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This is your go-to place for delicious sweet and savory bread recipes whether you’re looking for soft squishy hamburger buns, tender buttermilk biscuits, steamed buns, thin-and-crispy (or soft pillowy) pizza dough, loaf cakes, or just a good old-fashioned yeasted hot roll, we’ve got it all!


 

a stack of six red and blue berry and pecan filled pumpkin pancakes with melting butter on top, maple syrup surrounding i

Pumpkin Pancakes with Wild Berries and Pecans (for Two or a Crowd)

These light and fluffy crispy-edged pumpkin pancakes are packed with wild berries and toasted pecans, topped with butter, and drizzled with pure maple syrup for a real breakfast win. These pancakes are a great way to use up leftover canned pumpkin from your fall baking, but eating them year-round is […]

Chinese baozi pork and chicken bun after breaking it open (green and grey tie dyed bun dough wrapped around a pork and chicken filling)

BBQ Chicken and Pork Bao Buns (Chinese Steamed Pork Buns) Bāozi 包子

This steamed chicken and pork buns recipe uses a featherlight tangzhong bao bun dough filled with a slightly sweet and savory Chinese BBQ pork and chicken thigh filling. Homemade Chinese pork buns are truly like the ones you’ll find being sold steaming hot from street trolleys in Chengdu, Chinatown, NYC, […]

Golden brown dark chocolate covered banana bread after just baking in a loaf pan

How to Make the Best Ever Dark Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

This super easy homemade chocolate chip banana bread recipe is so tender it almost eats like cake. One of my most requested recipes on the blog, this is the best of both worlds — high-quality Lindt dark chocolate and my (most tender ever) classic banana bread.  If you’re looking for […]

pizza fritte with burrata, black olives, sun dried tomatoes, and prosciutto di Parma on top

How to Make Italian Pizza Fritte (Pizzonte Frittelle Abruzzese aka Fried Pizza)

Abruzzo Frittella (or pizz’onta as it’s called in dialect) is the best fried pizza you’ve likely never had. This sneaky good crispy-on-the-outside, super soft, and puffy-on-the-inside fried pizza is delicious. In fact, I can say it’s one of the best breads I’ve probably ever eaten. Golden brown shallow-fried dough sprinkled with […]

A Japanese Pork Bun BLT on a vintage Italian plate with gold trim.

BLT Bao Buns (Japanese-Style BLTs on Homemade Buns)

If you love BLTs and Japanese pork buns as much as we do, I think you’ll love this ultimate and very delicious BLT. One part American classic and two parts Asian deliciousness makes one of the best BLTs ever. Super-soft homemade bao buns, slathered with a quick sesame-soy spicy mayo, […]

a tray with four pork buns each with two pieces of braised pork belly, quick salt and sugar pickled cumbers, sesame-soy-mayo, hoisin sauce, and scallions topped with a little shredded lettuce

Fluffy-Soft Homemade Pork Buns (Momofuku & Ippudo-Style)

This Momofuku & Ippudo-style pork bun recipe includes the best, most tender soft homemade bao buns (Gua Bao or Baozi) and slow-braised pork belly which is basically a set-it-and-forget-it kind of dish with otherworldly deliciousness. As for the bao (the buns), I use a special ingredient and method for the […]

a single fluffy cinnamon roll on a dessert plate with the pan of cinnamon rolls visible in the background

Mom’s Famous Cinnamon Rolls (Best Cinnamon Rolls Ever)

This easy homemade cinnamon roll recipe is made 100% from scratch (and we happen to think they’re the best cinnamon rolls ever).  Anyone who knew my Mom also knew her locally-famous cinnamon rolls. These buttery, fluffy-soft, ooey-gooey cinnamon-swirled sweet rolls were some of the first items to be snatched up […]

closeup of a muffin

Bakery Style Pumpkin Spice Blueberry Muffins (No-Mixer Needed)

Plump ripe blueberries have never tasted better than paired with delicious pumpkin spice muffins. In fact, this is now our new favorite way to eat them. This muffin recipe is based on my 96-year-old Granny’s vintage pumpkin bread recipe which is incredibly moist and delicious. And the best part — […]

a serving platter with a stack of beautiful pumpkin-colored pancakes with melting butter, toasted chestnuts and covered with maple syrup

Super Fluffy Pumpkin Spice Pancakes for Two (or a Crowd)

This homemade pumpkin pancake recipe is without a doubt one of our all-time favorites to eat — super fluffy, crispy buttery-edged, and topped with melted butter, roasted chestnuts, and drizzled with pure maple syrup they’re heaven. These pancakes are perfect for fall (and a great way to use up leftover […]

4 pumpkin spice muffins with toasted chopped pumpkin seeds on top in a muffin tray

Bakery Style Pumpkin Spice Muffins (No-Mixer Needed)

This no-fail classic pumpkin spice muffin recipe is based on my 96-year-old Granny’s vintage pumpkin bread recipe which is super moist and delicious — and the best part is that it requires no mixer at all, just a bowl and a fork. They’re topped off with toasted pumpkin seed crunch […]

Pumpkin Spice Pumpkin Bread with walnut slices on a pink marble serving tray

Bakery Style Pumpkin Spice Pumpkin Bread (w/Toasted Walnuts)

This no-fail pumpkin spice pumpkin bread recipe is based on my 96-year-old Granny’s recipe which is super moist and delicious — and the best part is that it requires no mixer at all, just a bowl and a fork. This bakery-style vintage pumpkin bread is perfect for fall baking including […]