Taking care of the earth is everyone’s responsibility but it’s hard to always know what to do. These 12 easy steps to a greener kitchen will get you started. They range from easy to a little more difficult but hopefully you can implement one or two into your routine. With everything that’s been happening in the world lately, it’s made … Read More
12 Essential Baker’s Pantry Ingredients
It’s hard to know what you need in your pantry and what you don’t. Below is a list of 12 essential baker’s pantry ingredients and a list of bonus items if you have extra space. Click HERE for a free printable checklist of the baker’s essential pantry ingredients. A Baker’s Must Have Pantry Items: All-Purpose Flour–Like the name suggests, this … Read More
How To Read A Recipe
Understanding how to read a recipe correctly is the first step in becoming the kind of baker you’ve always wanted to be. Or at least the kind of baker whose cookies don’t taste or look like a pile of hot garbage. I don’t know about the rest of you, but the women in my family love to share recipes with … Read More
Why use white food coloring?
I used to work as a cookie decorator for one of those bakeries that makes cookie bouquets. I picked up a lot of decorating tricks there and one of my favorites is adding white food coloring to your frosting base. It didn’t make sense to me at first. Especially when we were using royal icing which was pretty white to … Read More
How to choose the right beater for your Kitchen Aid Mixer
Learn how to choose the right beater for your Kitchen Aid Mixer. No more frustration or confusion about which beater is best for which project! Sign up below for a free printable cheat sheet on how to choose the right beater! My parents received five mixers as wedding gifts. They kept them all. They tucked them away in the kitchen … Read More
How To Make Pastry Flour
Pastry flour is sometimes really hard to find in the store-but it’s SUPER easy to make you’re own. Just 2 ingredients! What is pastry flour and what is it used for? Pastry flour is milled from soft wheat, often soft red winter wheat. It contains less protein than all-purpose (AP) flour but more than cake flour, about 7.5-9.5% protein. Because … Read More
How To Make Pie Crust Leaves
Learn how to make quick and easy pie crust leaves. Use them as adorable decorations for all of your Thanksgiving pies (or just eat them straight)! Pie crust cut outs are a fun an easy way to decorate your holiday pies. All that it takes is a little bit of leftover pie dough and some cookies cutters. Ways to use … Read More
Everything You Need to Know About Flaky Pie Crust
November kicks off the start of pie month and what better way to start of pie month than a deep dive into everything you need to know about pie crust. Pie crust is one of those baking things that has always intimidated the heck out of me. I HATE making pie crust. But the problem is, homemade just tastes SO … Read More
How To Melt Chocolate In The Microwave
Step-by-step tutorial about how to easily melt chocolate in the microwave to avoid burning. No need to use a double boiler on the stove! Ok, all, this is the time of year when even those of us who never bake a thing feel the need to be Julia Child in the kitchen for the holidays. Or if you are like … Read More
What’s The Difference Between Parchment Paper and Wax Paper?
This post contains affiliate links where I will earn a small commission off of your purchase at no cost to you. Several years ago a very good baker friend of mine made some brownies for a gathering. They were those kind of brownies with cheesecake filling on top. They looked amazing. We cut into those bad boys and the bottom … Read More