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by Kelly J. Larson My hands and kitchen have cranked out countless cinnamon rolls through the years and this is my current favorite. Kelly’s Cinnamon Rolls BEGIN WITH YEAST 1 cup milk, heated in microwave 1 minute (make sure it’s not too hot) 1 tablespoon SAF instant yeast 1/4 cup sugar Stir together in mixer […]

by Kelly J. Larson Breadsticks are the ultimate comfort food around here. We like them with soup or salad and sometimes as the meal itself. They’re so perfect — a portable and handy homemade bread, baked with butter and Parmesan cheese. Mmmm. The fact that there can be about 15 soft and cheesy breadsticks on […]

by Kelly J. Larson Last week, a friend’s Facebook post listed a series of unfortunate events that had gone wrong for them recently. “How can I help?” I asked. Her reply was that she would like some of my dinner rolls. I can do that! What a compliment! I whipped up some rolls, dropped them […]

by Kelly J. Larson Cornbread with green chiles is very Texan and since I live in the capital of Texas, I am a big fan. Literally. At least a pound or two can be attributed to indulging in hot, not-too-spicy cornbread, from places like Z-Tejas and the Roaring Fork, thank you very much. Here’s my […]

Bread sometimes gets a bad wrap with people avoiding it each January trying diligently to lose the weight they may have put on after the holidays. Bread makes the world a better place and homemade is the best! Hopefully these smaller sized loaves can help resist the urge to indulge too much. I have created […]

Hello, fall! It’s my favorite and I have a slew of food-centered traditions that I whip up when the decorations turn to orange and earthy tones, including this Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Mini Muffin recipe. When we lived in Taiwan from 2010 to 2011, I adapted this to appeal more to the locals by cutting back […]

These pop-in-your-mouth banana chocolate chip mini-sized muffins are just right, not too sweet and the banana-pecan-chocolate goodness puffs up in height with two different temperature settings as it bakes. This is my favorite banana muffin recipe — I actually use another one specifically for loaves of banana bread. Give my recipe a shot the next […]

We love bananas, but not ripe ones. I end up baking banana bread often when the banana stash is no longer edible as is. That’s when bananas are perfect for banana bread, and like a butterfly, they make their transformation from mushy and mealy to county fair prize-winning banana bread. I  have determined that this […]