I just saw this book at Costco the other day & realized later that this may be a good gift for DD’s friend’s upcoming birthday. Oftentimes when I’ve gone to pick up my girls from friend’s house,...

.5” paper pannetone baking molds either in UK or by mailorder from US (or where ever). A friend recalls having seen a picture in a US magazine and they were brown with little gold flowers however the name of the magazine is not...

I’ve noticed that some recipes for nut brittle call for adding baking soda while some do not. What exactly does the baking soda do for the end result?

by a previous poster, Rose Beranbaum’s Pie Bible is an indispensible source of not just recipes but UNDERSTANDING of the art & science of fine baking.

The Alton Brown in me is dying to know...I made this recpe today, and a lot at Christmas time combining cereal (Quaker Oat Squares), nuts and then a butter-brown sugar-corn syrup mixture you boil then add baking soda and vanilla...

There is quite a lot of science to pizza dough (and bread baking in general). From the King Arthur Flour site: Bread yeasts attain an optimum growth temperature in the mid-90°F range. One might think, therefore, that in order to...

If this weren’t such a well-mannered board, I’d almost think somebody was trolling. ;-) I am kind of suprised by the frequent assertions that baking must be done to a recipe and that it is an exacting science. My wife...

, salt and yeast so how hard can it be? The fact is the science of bread baking is very complex and to get a good loaf takes lots of practice and experience. Learning how the dough reacts under certain circumstances and feeling...

Mini-strudels? Apple-based baked desserts are common there. Just remember that German Chocolate Cake is not German (“German” was a brand name of baking chocolate).

Ok so I went through the trouble of making pate a choux last night. I used a pastry bag to lay out small ball sized shapes onto a cookie tray lined with parchment paper. About 10 minutes into the baking (at ~410 degrees) the...

If you can venture as far as Newton, Marty’s Liquors & Gourmet Foods on Washington Street has it. They carry quite a few different types of chocolate for baking & cooking.

-mixers that may or may not work...and once a TV (yippee!) More often they are baking soda and baking powder, yeast, flour, sugar and spices. With Depression habits in my genes (that’s The Great Depresssion) and not one to...

, the mango slices arranged like the petals on a rose. Jars of cookies such as chocolate chip and snickerdoodles rest in glass jars. I had lunch there also. All the bread is baked in-house. The vegetarian soup of the day was corn...

eat dessert, I don’t really make things like cakes and stuff so when I try, it doesn’t come out very good. I think it’s because baking is really an exact science; you have to have absolutely correct amounts of...

) and the baked goods will be sitting out for awhile. Any suggestions to help make the most $$$$ for the school? Thanks!