Festive Breads

Tarte au soleil is a French appetizer made of puff pastry and sweet or savoury fillings. It is made by sandwiching the filling in between two discs...

If you love cinnamon rolls, then you’re bound to love sticky buns. The way they’re made is by baking cinnamon rolls on top of a bed of caramel and...

Pumpkin and butternut squash-in their pure form-have never been some of my favourite vegetables. They are too sweet for me. Saying that, I must...

A jet-black bread can look quite strange to some. Every time I have given a bread made with charcoal to an unsuspecting bread lover they’ve given it...

These beautiful black doughnuts will be a sure hit at Halloween. There’s nothing crazy here. It’s just a very quick and simple recipe with added...

This type of cheese is quite common in some Eastern European countries. We have made something similar in the past when I showed you the unique...

Easter is the time of the braided loaf, and you can find a few good examples of this in the Breads of Easter playlist on my channel. This loaf is...

There are various versions of citrus flavoured bread-cakes that are made in Italy for different occasions. Panettone and pandoro for Christmas and...

Fat Thursday is the final Thursday before lent which is one the last opportunities for feasting before the fasting period starts which then runs...

Stollen is a classic German Christmas bread. Full of dried fruits, citrus, and a whole log of marzipan running through the middle. It is soft,...

I was not expecting to make a rye bread for the Christmas series, but whilst flicking through ‘The Rye Baker’ by Stanley Ginsberg I came across this...

This bread is inspired by the Finnish pulla. A soft and sweet Christmas bread flavoured with cardamom. It has all the best characteristics for a...

Cinnamon & cardamom are classic Christmas flavours and they’re extremely popular in Northern Europe. From loaves to rolls to cookies many...

Usually, festive bakes are of the sweet variety. But once in a while there are some unique breads that are quite the opposite and I am extremely...

Italians really know how to make unique and tasty festive breads. From Christmas to Easter there are quite a few you can find on my channel and many...

Rum baba is a dessert of rum syrup soaked bread/cake often served with whipped cream and berries. There are many recipes out there and this is by no...

This is a great last-minute option for a festive bake. It is extremely simple, requires almost no preparation, and you don’t have to look after it...

This bread has all the great Christmas bake characteristics. It is extremely light and fluffy; it is flavoured with citrus and decorated with sugar....

Pepper cookies are a Christmas staple in my home country. But they are equally popular in other Baltic states and Scandinavia. Even though they look...

Lussekatter are traditional Swedish Christmas buns usually made on 13th of December for St. Lucia day. Enriched with butter and sugar, and flavoured...

It’s been a while since I made my sweet and savoury monkey bread videos. I thought that a brioche version would be perfect for Christmas, so here we...

Christmas is all about delicious treats and one of the most delicious treats is brioche. It is the most versatile dough ever created and this is...

Filled with dried fruit, candied citrus peel, flavoured with mixed spice, and marked with a cross, hot cross buns are an essential part of Easter....

I love finding out about unique festive breads from all over the world. This casatiello is certainly that. A huge bread filled with meat and cheese...

Another great addition to the Breads of Easter playlist. This Armenian choreg will make the Easter Bunny come to your house for sure! It may look...

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year my friends! This will be the last video of 2021. We are going out with a simple little recipe inspired by the...

It is a couple of days before the celebrations, and you don’t know what to bake?! These last-minute savoury tear & share rolls will be the...

Christmas is one of my favourite baking seasons because of all the fragrant goodies coming out of the oven. These chocolate pinecone bread rolls fit...

Poppy seed rolls are a delicious Christmas classic in many European countries. And the Europeans do not skimp on the poppy seeds either. The rolls...

Panettone is a delicious citrus flavoured Italian Christmas bread. It is soft and moist and full of flavour because of a long slow fermentation. I...

Pandoro is a light Italian Christmas bread flavoured with citrus. This no-knead slow-fermented version is perfect for a beginner or anyone who does...

Brioche is the most versatile bread dough out there. You can make pretty much anything with it. And this might be one of the ultimate uses for it....