FESTIVE SIDES OF BREAD AND CRACKERS FROM BUDGET TO INDULGENCE from the ARCHIVE

CHRISTMAS DINNER SIDES 

Festive Fan Rolls: Cream cheese makes these attractive pull-apart rolls so soft and rich they melt in the mouth. Serve with sensational Orange Butter.  Instructions are simple and clear; tweenagers love making them.  0ption for double size rolls

 'Midi' Soda Breads for Singletons & Small Households

Quick & Easy rustic soda breads are terrifically versatile and egg & butter free (left: Olive, Walnuts & Seeds, Dried Cherry with Nuts & Seeds)

Thrifty More-ish Soda Bread with Oatmeal & Seeds:

Irish Soda Breads are a lifesaver in busy households: there's no kneading or rising; no preservative and the amount of salt is controlled. And it's uber tasty and beautifully textured - make it top of your home baking list. 

SIDES FOR CHEESE: 

Cranberry Nut Oatmeal Molasses Bread: gorgeous with cheese; easy-peasy

Luxury Date & Nut Cheese Crackers: vegetarian indulgence, Vegan opt, fat-free.

The stuff of heaven, a crispy take on fruit and nut breads.  Crunchy and delicately earthy; the crackers require a bit of a financial outlay if you haven't a store of nuts and seeds on hand.  That said, the recipe makes a good 50-70 crackers.  Prep ahead

 

Exquisite home-made cream crackers: 
egg-free, prep ahead; crisp & white, they are a stunning surprise, so far above shop-bought in taste and texture as to be a different animal.  As easy to put together as scones; the  dough can be frozen for a month.

Cheese & Chive Crackers: 

an Indulgence but so, so good!  And so easy to make.  Tasters said: 'so light and fragile; the taste explosion is total!'

AND JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE SO SENSATIONAL AND EASY

Make-ahead No-Knead Cinnamon Rolls

There's not much better than good home-made cinnamon rolls and the easy prep is a bonus!  Tasters said they were the 'best-ever'.  

SIMPLE BREADS & ROLLS: quick prep: even tweenagers can make them

There is nothing like bread made with your very own hands, warm from the oven and smelling divine.  And even better if you can cut out the kneading and rising stages and still have wonderfully textured bread that fills the house with eat-me-now! aromas.

Try these easy loaves/buns, as wonderful to make for the beginner as for the seasoned baker.  They're all pretty simple and all are deliciously more-ish.

Cheese & Nut Light Wholemeal Loaf

This one is an easy-peasy - give-it-a-stir-and-it's-ready-for-the-oven - - light healthy loaf.  It's perfect warm from the oven for breakfast, lunch or dinner. 

Lower-sugar Sweet Bread/Rolls

This bread is sweeteded  with dried fruit not sugar and is for a leisurely holiday breakfast/brunch with family & guests gathered round the table

No-knead Olive Foccacia

This one is for foccacia-lovers who don't like kneading and will wait 24 hours for the dough to rest overnight.  (It's worth it!!)

ROLLS

Almost Instant Bagels
This frugal fun one is for the kids to help shape; they're no-boil, no fat, yeast or sugar.  And who can tell they're home made in minutes?

The Easiest Cheese Muffins Ever? (egg-free)

This one is for when you're out of eggs but want the texture and taste of muffins.   They're unbelievably light & beautifully flavoured; cholesterol-phobes should restrict portions.

Latin American Cornbread with niblets, chilli & spring onions;  tender and slightly sweet but with a definite kick of heat; it's a one bowl wonder that's low-sugar, yeast-free and comes in slices or muffins; perfect for brunch, dinner with old friends and pot-luck get togethers

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