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Your Focaccia (Sweet and Savory) Baking Schedule + My Grandmother's Mustard Sauce, Lofty Popovers, Tiramisu & More
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Friends, hello! This week I found myself baking for all the various things — cookie exchanges, secret Santa events, teachers' and coaches' gifts. Of all the things I baked — shortbread, peppermint bark, cream cheese cutouts, and peasant bread — I found the peasant bread to be the easiest/least demanding of all, and found myself thinking: next year, it will be peasant bread for all! Friends, if you've found yourself in a baking/gifting marathon this week, I hope it's gone smoothly, and I hope it's nearly over. This weekend, I'm making my shopping list and drafting a very rough timeline, which mostly concerns focaccia, both for Christmas morning and dinner. Here's what I'm thinking: Monday, December 22nd: Mix two batches of focaccia dough and stash them in the fridge. Wednesday, December 24th: Remove one batch, and proceed with the cinnamon-sugar focaccia recipe through step 8, then return it to the fridge until the following morning. Thursday, December 25th: Remove the cinnamon-sugar focaccia pan from the fridge one hour before baking it. Later in the day, remove the other batch of focaccia dough, 4 hours before baking it. Friends, I truly cannot believe that Christmas is next week and that another year has nearly passed. I hope all of your preparations are going well, and I'm wishing you all the happiest holiday season! Talk soon 👋
PS: Does this sight ever get old? Christmas Menu 2025
Last week I shared my favorite Christmas recipes, all of which you can find here, and below you will find a few highlights, including these brioche cinnamon rolls, which will make an appearance on Christmas Eve morning this year.
Simple Baked Ham with Brown Sugar Glaze My Grandmother's Mustard Sauce Balthazar's Mussels — A Christmas Eve tradition with these ... For Christmas morning: Overnight (or not) Brioche Cinnamon Rolls or... Cranberry-Orange Buttermilk Breakfast Cake
For every holiday dinner: Alice Waters's Potato Gratin or... 4 Easy Bread RecipesNo-Knead Buttermilk Pull-Apart Rolls No-Knead Dinner Rolls (baked in a muffin pan, no shaping required!) Lofty Popovers (if you can make pancake batter, you can make these!)
Focaccia (overnight, refrigerator or sourdough) And for dessert:Tiramisu
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Hi. I'm Ali.
Bread enthusiast. Vegetable lover. Omnivore. If the kitchen is your happy place, you're in good company. Let's hang.
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