baking Archives - Page 27 of 28

Food Network Cooking Club Challenge: Anna Olson’s White Chocolate Banana Loaf

May 10, 2009 by Suzie the Foodie 9 Comments

Yesterday I took on The Food Network Cooking Club Challenge for the month of May and made my TV baking teacher Anna Olson’s White Chocolate Banana Loaf. Delicious! It was genius to make a banana bread with pastry flour, the result is super light and not super dense like some banana breads can be. The […]

Breadmaker Recipe: Apricot Bread

May 8, 2009 by Suzie the Foodie 5 Comments

Now that’s breakfast! As I previously mentioned, I am now going to be making my own breakfasts on a regular basis. To not get overwhelmed at the idea of making ALL my own food from scratch, I decided to enlist the help of my beautiful breadmaker. BREADMAKER TIPS When you use a breadmaker, it is […]

Homemade Cookie Challenge: Chocolate Chip Cookies

May 4, 2009 by Suzie the Foodie 6 Comments

For our cookie challenge I chose these chocolate chip cookies to make from Martha Stewart‘s site. I made them on the only hot day we have had so far this year but I had an appointment that was cancelled and I wanted to take advantage of the free time I suddenly had. All through last […]

The Chemistry of Cookies: Why the heck did that happen?

May 1, 2009 by Suzie the Foodie 6 Comments

To understand the fundamentals of cookie baking, let’s talk about the basics. Most cookies begin with creaming butter and sugar together. How many times have we done this and had NO idea why it was really necessary? Yes, everything has to come together but is there more going on here than putting a batter together? […]

Recipe Review: Lebanese Baklawa

April 30, 2009 by Suzie the Foodie 5 Comments

On the weekend friends of mine were telling me of a less-sweet version of Baklava, they said that it was Lebanese and super delicious. I really love Baklava but I prefer my desserts to be a little less sweet and as you probably know, Baklava is over-the-top sweet most of the time. So I started […]

Do you have what it takes…to make cookies?!

April 30, 2009 by Suzie the Foodie 5 Comments

There are few things I find more frustrating than being in the middle of combining butter and sugar only to realize I do not have any eggs, or vanilla, or parchment paper… I put together a list of what we need for baking cookies to avoid this from happening. INGREDIENTS: All Purpose Flour Sugar – […]

Basic Foodie Tutorial: Cookies in Seven Easy Steps

April 28, 2009 by Suzie the Foodie 5 Comments

In order for me to understand how to go about making something, I like to break it down into basic steps. Once I can see the “bones” of a recipe, I can connect the rest of the baking dots. A new long-winded recipe can get anyone completely lost. Here are my basic steps to baking […]

Foodie Club: Let’s make cookies!

April 27, 2009 by Suzie the Foodie 9 Comments

As Tori mentioned the other day and on her blog, it is starting to warm up out there so before it gets crazy hot, why don’t we make cookies this week? This week I will go over the basics of making cookies and I hope you join me! For some ideas, you can check out […]

Cooking Tutorial & Recipe: How To Make Beet Chips

April 23, 2009 by Suzie the Foodie 8 Comments

I was craving something crunchy the other day which often happens to me. I’m more of a chips person than a cookies person which is very, very bad! I don’t allow myself to eat chips anymore and have even forbidden salted shelled sunflower seeds because the salt kicks my blood pressure way up. I bought […]

Tutorial: How to make homemade muffins

April 22, 2009 by Suzie the Foodie 7 Comments

On this Earth Day in Nova Scotia it’s dark, wet and dreary. The perfect day to make a cup of tea and indulge in a beautiful strawberry margarita muffin. My own invention. Yup, this strawberry-inspired recipe is going in the cookbook too. I think I’m onto to something here! There are a couple of general […]