Category Archives: Breads

The Best Jalapeño and Cheddar Skillet Cornbread

If you like your cornbread with a bit of a kick, then this recipe is for you. The jalapeños add the heat, which you control, and the cheddar adds a tasty salty, cheesy flavor. And using both flour and cornmeal … Continue reading

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Kel’s Perfect Little Pretzel Bites

In my last post I featured yummy beer and cheese dip to celebrate American Cheese Month and promised to publish my recipe for homemade pretzel bites. You are going to love these soft and buttery morsels. They are really easy … Continue reading

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Kel’s Puff Pastry Reuben Roll

Got leftover corned beef from St. Patrick’s Day? Here’s a fun twist on the traditional Reuben sandwich, where rye bread is replaced with puff pastry and, instead being grilled, it is baked in the oven. I make my own Thousand … Continue reading

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Kel’s Easy Cheesy Cheddar-Garlic Drop Biscuits

These cheddar-garlic drop biscuits are so easy to make – just a handful of ingredients, minimal prep time, about 10 minutes in the oven, and Viola! you have warm, delicious homemade biscuits that go great as a side to a … Continue reading

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Kel’s Café Nutty Chocolate Chip Banana Squares

Got overripe, brown bananas? Instead of making traditional banana bread (and there is nothing wrong with that!), consider these awesome Nutty Chocolate Chip Banana Squares, which are easy to whip up and taste fantastic – a bit addictive, in fact! … Continue reading

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Kel’s (Almost) Homemade Garlic and Cheese Breadsticks

  I found a version of this recipe for breadsticks on Krusteaz’s* website and since I already had a box of its no-knead, country white artisan bread mix, I decided to give it a try. I’m not sure if I followed … Continue reading

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Kel’s Southern Cornbread Breakfast Muffins, Courtesy of Krusteaz

Once again, the good folks at Krusteaz sent me some of their wonderful baking mixes, asking me to try some Easter-inspired recipes (*see disclaimer at the end of this post.) I looked through the recipe section of Krusteaz’s website and … Continue reading

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Celebrate National Pancake Month With Chocolate Chip Cookie Pancakes

  February is national pancake month and luckily there are a few more days to celebrate it! The folks at Krusteaz* sent me some of their yummy baking mixes to try out a while back, including a buttermilk pancake mix. … Continue reading

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Kel’s Delectable Dill Bread

One of my favorite holiday food traditions when I was growing up was the dill bread I used to help my Mom make. It took a while to make a loaf, since you had to knead the dough a couple of … Continue reading

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Heavenly Jalapeño Corn Bread

The great thing about the colder winter months is that they lend themselves to making heart-warming soups, stews and chilies. I recently made a delicious chipotle turkey chili (recipe to follow next week) and decided that cornbread would go great with … Continue reading

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