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Mock Gluten Free Flour Blends

There are a plethora of gluten free flour blends out there, some of them excellent, but despite this I don’t use flour blends when I bake. I have found that flour blends can be very restrictive. What happens if I make a recipe that was developed using Cup4Cup with King Arthur’s Measure for Measure flour …

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My Ingredient Preferences

I started reading cooking advice and cookbooks (really reading them, not just looking at the recipes) when I moved into my first apartment. Until then, it hadn’t occurred to me how much the very base ingredients that you use in everyday cooking change the way your food tastes. The types and quality of the oil …

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Sourcing Gluten Free Flours

Let’s talk flours! The sad thing about gluten free flours is that they are not all created equal. I love Bob’s Red Mill, but their gluten free flours (not their starches, those are fine) are too coarsely ground for good gluten free baking. I’ll share here the sources that I use for my various gluten …

Gluten Free Popovers

When I was growing up, I frequently had sleepovers with my best friend, Sally. Her mom made us popovers in the morning whenever I slept over. Once I was old enough to be trusted to work the stove and oven alone, I made them for myself at home. They are an immensely nostalgic weekend treat …

Croutons

So, you’ve made a loaf of bread and it’s maybe not as delicious as you wanted it to be. Maybe you over or under salted it. Maybe it’s weirdly squidgy. Maybe it’s just kind of strange in some undefinable way. Congratulations, you are about to have some really delicious croutons. They’re great in soup, they’re …