baking

Baking soda gets big, well, bigger

December 20, 2008

I’m busy making Christmas cookies today, but wanted to drop all you expats in Germany a quick note. Yesterday while shopping for ingredients at Laaber’s very small Edeka supermarket, I noticed 250g bags of Natron (baking soda) for sale in the spice section. Sure, it’s about the size of the small Arm & Hammer boxes, [...]

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Fabulous Oatmeal Cookies with Raisins, Dates and Walnuts

September 28, 2008

Dieses Rezept gibts auch auf Deutsch.

ingredients
1 1/2 cups (190g) all purpose flour
1/2 cup (70g) whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup (250g) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 cup (170g) dark brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup (180g) honey
2 large eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
3 cups (270g) old-fashioned oats (Dinkelflocken or Haferflocken)
1 [...]

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A Kaffee und Kuchen Extravaganza!

March 16, 2008

I made it, 5 out of 5 cakes completed, and only 1 hour after the party started! LOL!
I had a blast and gotta thank Cliff and Sarah for the delicious selection of coffees and Hezamarie and Alex for the great espresso. I think the cakes actually turned out pretty well this time around. Except for [...]

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I am a glutton for punishment

March 15, 2008

For some reason, I thought it would be a good idea to invite half of Regensburg over tomorrow and bake cakes to feed them all. I have now completed 3.9 out of 5 cakes.
I’m always disappointed in how they turn out. I want them to look like the pictures in the recipe books, or professional [...]

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The Great Vanilla Extract Experiment

February 28, 2008

For six years, I’ve brought a large bottle of vanilla extract home with me from the States every year. While living in Berlin, I considered the tiny, overpriced bottles available at KaDeWe. I searched expat and gourmet shops. I searched online. I looked at recipes. To be honest, it doesn’t look that difficult to make your own, [...]

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Oliver update

December 3, 2007

Well, he’s almost four and a half months old now, and he’s started on solids. The crazy little guy was trying to grab fistfuls of mama and papa food and stuff them in his mouth, so I went ahead and started him on rice cereal. I thought it would be hard, with him spitting out [...]

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Christina’s Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies

October 14, 2007

Mrs. Fields ain’t got nothin’ on me!

Although I’ve heard expats complaining about the consistency of their cookies being off, I’ve never had that problem with this recipe. For flour, I use Gold Puder type 405 für feine Backwaren, for butter I use Meggle die Alpenbutter, and for chocolate I use Sarotti and/or Côte D’Or brands.
ingredients
200g [...]

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