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Neapolitan Macarons

September 8, 2012 By Korena in the Kitchen 9 Comments

Since making macarons for the first time last Christmas, I have been saving egg whites in the freezer to make them again. I promised myself before we moved (twice in 6 weeks actually, ugh!) that I would only bring those frozen egg whites to the new house if I made macarons ASAP. So I did.

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Filed Under: Chocolate, Cookies & Squares, Fruit, Recipes Tagged With: baking, chocolate, cookies, French macaron, macarons, Neapolitan macaron, recipe, strawberry, Swiss Meringue Buttercream, vanilla bean

Daring Bakers: Scone Mojo

January 27, 2012 By Korena in the Kitchen 44 Comments

Audax Artifex was our January 2012 Daring Bakers’ host. Aud worked tirelessly to master light and fluffy scones (a/k/a biscuits) to help us create delicious and perfect batches in our own kitchens!

Audax, who can offer a wealth of information, tips, and tricks for every challenge (even when he’s not hosting it), did not disappoint with this one. When I saw that the challenge was scones, I honestly wondered how much I would learn, being that I already considered myself to have “mastered” scones – I learned to make them in grade 7 Home Ec, and have been turning them out very successfully ever since. The spirit of this challenge was to find a way to make scones that works best for you, and Audax did a ton of research on what makes a good scone and the techniques to use to make them more flaky or more tender and cake-like. All things I never knew before! He also went into the difference between a scone and a biscuit, which as far as I understand, mostly comes down to geography: they are essentially the same thing, but in America they are called biscuits, and anywhere with a British influence they are called scones. In general, I personally tend to think of scones as sweet (or served with sweet things) and biscuits as savory (or served with savory things).

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Filed Under: Chocolate, Daring Bakers / Daring Kitchen Challenges, Other Baked Goods & Sweets, Recipes Tagged With: baking, biscuits, chocolate, Daring Bakers Challenge, recipe, scones, vanilla bean

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