The Daring Bakers, that illustrious and intrepid group of folks world-’round that takes on a monthly challenge de four and posts the results together on the same day is two years old this month. In honor of this great group (which happens to be the reason I started blogging), I spent part of this afternoon making the very first challenge, homemade pretzels. Ah, who am I kidding? The husband wanted them. But happily his craving for East Coast street food coincides with the anniversary of that great day that Ivonne and Lis started baking together in public…
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Daring Bakers Challenge October 2008
Did someone say “pizza”…again?
I love pizza. Who doesn’t? Weird kids maybe. Anyway, I love it because it’s really tasty and easy to make and cheap. In fact, I love it so much that I already posted about it and not too long ago. Which might make you think “well, I can skip this post” but you’d miss out because our illustrious host Rosa from Rosa’s Yummy Yums* gave us a dough recipe far superior to the one I posted previously. And as we were required to make two pizzas for this challenge, the creativity of limitation pressed me to find possibly the cheapest ingredient ever to top a pizza. Curious? Read on…
Daring Bakers Challenge September 2008
I’ve gone crackerdogs for vegan lavash!
First off let me say that I’m a die-hard omnivore who really doesn’t understand leaving meat, dairy and eggs out of her diet. I’m always a little surprised when I find out that I’m eating something “vegan,” void of any yummy animal products, and loving it. Turns out that lavash, a wonderful Armenian crackerbread, is one of those happy baked goods that is both delicious and vegan and also happens to be this month’s Daring Bakers Challenge, hosted by the intrepid Natalie from Gluten A Go Go, and co-host Shel, of Musings From the Fishbowl. Lavash Crackers from Peter Reinhart’s The Bread Baker’s Apprentice were so easy to make and so wonderfully tasty, I’m afraid there’s not much drama for a good story…but here goes!
Daring Bakers Challenge August 2008
Ok – éclairs – go!
This month’s challenge was Chocolate Éclairs by Pierre Hermé, a challenge posed to Los Bakers de la daring by Tony Tahhan and MeetaK.
No problem I thought. Piece of cake. Or piece of puff. I thought…
One of my favorite things in life (always in retrospect because when it’s happening, it usually sucks at least a little bitty bit) is when I think something is one thing, and I’m proven wrong. W-R-O-N-G. Keeps me humble, which is not something the women in my family are known for. So it’s always good, and in the end, always funny…
Daring Bakers July 2008 Challenge
I joined a nice group of folks called The Daring Bakers. They choose one thing a month as their “challenge,” bake it, and then post the results later in the month, all on the same day. This is my first challenge, a Filbert Gateau with Praline Buttercream from Great Cakes by Carol Walter.
I read the recipe, and…it’s really hard. No, I’m serious about this. This cake is hard. I’ve never made a cake like this before. I’m freaking out.
