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Gramma Lund's Limpa Bread

Gramma Lund's Limpa Bread by Amos Miller

My paternal grandfather emigrated to the US in 1912 bringing with him his mother's family recipe for the incredibly delicious - almost cake-like - limpa of the southern Swedish countryside. I looked at every recipe for Swedish Limpa Bread on the C-E-S site. None of them are family recipes, although there is a rye bread recipe, it's…

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Ciamelli ( Italian Bagels) pronounced chum-ell)

Ciamelli ( Italian Bagels) pronounced chum-ell) by J. Gino Genovesi

Ciamelli are like bagels and have a pleasant taste of anise with a burst of orange. They are of Italian origin, a solid bread, and a great favorite at holidays, especially at Christmas & New Years. In our family they were used as "dunkers"; dunk in wine, cocoa, or coffee. They brought smiles to our faces. Many of those who…

1 vote
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Aunt Violet's Swedish Rye Bread

Aunt Violet's Swedish Rye Bread by Amos Miller

Swedes have always made hearty, highly flavored breads and rye always seems to play a part, the foundation for many avenues of baking exploration. Aunt Violet was one of my paternal grandfather's sisters. This is her recipe 'from home'. It seems each of the 7 Moller children brought fragments of family recipes with them through…

3 votes
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Easy French Bread #2

Easy French Bread #2 by myra byanka

No knead, no standing mixer to clean. A pre-ferment (poolish) gives the bread a wonderful flavor, and the actual prep time is short.

1 vote
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Traditional Irish Soda Bread

Traditional Irish Soda Bread by B Innes

The most traditional Irish Soda Bread is simply Soft Wheat Flour, a little baking soda ,a little salt, and buttermilk. Soft wheat has less gluten which made it easier to mill than hard wheat. In this recipe we used Swans Down Cake Flour, which is soft winter wheat. The raisins are an option and are not traditional, however my wife…

1 vote
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Thin Crust Pizza Dough

Thin Crust Pizza Dough by myra byanka

If you like toppings more than dough, try this. It makes 2 medium pizzas.

1 vote
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Scottish Currant Scones

Scottish Currant Scones by B Innes

Warm Scottish Scones with sweet Currants are a treat for breakfast any time of year, or for that matter any time of day.

1 vote
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