Just Baking

Thanksgiving is approaching fast and for those of you who love pumpkin pie may want to try following this how-to video from Aga Links on making pumpkin pie using fresh pumpkin.

Just in time for Halloween we have a video from Epicurious, a source for videos we’ve visited once before, that features a very simple and easy spiderweb cookie you can make with your children.

I tried finding videos on decorating ideas for Halloween cupcakes and cakes but unfortunately there is a definite lack of quality videos […]

Today’s video lesson comes to us from Dyann at Dyann Bakes, a vlog dedicated to baking tips. Dyann’s site gives the recipe for both doughs, which are for shortbread cookies. Making checkerboards (as well as pinwheels, cookie wheels, or marbled cookies) is a cool way to take your cookie presentation to the next […]

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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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 […]

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!

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.

Today we have Chef Michael Olson of the Niagara Culinary Institute showing us how to make puff pastry. Puff pastry is created by first making a base dough and then folding in a fat, often butter, thereby creating hundreds of layers within the finished dough. When it is baked, the water becomes steam, […]

Ah, spring. The snow is gone, the trees are showing their inner green, and that mourning dove is once again outside my window at 4AM. But spring is about more than just Mother Nature reawakening and annoying birds, they say that spring is a time when love is in the air. You […]

The Internets are vast treasure trove of information. I think it’s fairly evident from my posts that I love places like Wikipedia and Google Video. Well, it’s not all about spending my time, surfing the sites looking for the latest baking video game. Sometimes, you find something educational. Today’s video comes […]