I often Google my way around the interwebs looking for tips and tricks to help improve my baking to be the best it can be. To that end, I’ve collected a number of interesting factoids that I use daily whenever I turn on the oven, and here I am sharing them with you. Buon Appetito!
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Recipe Post: Bread!
It never fails; within a day or two of getting a professional manicure, I invariably have an overwhelming urge to bake something that requires a great deal of hands-on effort. After Tuesday’s mani/pedi date with a good friend I hadn’t seen in a while, it was inevitable that within 24 hours I would end up…
Tips for Better Baking: Sugar and Other Natural Sweeteners
Sugar, and its cousins, performs many important roles in baking. Sugar: provides moisture and tenderness increases the shelf-life of finished products caramelizes at high temperatures, and adds sweetness All refined sugars (granulated white sugar, confectioner’s/icing sugar, brown or golden yellow sugar, and “raw” sugars such as Demerara and turbinado), are equal when it comes to their…
Tips for Better Baking: Dairy Products and Other Liquids
In Part 2 of my continuing saga series of tips for better baking, today I’m going to focus on dairy products and other liquids in your baking; how to substitute, when to substitute, and most importantly, when NOT to! And with this post and forwards, I’ve decided that, as a “prize” for my readers making…
Tips for Better Baking: Butter and Eggs
Everyone probably has a baking horror story or two in their repertoire, of cakes that came out flat, or custards that curdled, or muffins you could have chipped teeth on. In conversation a couple of years ago with a chef acquaintance, he and I agreed with the statement that, while cooking is a science, baking…
Recipe Post: Blueberry Nutmeg Jam
Being a baker as well as a full-time administrative professional can lead to certain…expectations on the part of friends and family at times. This was in evidence at my wedding, too! I just *knew* that if I didn’t make my own cake and do the dessert table myself, my guests would be asking why I…
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