Roopa Who doesn’t love a French baguette?! I was most excited to make a baguette and bagels when I started this class. One thing to note about this recipe is that it’s a great go-to white dough recipe. I definitely need to work on my slashing technique, but regardless of appearance, it was delicious! Technically … More French Baguette
The “punch down” technique is used for stretching out the gluten in the dough. It also helps to redistribute the yeast, and even out the temperatures difference between the core and the surface.
Roopa I’ve tried to make a summary of the key things learned about bread baking from my course at the Vancouver Pastry Training Center. Desired Dough Temperature (DDT) Calculations This is the method of calculating the proper water temperature for fermentation. Unfortunately, it is done in the objectively sub-par imperial system. Determine your DDT. … More Bread Baking Tips
Roopa The next bread from pastry school was bagels. The dough for this was quite a bit different than the other breads. Interestingly enough, the recipe was very similar to the baguette recipe but in different proportions. Bagels have one of the driest doughs. I never liked working with sticky dough, but after this class, … More New York Style Bagels
Roopa The second bread at pastry school was a whole wheat loaf. Due to all of the bran in whole wheat, you cannot actually make 100% whole wheat bread. there needs to be some bread flour mixed it. I don’t know if it’s even worth talking about how these breads tasted; everything I’ve ever eaten … More Whole Wheat Loaf
Roopa After a year, I’ve gone back to Pastry school!!!! Alana was supposed to join me, but sadly adulting and work got in the way :(. I signed up for Introduction to Breads after experiencing the joy of kneading dough last year. As usual, it was a wonderful time, and Chef Marco was a gem, … More Hard Bread Rolls
Alana I have had this avocado pound cake on my Pinterest baking board for forever, and last week I finally decided to give it a try! I think that it turned out well. I found it to be sweet without going over the top. It didn’t have the same texture as most pound cakes I’ve … More Avocado Milk Pound Cake
Alana A few weeks ago I went a little bit scone-crazy. Mike and I made a day-trip to Jasper to go skiing at Marmot Basin. For those of you who are not familiar with Edmonton and Jasper, it is about a 4 hour drive between the two. Day trips are therefore totally doable, but you … More Scones, of Many Varieties
Alana Unfortunately baking ended up on the back burner for the last couple months. In January I was taking a critical care course in light of my new job in the ICU (yay!), so that and adulting took up a substantial amount of my time. During my last week of class, I was cruising through … More Spinach Muffins
Alana Another Tea Time Treats recipe! I wanted to bake scones for breakfast one morning when Mike was over, so we picked some blueberries out of the freezer, chopped up the extra callets from my hot chocolate project, and went to work! Theresa and I have made scones several times in the past, and always … More Blueberry Chocolate Scones
Chateau Gateau 