Peppermint Cookies This was an experiment. It sort-of worked. I wanted cookies that looked like the round peppermint candies and tasted like peppermint cookies. They sort-of look like the candy and they sort-of taste of peppermint. To get the red and white swirl, I dyed half the dough red, rolled out a red layer andContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXXXV”
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Tourist Singing
I’ve been wondering how to find this. How convenient that it showed up on Behind the Black‘s Evening Pause.
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXXXIV.V
Apple Pastry Roses, Again Much better. Notes: I ran some tests with the scrap. I think a thicker crust par/blind baked without beans might be the path to a light, flakey crust. Christmas cookies, next week. I’m getting a bit tired of pies. Maybe it’s time for some cakes?
Learning 2 Write – III
Genre As an aside, I started numbering these, too, because it generates unique URLs that are under my control. Otherwise, they do get numbered, but it’s not my numbering scheme. There is no Roman Numeral for 0, so the Introduction must be I, which makes this III. There are two assumptions that must hold trueContinue reading “Learning 2 Write – III”
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXXXIV
Apple Pastry Roses This was inspired by a YouTube Short, which apparently cannot be embedded. I should have rewatched before making them because I put the apples in upright instead of sideways. I thought the pastry was too narrow, but it turns out the apples were too tall. In any case, I decided to tryContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXXXIV”
Learning 2 Write
“Person” Third-person is a given. First person is very difficult to write well and I do not have the skill needed. For example: We were gathered at the edge of the tree line. Just before speaking, I noticed a faint hint of lilac wafting on the light breeze. “All right, people, we need to getContinue reading “Learning 2 Write”
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch
Salted Caramel Apple Pie This one didn’t get a number because I have no pictures and not too much to say. This is a Four And Twenty Blackbirds recipe. They (I made two) came out of the oven 10 minutes before we had to leave. No time for pictures. I let them cool in theContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch”
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXXXIII
Deep Dish Pizza Friday is pizza night at dance. I’ve already done Brian’s Deep Dish (at XLIII). I’m doing it again, but with the homemade sausage and the instructed 24 hour dough rise. I didn’t copy out the ingredients, last time. Here’s the recipe, in The Joy of Cooking format. Chicago-style, Deep-dish PizzaFrom: MarkSource: BrianContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXXXIII”
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXXXII
Sour Cream Apple Souffle Cake Cockaigne The title and subtitle are both a bit long – it’s not my fault. Roman numerals just do that and the recipe title is from The Joy of Cooking. Yes, it’s back, finally. No, I didn’t find it a box in the garage. The Laird saw it in aContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXXXII”
Learning 2 Write
Introduction I’ve had a good experience with the Learning 2 Bake from Scratch series. I’m considering a Learning 2 Write series. I had a space opera in mind, but writing out the timeline stretched it WAY into the future. I don’t really want to try to write about technology in the year 3000. There areContinue reading “Learning 2 Write”
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