Month: April 2025

Okay, here’s my take on sharing my experience with small piping bags for royal icing, blog-style: Small Piping Bags for Royal Icing: My Experiment Alright, so I’ve been messing around with royal icing for, like, forever, but I always struggled with the details. You know, getting those super fine lines and tiny dots just right? I was using regular-sized piping bags and it felt like ...

Okay, so here’s the deal. I was trying to save a few bucks, you know how it is. Saw something about flour coupons online, figured I’d dive in and see what’s what. Let me walk you through it. First thing I did, I searched for “flour coupons” on Google. Pretty basic, right? I scrolled through a bunch of websites – coupon sites, blogs, even some ...

Okay, so let me tell you about this time, something I call the ‘cookie cutters fall’ moment in my life. Wasn’t about baking, not really. It was about how things should go, you know? The plan. The template everyone uses. The Setup I was working on this project, years ago. Big client, lots of pressure. We had this methodology, this process, drilled into us. Step ...

Alright, let me tell you about this thing I tried the other day – making cookies, well, more like a candy-cookie hybrid, using plain old soda crackers. Sounds weird, right? That’s what I thought too, but I saw someone mention it and figured, why not give it a whirl? Seemed easy enough, and I had a sleeve of crackers going stale anyway. Getting Started First ...

My Attempt at Cultured Cream Dessert Alright, so I figured I’d give this cultured cream dessert a shot the other day. Heard about it, sounded interesting enough, kinda like homemade crème fraîche or something fancy, but maybe easier? Anyway, decided to just jump in and see what happened. First step was getting the stuff together. Didn’t need much, really. Heavy cream: Grabbed a carton of ...

Okay, here we go! Here’s my sourdough sweet bread adventure, start to finish. Alright folks, so I decided to tackle sourdough sweet bread. I’ve been messing around with sourdough for a while, mostly just your basic loaves, and I was feeling a bit adventurous. Saw a recipe online that looked promising, and figured, why not? Day 1: Levain Build First things first, gotta get that ...

Alright folks, let me tell you about my adventure with a silicone pie pan. I saw one at the store the other day, super cheap, and thought, “Why not?”. I always have trouble getting my pies out of the metal pans, so I figured silicone might be the answer. First thing I did was grab my usual pie crust recipe. You know, the one with ...

Alright, so I messed up and made way too many potato pancakes the other day. Seriously, I was swimming in them. But hey, waste not, want not, right? So, I went on a mission to figure out the best way to bring these babies back to life. Here’s what I did and what I learned: The Oven Method – My First Try First, I preheated ...

Okay, let’s talk about my try with high-gluten flour for pizza. I’d been hearing about it, you know? People saying it’s the secret to getting that really chewy crust. The kind you get at some old-school pizza places. I figured, why not, let’s see what happens. Getting Started – The Dough First thing was getting the flour. Wasn’t too hard, just looked for bread flour, ...

So, I was digging around in my pantry the other day. You know how it goes, searching for something specific, but then you find something else entirely. Tucked way in the back, I spotted this jar of apricot jam I’d totally forgotten about. Looked like it was still good, and it felt like a waste to just leave it there. I thought, “Okay, what can ...