Category: Braindroppings

Being Halloween I really should’ve made these instead of the brownie cookies but oh well. Had this recipe around forever. Used to make it every year to take to the office....

Okay, this uses a French Meringue not the traditional Italian Meringue you’re supposed to use for Macarons. (Why a French cookie should be made with an Italian, rather than French, meringue is beyond my level of comprehension.) A pretty easy recipe, although every Macaron recipe I’ve read uses the...

I needed a buttercream recipe for macarons and found that most of the recipes I found (a) made way too much for what I needed and (b) were on sites with way too much bullshit. Say no to the sites with way too much bullshit....

If you’re trying to restore your starter from a backup, or someone gave you some of their dried starter, here’s the steps to restore it and make it your own. First of all, weigh it. You need to know how much dried starter you’ve got. For the sake of...

Shit happens. You don’t mean to kill your starter, but shit happens. So be prepared. Drying Out Your Starter I’m sure there are lots of ways to do this but my method is to take a bit of parchment paper and a pastry brush, brush a little starter on...