Yes, St. Patrick's Day is over. But after having some wonderful, soft yet tangy Irish soda bread with satsumas and European-style butter at Wegmans' (sorry, I didn't make it myself) it occurred to me how many different ways this treat...
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So I made biscotti yesterday afternoon, and although they turned out alright, they aren't exactly what I was hoping for. I used Sara Moulton's recipe (although I think she got it from Gourmet magazine), and subbed macadamia nuts for the...
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I cook a lot but I do not bake at all. I want to start baking with simple cupcakes, etc. Question is: Can peanut oil be used in place of vegetable oil in baking to enhance the flavors?...
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I finished working at that bakery finally (too much drama - I had to move on to find new drama.) Anyway, in celebration I decorated one last freaking happy cake and figured if anyone you'd be the people to appreciate...
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Hi all, Does anyone have a recipe for a pie crust using all butter that is easy to roll out - with that tips for rolling out dough? My mom helped with the blackberry-blueberry pie with lemon cornmeal crust from...
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I don't have a bread machine anymore. Last one broke. I've gone way too long without some good homemade loaves. Have decided to just break down and make some white yeast bread from scratch. In preparation I've bought some yeast...
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For Valentine's Day I made the bf pistachio macarons, from Nigella's How to be a Domestic Goddess. I folded everything in carefully, gently put it all into a pastry bag, piped out the little circles, let it sit for 10...
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I recently started using parchment paper, especially when cooking breads. The parchment paper makes clean up a breeze, and helps protect the bread bottoms from my beat up baking sheets, but the paper always burns to a crisp in the...
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Is the starter supposed to be thick?...
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Can baking soda or baking powder be used in place of the other? What have been the results of using one over the other?...
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