10 Bread Baking Tips for the Failed Baker
Are you ready to read a very embarrassing post? Get yourself a bowl of popcorn and get comfortable because you’re about to read the heroic story of an almost failed baker. I spent close to two years...
View ArticleHow to Make Vanilla Extract
Standing in the baking aisle of the grocery store and staring at the choices for vanilla extract put me into a weird thinking trance that made other shoppers look at me like I was insane. I stared at...
View ArticleHow to Make Brown Sugar
Have you ever thought about what brown sugar is made from? Neither did I, until today. Brown sugar is something we always, ALWAYS have in our cupboard, but because of some terrible twerk in the...
View ArticleThe Best Chocolate Chip Cookies EVER!
Several years ago, I decided I was going to figure out how to make the best chocolate chip cookie ever. Three years later, I have done it. Three years of tweaking, replacing this with that, adding...
View ArticleHow to Quickly Soften Butter for Baking
Did you just get everything you need out to start baking your favorite cookies and then read the words softened butter and die a little inside? Those are some terrible words for a baker who keeps her...
View ArticleSourdough Promises
Dear Sourdough Starter, Consider this a new start for us. Things will be better from here on out. I know we’ve had our problems in the past. I’ve treated you badly, I’ve wronged you so many times....
View ArticleMaking Maple Syrup in the City
I bet you thought tapping trees and making syrup was strictly a rural practice. Well, I’m here to tell you it can be done in the city. This is the second year we’ve successfully made syrup in our...
View ArticleHow to Make Butter: A Visual Guide
The very first time I made butter I searched through seemingly endless websites and blogs that all droned on about the butter making process. Why? I wondered… why doesn’t someone make an easy to read,...
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