I thought I had it covered. I had been baking cookies with my aunt since I was a little girl. I was ready to be that cookie-baking June Cleaver when my first child was born. But, doing it on my own wasn’t as easy as I’d thought. First off, the only cookie recipe I had …
Everyone Has Baking Failures Ask any seasoned baker if they’ve ever had a baking failure. You will get some crazy and funny stories! You don’t have to be a beginner to have a failure baking. I remember my first attempt at making a pie crust. I was so frustrated that I balled the dough up …
Recipes of All Sorts Can Be Found for Rhubarb One of my favorite pies my Mom used to make was a Rhubarb Cream Pie. To the best of my recollection that might have been from a Betty Crocker book a long time ago. This wasn’t a Strawberry Rhubarb Pie. It was all Rhubarb, baby, with …
The Italian French Baking Company doesn’t quite rank up there with the legendary Italian bakeries of my East Coast upbringing, but it’s still pretty good, and certainly a damn sight better than getting bread from Safeway or Trader Joe’s. The size of their operation is belied by the small storefront, which makes it appear as …
How High Altitude Environments Affect Bread Dough, and What to Do About It With the price of a single loaf of bread higher than the price of a bag of flour at most supermarkets, it’s no wonder that so many people are trying to learn how to bake their own bread. However, for millions of …