Biscuits The biscuit saga continues so I left the roman numeral the same. Because I’m me, all sorts of things changed. They were larger in diameter because I made them egg-ring size, not biscuit-cutter size, to make bacon, egg, and cheese biscuits. I decided to “go big” and hammer them with leavening. 120 g HungarianContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake – from Scratch LXI 2”
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Learning 2 Bake – from Scratch XLII
Danish It’s pastry season and I’ve not made Danishes, yet. This recipe at Sugar, Salt, Magic looks good. It is filled with helpful tips, but the recipe, itself, is just: 226 g unsalted butter (2 sticks), coarsely grated and very cold390 g flour1 cup milk – cold2 1/4 tsp instant or active dry yeast (1Continue reading “Learning 2 Bake – from Scratch XLII”
Learning 2 Bake – from Scratch – XLI
Biscuits I made buttermilk biscuits with regular milk. Needless to say, they didn’t rise much. I dislike my biscuits, so I’m starting over. Here is an extremely simple biscuit recipe: 1 cup flour1/2 Tbl baking powder1/2 tsp salt3 Tbl butter1/3 cup milk They were also hockey pucks. The recipe is quartered, so there is roundingContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake – from Scratch – XLI”
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch
Павлова I don’t often do “cute”, but sometimes I can’t resist. These are amazing! The texture and the taste are both excellent. There will be more Pavlovas in my future. I’d never even heard of it. I stumbled across the recipe while searching for “why is my meringue collapsing?”
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – XXXX
Lime Merrang I had two goals: A crispier crust and non-collapsing merrang (I’m starting a trend, not misspelling). The plan was to use the leftover crust dough from the Lemon Merrang, but it was already dry and dried out even more in the refrigerator. I made a new 2/3 batch of crust. Yay, metric system!Continue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – XXXX”
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – XXXIX
Lemon Meringue Pie I don’t know why The Laird wanted pie, let alone lemon meringue, as his birthday cake, but he did. I liked the tone of the Sally’s Baking Addiction recipe, so that’s what I used for the filling. I used my pie crust recipe, which needs just a touch more water for theContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – XXXIX”
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – XXXVIII
Croquembouche It’s not quite as ambitious as it may seem. I’ve made both cream puffs and eclairs without posting anything about it. I was inspired by the Jamie and Julia effort: Erin’s pate a choux was a great learning experience: But I like Helen’s recipe better because it includes the filling: The recipe doesn’t seemContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – XXXVIII”
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – XXXVII
Chocolate Baguette with Lemon “Why on Earth?” is a fair question. I’ve been experimenting with baguettes. Brian Lagerstrom is my inspiration for that: I’ve not had good luck. I don’t get much rise in the oven. I believe this is due to the last rise and slicing the top. I will probably never find outContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – XXXVII”
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch
Baking Powder I had read that people used to make their own baking powder and scoffed at those who purchased it, rather than baking “from scratch”. I never bothered to track down what they did. Apparently, it’s a “thing”, again – 150 years later. I found this video very interesting: Adam Regusea is good –Continue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch”
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – XXXV
Pullman Pan I got tired of my bread having weird shaped tops, so I bought a Pullman pan. You can see the problem: How do you know that loaf is ready to bake? You cannot even tell there is bread in the pan. My “new” technique (after the last one turned out two-third height) isContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – XXXV”
Marked Up 