Just Baking

Mooncakes are thin shelled pastries with a thick layer of dense fillings that are traditionally associated with the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival. Fillings can include duck egg yolks, red bean paste, and lotus seed paste, all of which are traditional, but additional mooncake fillings have been introduced reflecting modern tastes and health concerns.
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Do you use your oven in the middle of summer and not think twice about it? Do you look at cake covered in white fondant as an empty canvas? Do you watch Top Chef and snicker when they attempt to make pastry? Do you have random strangers stopping at your desk at […]

Do you want to do something about childhood hunger in America? Join with the over 1 million people who have been baking, selling, or buying baked goods as part of Share Our Strength’s Great American Bake Sale. So far this campaign has raised over $3 million since 2003.
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Today’s video is about using fondant to decorate sugar cookies. I think what really caught my eye about this video is her use of the pasta roller to roll out the fondant. Not sure why, I’ve seen the larger dough sheeters bakeries use in action so a scaled down version shouldn’t have surprised […]

Summer means many things to many people but for some, it undoubtedly means heading out in the RV or pitching a tent somewhere remote. This does not mean one cannot bake though. All through history men and women have used fire to bake, modern people (you and me) have just been lucky that […]

Today’s video lesson demonstrates the technique of braiding bread. This video shows how to braid 3, 4, 5, and 6 strands to form a beautiful loaf of bread. The video lasts nearly seven minutes. Enjoy!

My favorite meal of the day has to be breakfast. More times than not I’m having something for lunch or dinner that most people would consider breakfast. ‘Breakfast served all day’ is my ‘cellar door‘. Eggs, bacon, pancakes, waffles, omelets, what-have-you are the meals I cook most during the week. A […]

We admit it, sometimes our sweet tooth gets the best of us. We love our muffins, cookies, cakes, and other baked sweets. But baking encompasses so much more than that. There’s a whole world of dishes beyond breads, pastries, and desserts that are baked as well. We here are Just Baking […]

So, Sweetie, I Quit to Bake Cupcakes - Sick of the corporate world and the 9-to-5 (if you’re lucky) grind? Quit and become a baker. The New York Times examines the phenomenon of people who switch gears in their life and becoming bakers. I have to admit, the thought has crossed my […]

Today we have how-to videos from Epicurious. They have many “technique” videos, from which we’re showing you the first and last in a series of 7 about baking a pie. You can see the full series here plus other videos covering more than just baking.