in my oven this fall
Last month, I visited my sister-in-law and she taught me how to make macarons. Surprise, they are easier than I thought - granted, they are a little finicky and they do require you follow the steps carefully and have patience and all the good things, but they don't take a magician. I came home and made them with a friend, and then tried a new flavor... making them is almost addicting.
Maybe it's because I'm not working with food anymore that baking is such a joy to me lately. Whatever the reason, I want to take advantage of a possible mood and the arrival of fall to make a list of some baking goals - new experiments to try and maybe old recipes to review.
1. Different macaron flavors
So far, I've done vanilla shells with buttercream and chocolate shells with mint-chocolate ganache. The mint-chocolate macarons will most likely never have an equal and I could happily make these every single batch with no complaints. However, in the name of variety and you-never-know-until-you-make-something-better, I would like to try involving: peanut butter, fruits like raspberry or cherry, and Oreo cookies.
2. Challah bread
Last week, I made a loaf of challah, which my husband has taken to making occasionally for our Shabbat family meal. I over-baked my loaf, so it was a little tough, but the flavor was still good. I'd like to make it again and work on getting the temperature and timing just right for the perfect loaf.
3. Finnish Nisu bread
When I took the said challah to work, my manager asked if it was Nisu bread. It looked similar, as both are braided loaves. I had never heard of Nisu bread before, but all she had to say was "cinnamon sugar" and I knew I wanted to try and make it.
4. Pumpkin swirl bread
I've made a similar cinnamon roll bread, but this sounds like the perfect thing for October. I picked up a can of pumpkin from the store anticipating a fall baked good, but haven't put it to use yet! This recipe from Elise Joy should be just the thing.
5. Banana chocolate chip muffins
These banana muffins are an old recipe to me and one of my ultimate comfort foods - one of the first things I learned to bake by myself, a recipe I nearly have memorized, the dirtiest page in the recipe book from the number of enthusiastic baking sessions. I might make them after the clocks fall back in November to add some cozy to the dark evenings.
That's my list for now. It should keep me busy through this season, at least. What are your favorite fall bakes or your go-to homemade sweet?
Maybe it's because I'm not working with food anymore that baking is such a joy to me lately. Whatever the reason, I want to take advantage of a possible mood and the arrival of fall to make a list of some baking goals - new experiments to try and maybe old recipes to review.
1. Different macaron flavors
So far, I've done vanilla shells with buttercream and chocolate shells with mint-chocolate ganache. The mint-chocolate macarons will most likely never have an equal and I could happily make these every single batch with no complaints. However, in the name of variety and you-never-know-until-you-make-something-better, I would like to try involving: peanut butter, fruits like raspberry or cherry, and Oreo cookies.
2. Challah bread
Last week, I made a loaf of challah, which my husband has taken to making occasionally for our Shabbat family meal. I over-baked my loaf, so it was a little tough, but the flavor was still good. I'd like to make it again and work on getting the temperature and timing just right for the perfect loaf.
3. Finnish Nisu bread
When I took the said challah to work, my manager asked if it was Nisu bread. It looked similar, as both are braided loaves. I had never heard of Nisu bread before, but all she had to say was "cinnamon sugar" and I knew I wanted to try and make it.
4. Pumpkin swirl bread
I've made a similar cinnamon roll bread, but this sounds like the perfect thing for October. I picked up a can of pumpkin from the store anticipating a fall baked good, but haven't put it to use yet! This recipe from Elise Joy should be just the thing.
5. Banana chocolate chip muffins
These banana muffins are an old recipe to me and one of my ultimate comfort foods - one of the first things I learned to bake by myself, a recipe I nearly have memorized, the dirtiest page in the recipe book from the number of enthusiastic baking sessions. I might make them after the clocks fall back in November to add some cozy to the dark evenings.
That's my list for now. It should keep me busy through this season, at least. What are your favorite fall bakes or your go-to homemade sweet?
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