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This recipe is an accompaniment for Wild Mushroom Pizza with Caramelized Onions, Fontina, and Rosemary .

Use this focaccia to make Sausage, Bell Pepper, and Onion Sandwiches and Genoa Toasts.

Traditional New York-style salt sticks are chewy and dense because they are usually made from the same dough as bagels. These are softer and more delicate and make fine dinner or sandwich rolls.

Red potatoes keep their shape well — they don’t disintegrate during cooking — and they absorb the flavors around them, like the garlic and rosemary in these pizzas. The flaky white crystals of Maldon sea salt, which is hand-harvested in Maldon, England, make a beautiful garnish for these pizzas. Active time: 1 1/2 hr Start to finish: 4 hr

This recipe makes 2 small loaves of cornmeal bread: you can freeze 1 loaf, wrapped in plastic wrap, up to 2 weeks.

The big bowl and tireless motor of a standing mixer take the heavy work out of preparing these tender brioche loaves.

Here's a different use for one of the ingredients from the first Thanksgiving. Though this recipe is particularly easy to prepare with frozen winter squash purée, canned pumpkin purée or mashed freshly cooked butternut squash will work just as well. The squash will impart a beautiful golden color to the rolls.

In most baking recipes, it is customary to see salt measured in teaspoons. The amount of salt called for in the following recipe, however, is correct for the proportion of flour used.

A fast version of an old favorite. Wine-bottle gift bags make perfect packaging.