolutions for 2015 is to bake something every week, so to (quietly) celebrate my husband Tony’s birthday Thursday, I’m making one of his favorite pastry treats: sweet little bundles ...

We may sound like a broken record, but like: it’s the holidays. You’re busy. You need things that can help—things that you can make in advance, things that will feed a crowd, things that… things! You ...