Getting Started with the Banana Bread Okay, so today I felt like baking something comforting, and that Betty Crocker banana nut bread recipe is usually a winner. Pulled out the old cookbook, well, actually, just looked it up again. First things first, gotta get those bananas ready. I had three sitting on the counter, perfectly spotty and soft. Seriously, they need to be ripe, almost...

So, I decided to mess around with low-gluten flour the other week. I’d been making some biscuits and cakes, and honestly, they were coming out a bit… tough? Chewy? Not really what I was going for. I kept hearing folks talk about cake flour or pastry flour, which is basically just lower in protein, lower in gluten. Getting Started First step was actually getting my...

My Journey with the Pastry Spatula Alright, let’s talk about the pastry spatula. For the longest time, I just used regular table knives or those clunky rubber spatulas for everything frosting-related. Seemed fine, right? But then I kept seeing these long, thin metal things in baking videos, and folks were gliding frosting around like magic. So, I finally picked one up. Wasn’t expensive. Just a...

Okay, so I wanted to share something I messed around with in the kitchen recently. Nothing fancy, just this simple plastic dough scraper thing. Getting Started with the Scraper Right, so I was making some bread, you know, the usual sticky mess. I always hate getting the dough out of the bowl, sticks to everything, my hands, the spoon, you name it. I remembered seeing...

Okay, so, I decided to try out shepherd’s grain low gluten flour. Heard some good things, figured I’d give it a whirl. Here’s the lowdown on my baking adventure: First off, I grabbed a bag. You know, the usual – online order, showed up a few days later. Felt kinda lighter than my regular all-purpose, which I guess makes sense since it’s lower in gluten....

Okay, so, matcha cakes, right? I was craving something sweet but not, like, too sweet. And I’ve been obsessed with matcha lately. So, naturally, my brain went “matcha cake near me!” The Hunt Begins: First thing, I whipped out my phone and did the usual Google search. “Matcha cake near me,” duh. Got a bunch of hits, mostly bakeries and cafes. Started clicking through the...

So, I decided it was time to get the little ones involved in the kitchen more, specifically with baking. Seemed like a fun idea. I went looking for some childrens baking tools, figuring smaller sizes would be easier for their hands. Found a set online, didn’t look too pricey, had a bunch of stuff in it. Tiny whisk, a small silicone spatula, a little rolling...

Alright, let’s talk about what I did in the kitchen today. Decided to finally try making those cream cheese cake mix cookies I’ve seen around. Seemed easy enough. Getting Started First thing, I needed the ingredients. I grabbed a box of yellow cake mix – just a standard one from the pantry. Then, the cream cheese. It was a block, the usual 8-ounce size. Had...

Alright folks, gather ’round! Let me tell ya ’bout my little baking adventure with some fancy baking ingredients I picked up. It all started last week when I was browsing through this bougie online store, you know, the kinda place that makes you feel poor just lookin’ at it. Anyway, I stumbled upon some stuff I’d never seen before: black cocoa powder, matcha powder that...

Okay, so you wanna know how I clean my flour sifter? It’s pretty straightforward, nothing fancy, just gotta do it. Let’s get into it. First things first: Empty the Sifter Obviously, before you even THINK about cleaning, you gotta empty out all the flour, right? I usually just give it a good shake over the sink or trash can to get most of it out....