On a recent trip back to France I had the good fortune of being given this old recipe for "pain d'épices" (spice bread). As a child growing up in France we would come home from school and as a snack we would often have a couple of slices of this cake-like bread lathered with butter. I always wanted to find the recipe and rekindle with my childhood memories. So when I was visiting my home town open air market I came upon the beekeeper's stall and they were also selling this delicious bread and the lady very kindly gave me her recipe that she has been making for a number of decades. Upon returning to the US I started making it and it tastes exactly as I remembered. So I decided I couldn't keep this little treasure for myself and started making it for clients. If you want to sample another one of France's tradition I will happily make it for you.
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