Vanilla extract is a simple mixture of alcohol and vanilla beans. Over time, the vanilla beans macerate in the alcohol and create the wonderful extract that we use in most of our baking recipes. Vanilla extract is actually very easy to make at home, and I do it all the time. All you need is [...]
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Ask BFFF: Is it Better to Weigh or Measure Flour?
Is it better to weigh or measure flour is, unfortunately, one of those questions that is hard to answer. I can only comfortably say that it all depends on the recipe and the quantity. While I’m at work, slamming out hundreds of pounds in doughnuts or pastries, you better believe I am weighing my flour. [...]
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Ask BFFF: How to Bake with Lavender
One of my favorite desserts in the whole wide world is lavender shortbread. It might just be one of the most delicious, decadent things I have ever made or eaten. While I have heard of people baking with fresh lavender or fake lavender flavorings, my favorite way to bake with lavender is to use a [...]
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Ask BFFF: How to Bake a Cake
Before we begin, you’ll need a few supplies: a delicious cake recipe (you may just want to troll BFFF for a few options), an appropriate sized pan, an oven (of course!), a timer, a couple of toothpicks, and, if you’re feeling fancy, a cute apron. Plan it out: I’m a super planner, so I always [...]
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Ask BFFF: What’s the Difference Between Cake Flour and Regular Flour?
When it comes to the differences between flours, the answer lies in the gluten. Regular, or “all-purpose” flour, has a mixture of high gluten wheat (hard wheat) and low gluten wheat (soft wheat), making it ideal for cookies, biscuits, and some cakes. Cake flour, however, is made with low gluten wheat (soft wheat) and produces [...]
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Ask BFFF: What Can I Substitute for Eggs in a Recipe?
I spent 6 months as an extremely strict Vegan, but I found after about month one (just kidding, about three days) that I just couldn’t survive without the cupcakes and cookies I craved. So, I found out many different ways to substitute eggs in my favorite recipes. Here’s a few of my favorites: Bananas [...]
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Ask BFFF: How to Store Cookies
When I was a little girl, my grandmother had a huge orange cookie jar in her kitchen that was to-the-brim full of her favorite chocolate chip cookies at all times. She had six grandchildren at that time and four (adult) kids too, so cookies were always being baked and replenished to feed all of our [...]
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Ask BFFF: How to Make Cake Pops
Cake pops are a cause for a lot of confusion amongst home bakers. They seem so incredibly complicated, and yet they are really, really simple to make. There are two effective ways I’ve found for making cake pops, but I will say that for first-timers, using a cake pop pan (like Homemaker Chic does) may [...]
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Ask BFFF: How to Decorate Cookies
With Thanksgiving, Christmas, and many other holidays coming up, I am always on the lookout for cute ways to decorate cookies. There are so many different ways to decorate cookies, especially when you’re talking about more than just sugar cookies. I’ve decided to break this up into three varieties of cookie, though there’s so many [...]
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