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for the love letter pastries an easier way to make them is by using storebought pie crust and fill it with some jam or fruit you like and the fold 3 of the corners inward to the middle and then spread some eggwash (or just the yolk) and baking (whatever the instructions say) until golden brown (the egg is important for that)
thank you so much for the tip!!
I need to stop microwaving butter if I'm going to cream it in an electric mixer.
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Baking and some linked recipes and my life and a potential fic (?????) under the cut idk read if you want to I talk about mini pies and stuff
I reblogged that mini pie recipe post a while ago and I still haven’t made them YET but I’m thinking that I will on Thursday or maybe Friday because I got a job (!!!!) and those (and Saturday) are my days off this week so I’ll keep you posted on the mini pies and when I make them and how they come out because I’m really excited about them.
In other news I made an apple pie a week or two ago and that was really good (I use Pillsbury’s recipe and pre-made crusts but everyone thinks the crust is homemade so !!!!!!!!) and I made super good s’mores chocolate bark on Sunday (it’s really messy making this so be prepared) and I just like ten minutes ago made fudge so that’ll be ready to eat in a couple hours and I’m thinking that’ll be good too (making it was kind of messy too (not because it’s a messy recipe but because I’m clumsy) but probably totally worth it).
In other other news I’ve been thinking about writing a fic????? I have a lot of it planned and I started it and it’s really good in my mind but idk man I guess we’ll see (it’s a very self-indulgent country club au I’m really excited about it I watched High School Musical 2 for some inspiration (I would’ve watched Dirty Dancing too but they took it off Netflix I’m Mad) I’m not even sorry). So idk I’ll keep working on it but no promises that it’ll actually get done between working and baking and college visits (oh boy????) and my procrastination of EVERYTHING.
ETA: I also hatched a Zubat on Pokémon GO today and I Am Mad
the mini pie recipe you reblogged!! thanks so much for reblogging that. but dude, for srs, it takes like 2 hours because of how long it takes to make everything, and the lattice work will slowly drive you insane but it's a cure for boredom :)
omg thanks for the heads up on that!! I haven’t done it yet but I definitely want to because I literally have nothing else to do and I’m super excited to try it!!!!
Tips for Baking Without a Mixer
Sometimes, life decides you really don’t need a mixer. Like if yours breaks, you move away from the one you borrowed all the time, or the recipe just calls for it.
Whenever I find myself baking without a mixer, it’s always useful to remember a few tricks. And I’m writing this down here so I won’t forget it next time.
Melt your butter
This sounds stupid, I know, but trust me it’s super easy. Your butter can’t be cold, and it can’t be room temperature - unless, you, yanno, want to build up some serious arm muscles. With your butter melted it’ll combine easier and look creamier with a LOT less effort.
Pro tip: cut your unwrapped butter into cubes or chunks to get it to melt faster. Be sure to put it in a bowl to get all that liquid gold!
‘Beat’ your eggs really means BEAT THEM
Once your egg goes into the batter, go after that thing like a monster on a rampage! Stir it into your dough! Make it creamy!
Pro tip: Add your eggs one at a time.
Combine ALL your dry ingredients when possible
Dry ingredients are typically added after you mix together your butter, eggs, etc. It’s sooo much easier to handly mixing if you don’t have to stop and measure your dry stuff every time you need to add more. So just toss all your dry stuff into a big old bowl. Just scoop it out as needed to stir into the dough.
Pro Tip: if you don’t have a large enough bowl to combine them in, put the smallest ingredients into your batter first, i.e. baking soda or salt and then flour.
Pro tip: Add your flour one cup at a time
When working with recipes that ask for large amounts of flour, it’s logical to slowly add flour to the recipe. But when your stirring by hand, you may not always have a helper to toss flour in for you. Instead, add it one cup at a time - so it only SLOWLY gets harder to mix.
