Brioche Braid

I had a hard time deciding which bread to bake for a dinner party last weekend. Does this every happen to you? So many recipes to choose from, right? Eventually, I settled on a recipe I had baked once before for the ABC baking project: Overnight Brioche Braid from The Weekend Baker by Abby Dodge. My guests loved it and raved about it. I immediately got recipe requests. And then after posting pictures of the bread on Facebook, I got more recipe requests.

I respect copyright laws and so I decided to ask Abby if she'd be OK with me posting her recipe on my blog. As sweet and gracious as she always is, she said Yes. I highly recommend getting a copy of her book. Years ago I borrowed it from the library, baked from it, loved the baked goods, and went ahead and got my own copy. I never regretted that purchase!!

Golden brown brioche on the outside and soft and fluffy on the inside

ABC - Panettone Muffins

Happy New Year everyone!

Panettone Muffins

I hope everyone is ready for another year of ABC. This year is different in that we're not baking from a book, but rather from the King Arthur Flour website. The first recipe this year is the Panettone Muffins. I've only had Panettone once when my friend Jenn (Knitty Baker) and I decided to do a virtual bake-together. I liked it a lot so when I saw this muffin variety on the KAF website, I knew it had to be on the ABC recipe list.

If you'd like to bake along with ABC, please email me at HanaasKitchen [at] live [dot] com.