Month: February 2025

Okay, so I’ve been on this huge bread-making kick lately. Seriously, my kitchen looks like a flour bomb went off most days. But I’m learning a TON. And one of the biggest things I’ve been wrestling with is flour – specifically, high-gluten flour. I kept seeing it in recipes, and my regular all-purpose just wasn’t cutting it for some of the things I wanted to ...

Okay, so I’ve been getting into baking lately, and let me tell you, it’s a whole new world! I started simple, with cookies and stuff, but I really wanted to try making a proper cake. Not just any cake, a nice, round, perfectly shaped cake. So, I figured I needed some round baking molds. First, I looked around my kitchen. Nope, nothing round and cake-sized. ...

Okay, so I wanted to get into making my own vape juice, you know, save some money and experiment with flavors. The thing is, you gotta be pretty precise with the measurements, especially the nicotine. So, I needed a scale, and not just any kitchen scale, but one that could measure tiny amounts, like we’re talking milligrams. I did some digging around, and it seemed ...

Okay, so yesterday I got this HUGE craving for donuts. But, like, I also wanted something more substantial, you know? That’s when the idea for cinnamon sugar donut bread smacked me in the face. I figured, why not combine the best of both worlds? Getting Started First, I gathered all my ingredients. I’m talking flour, sugar, yeast, the usual suspects for bread. Then, of course, ...

Okay, so yesterday I decided to make some chantilly cream puffs. I’ve made regular cream puffs before, but I wanted that extra bit of fancy, you know? First, I gathered all my ingredients. For the puffs, it was the usual suspects: water, butter, salt, flour, and eggs. Super simple. The chantilly cream is where it gets a little more interesting – heavy cream, powdered sugar, ...

Okay, here’s my attempt at writing a blog post in the style you described, focusing on my “focaccia bread pudding” experiment: Alright, so the other day I had this HUGE leftover hunk of focaccia. You know, the kind with all the good rosemary and sea salt on top? I hate wasting food, especially good bread. I was thinking, “What can I do with this besides ...

Okay, so the other day, I got this wild idea to make some HUGE Christmas cookies. I’m not talking about your regular-sized Santa’s and snowmen. I wanted, like, GINORMOUS cookies. So I started hunting for big christmas cookie cutters. First, I rummaged through all my kitchen drawers. Nothing. Just the usual suspects – the little stars, the basic trees. Nope, not gonna cut it. Then ...

Okay, so I’ve been seeing these “35 whipping cream” recipes all over the place, and I finally decided to give one a shot. I’m not a professional baker or anything, just a regular guy who likes to mess around in the kitchen. Getting Started First, I grabbed a carton of heavy whipping cream from the fridge. It’s gotta be cold, that’s the key, I think. ...

Okay, so today I decided to dive into the world of baking with apricot jam. I’ve always loved the stuff, but mostly just on toast. Figured it was time to get a little more creative! First, I needed a recipe. After a bit of searching online, I decided to wing it (as I am want to do) and I found that you could put apricot ...

Okay, so today I wanted to try baking a simple cake, and I grabbed a bag of Martha White All-Purpose Flour. I’ve used this flour before for cookies and stuff, but never for a full-on cake. Let’s see how it went! Getting Started First, I grabbed my usual recipe – just a basic vanilla cake. Nothing fancy. I made sure I had all the other ...