Ever since I received the lovely The Vanilla Bean Baking Book from Sarah and tried her Danish dough recipe, I fell into love with making braided breads. They are simply too pretty and adorable, be it in a petite size or a gigantic one.

It’s been a crappy week. For the past few days when I came home, the only thing I wanted to do was to hug my kids. So tight. Yesterday my girl was sitting on my lap, we chatted and ate danishes together. I started to tear up yet feel SO MUCH BETTER! What happened before didn’t matter anymore. Kids are so magical! I’m lucky to have them.

A perfect crisp fall weather here. So great that you can completely ignore the chill in the air, and forget about the fact that it’s only going to get colder, and eat all the ginger cookies!

How do you normally define bread?

I guess the easiest way is to see if that baked good involves yeast. If it does, it must be bread. However, we’ve also come across a lot of bread recipes that require no yeast at all. No kneading. And no raising. And most important no waiting!