Posted on 09/21/2016 5:03:37 PM PDT by Jamestown1630
I know; it drives me crazy to see the chefs on television manipulating these beautiful, silky doughs - and then to look at my usually ragged product ;-)
You won’t regret it. If you bake with yeast, order their yeast. Best thing going!
My friend from Mexico makes posole. I want to try my hand at making it. Your recipe seems doable. Sounds yummy.
I used to get the King Arthur flour catalog. Then I gave up food porn. Lol.
This looks super yum. I would have to leave out the pecans, not that they aren’t delicious. But I want to make this for my sugar loving “kids” one day this fall. (My kids include my sugar junkie mom who only gets one treat a day - torn between wanting her to be healthy and letting her enjoy her last years)
You could totally put chicken in that stew. Was trying to get a fairly veggie cheaper meal in.
Traveling this morning back to California-will check in when I can. Love fall recipes. We had the most extraordinary arugula last night for dinner from the garden. Best salad ever!
That sounds delicious!
You said it...best way to go.
My experience is that you need to experiment with batters, for some of these pans. I would suggest trying the recipes at the Nordicware site first, because my bet would be that they develop batters that will take the impression well.
I have the Pumpkin/Vine loaf pan, and my first attempt was disappointing - the batter I used was too ‘soft’ to create much relief in the design:
Good suggestion.
Made with Nordicware "Backyard Bugs" pan.
A friend of mine has the Castle pan, and puts little flags on the turrets:
https://www.amazon.com/Nordic-Ware-Cast-Castle-Bundt/dp/B000F5M044
The ladybugs are wonderful!
The bugs’ icing touches are perfection——I’d struggle w/ that.
I guess it’s just practice. My problem is staking out the time and being patient - which means, in the first place, choosing whether this one, of so many other ideas, is something I really want to spend time on.
By the way, the cookie site I posted shows a lot of techniques, simple to advanced. She also has tutorials on airbrushing - and look how she makes a burlap-looking pattern:
http://www.sweetsugarbelle.com/2015/03/easy-decorated-burlap-cookies/
I don’t think any of this stuff is terribly difficult; but you have to “commit” ;-)
There used to be a lady in our circle who made beautiful cookies with hand-painted Santa Claus faces, really works of art. But that was her trademark, the only ‘fancy’ thing she did for Christmas; so she got very good at it and well-known for it. Everybody looked forward to those cookies each year.
Food and artists go together like Mac ‘n Cheese.
They’re adorable.
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