Blue Ridge Baker

It is so exciting to discover delicious new treats. Until recently, my only frame of reference for a babka was a vague recollection of a Sei...

Croissants are a very special food for me and my mom. I have more wonderful memories associated with croissants than almost any other food I...

Every time I take a bite of freshly baked bread, I wonder why I don't bake it more often. There is just nothing like it. It has to be on...

Now that I'm back in the bread-baking groove, I can't stop! Fresh on the heels of my focaccia, I whipped up a batch of this French B...

I'm finally feeling back in the swing of things with the BBA Challenge. I had an English Muffin flop a couple of months ago that put me ...

I saw these rolls on Tracey's blog a while back, and kept them filed away in my memory, just waiting for an occasion to make them. Tha...

I've always enjoyed English Muffins, but they aren't something I ever remember to buy. I was really excited to make my own for the B...

This is one of the recipes that I was considering when it was my turn to choose something for everyone to bake for Sweet Melissa Sundays . G...

This was the first recipe from The Bread Baker's Apprentice that I have not been terribly excited to make. Until I saw these , that is. ...

I have long loved pretzels of pretty much any variety. Since I got really into baking earlier this year, one thing that I was determined to ...

It's time for the next installment in the BBA Challenge, and what a tasty one it is!!! I ate 1/2 a loaf while it was still cooling... I ...

Though this was the first time I ever made cinnamon rolls, it certainly won't be the last. These were amazing. Without a doubt the best ...

Every Sunday, my grandmother- Nana - used to make fried green tomatoes, biscuits and cheese grits. She was an amazing cook. Unfortunately, s...

This is one of the breads that I was really looking forward to - though it took me a while to get to it! It's been weeks since I baked a...

I wasn't going to make this bread. Casatiello is a brioche-like bread that is Italian in origin, and traditionally contains salami and c...

The next bread we were supposed to make in the BBA Challenge was actually casatiello - an Italian bread containing salami and cheese. I'...

The next bread to come along in The Bread Baker's Apprentice Challenge is brioche.  Brioche is a wonderfully rich French bread, and we h...

Bagels. I love bagels. Bagels are one of those foods that never occurred to me to attempt to make at home. Until I started following food bl...

Here is my second bread for the BBA Challenge: a Greek celebration bread called christopsomos.  For this bread, we had a choice between thre...

There is a relatively new baking group that I've decided to join - The Bread Baker's Apprentice Challenge - started by Nicole of Pi...