Category: Braindroppings

Dog Biscuits 1

I recently bought some dog-themed (bones, paws, etc.) cookie cutters to make my own dog biscuits....

Roti

I decided to try making roti — Indian flat bread — over the weekend and discovered you should just go to a good store and buy it pre-made. That is all....

Buying A Mixer

A fair number of people have told me they’d love to bake more but they don’t have a stand mixer and can’t afford one. First of all, a mixer is a convenience. Okay, if you want to make something very wet like ciabatta or brioche, I’d say it’s a...

Salt, Water, Yeast, Flour

Sourdough breads are all pretty much just salt, water, yeast/starter, and flour. Sometimes I need to increase or decrease the total amount but keep the ratios the same. I had a spreadsheet for this but decided to make it a web-form to have available and some others might find...

Tare

Here’s a helpful tip, either write on your bowls the weight of them or keep a list somewhere — that way you can just plop it down on the scale and know the weight of the contents by doing some simple math. Need to know how much that dough...