bested

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Dishes she's made range from panackelty, a stew consisting of potatoes, onions and corned beef, to Staffordshire oatcakes, a type of yeasted pancake, and Lancashire hotpot, made with mutton or lamb.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

A truly good babka is surprisingly hard to find — lots of chocolate but not too much, layered in lightly sweet, tender yeasted dough — and Zabar’s nails it.

From Salon • Dec. 4, 2025

I checked out, darted to the coffee shop across the street, and sketched the thing in my notebook: a soft, sturdy pastry — probably yeasted — layered with cheese and black pepper.

From Salon • Nov. 12, 2025

The book includes Kravchuk’s mother’s Ukrainian pancakes, which call for yeasted batter.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 16, 2023

Then, while her bells still jingled and her wheels yeasted, the company, heart-sick of burials, fell apart.

From Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi by Cable, George Washington