Ciabatta Having just returned from Rome (and finally over the airplane crud), I thought it would be nice to thank the friend who drove us to/from the airport with an Italian dinner. This requires ciabatta for the bread course. Need to make bread? Who ya gonna call? The Big Dog: Of course, it’s another oneContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXV”
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Mark & Max – II
Tiger Nut Cake First, an administrative note: I’m skipping some of the recipes. I may or may not go back to them. The second in the book is Tuh’u (no, I don’t know what an apostrophe sounds like, either), which is a lamb dish. It’s rather difficult to find lamb in January, since they areContinue reading “Mark & Max – II”
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXIII
PB&J Shortbread This was triple inspired: My “early out of the oven so it stays moist” peanut butter cookies reminded Kay of shortbread (because they collapsed). Ari wanted me to vet a recipe for shortbread cookies with icing before she went to all the work of making them; I have not seen the recipe, yet.Continue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXIII”
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXII
Peanut Butter Cookie Perfection I consider this not only “learned” but “perfected”. I can’t imagine them getting any better. Third time is the charm. The first batch was the original recipe, which was tasty, but a bit dry. The second batch had less flour, which made them less dry (more moist sounds vaguely icky) butContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXII”
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LX
Angel Food Comparison I was in the mood for baking on Sunday (it was gloomy and there were snow flurries). I didn’t find a cookie recipe in Grandma’s cookbook that caught my fancy, but I did find five angel food cake recipes. I had been wondering if angel food cake required that special pan. ItContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LX”
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LIX
Red Cake This is the cake that “belongs” to the buttercream frosting recipe from the Halloween Cupcakes. Red CakeFrom: Jo Cream:1/2 cup shortening1 1/2 cups sugar1 tsp vanillaAdd 2 eggs, beat wellMake paste with then add to above:2 oz red food coloring3 Tbl cocoaAlternately add portions of2 1/4 cup flour1 cup buttermilkImmediately before baking add:1Continue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LIX”
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LVIII
Hamburger Buns There’s always a story, isn’t there? I’ve been baking bread for a decade, now. Doing it well consistently since we moved down from the Mile High city. One would think that hamburger buns would have come up, already. In fact, they have, with middling success because I have nothing in which to riseContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LVIII”
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LVII
Halloween Cupcakes These were super experimental. I’ve never made cupcakes before. They were also hardware store style baking: Repeated trips to the store were necessary. I have two muffin pans at a dozen muffins each. I thought one and half layers of a layer cake would fill both pans, hence the four-batch mis en place.Continue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LVII”
Marked Up 