Amaretti not pretentious enough for you as an after dinner biscuit. Today, we’re trying out Ken Forkish’s recipe for Lagniappes from Flour Water Salt Yeast. I’ve always wanted to develope an after dinner biscuit for my back pocket so this is my first trial run; almond biscuits, finished with cream and sugar. Read on for …
Our daily brioche Pain bénit, the blessed bread. For the last 400 years, France has been at war. No, not with Germans, and no, not even themselves, but with butter. Yes, butter. Brioche, that soft, pillow miracle, was originally a holly bread. Up until a 17th century clergyman got a hold of the butter that …
How’s your banana? If your bananas are more freckles than fruit, fear not, and follow me. Today, we’ll be pushing the unfortunate fruit to the very limits of what it means to be solid. This is banana bread…with a microwave. Click below for full recipe and measurments.
Gluten free(ish)? Healthy Oats? Coconut?! If, for whatever reason, some of these things appeal to you, you’re in luck. This week, I’ve been experimenting with using Wales’ earliest grain to make our latest treat: Craggy Oat Cookies This recipe is a trial of Momofuku Milk Bar’s Oatmeal Cookies by Christina Tosi. Ingredient lists and measurements are given below.
A traditional Welsh breakfast (as far as you know)! For centuries Welsh children have been scouring the local hills to collect blueberries (we did it before it was cool). Granted there aren’t as many foraging in the mountains these days (at least not for blueberries), it still won’t stop me from enjoying the best breakfast …