Tag: baking
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Buttermilk Blueberry Muffins
My mom’s very favorite treat is a blueberry muffin. A big, bakery-style one, with a crispy top and filled with sweet blueberries. The problem is, bakery muffins never measure up to what they could be. At their ideal, they’d be moist, sweet, and exploding with blueberries. In reality, they are usually stale from a long…
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{Gluten Free} Triple Chocolate Almond Biscotti + An Anecdote
“Let’s bake!” I tell my little sister and she runs right up, beaming. It’s not often that I invite her to work with me; I prefer to bake in solitude, keeping the messes small and the techniques flawless. But today, I want to spend time with her. I will not care about any spilled milk,…
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Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie
By now, you probably already know how much I love pie. In fact, March 14 is one of my favorite days of the year; every year, my friends and I bake a glorious selection of pies and have a feast that’s exclusively comprised of sugary, buttery, dessert. Yeah, we know how to party. For this…
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Six Impossible Things
“Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast!” – White Queen, Alice in Wonderland. Six impossibly awesome things. ∞ Croissants, finally ready after three days of work ∞ ∞ I love the contrast of the black centers with the yellow petals of the flowers ∞ ∞ Ingredients for a fall, Rosh Hashana themed cake…
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Triple Berry Pie
When it comes to quintessential summer desserts, my mind immediately jumps to pie. Full of fresh, seasonal fruit that turns deliciously soft and juicy, encased by a flaky, buttery pie-crust, what better way is there to end a barbecue? Or a picnic? None! So we make pie. We make it sweet and simple, with hints…
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No Knead Artisan Bread
There is something about baking bread that is addictive. Maybe it’s the way that a rough hodgepodge of flour and water becomes a smooth, elastic ball of dough. Maybe it’s the vigorous kneading, the anticipation of watching the dough double and triple in size as a result. Or maybe it’s knowing that you’ve created one…
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Buckwheat Baby with Salted Caramel
Most mornings for breakfast I make a buckwheat crepe and fill it with greek yogurt and berries. The protein-filled buckwheat flour and yogurt keeps me going until lunch, and the berries make it a perfectly well rounded breakfast. But routine can get boring, and while looking for other ways to use buckwheat, I came across…
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