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Recipe Testing

I know many of you are equally passionate about learning the hows and whys of baking. This is where I show you some of my trial-and-error baking blunders that happen during the recipe testing process.

See what I did to figure out how to stop cookies from over-spreading, and cringe along with me when my stand mixer rebelled against any more croissant testing. Yikes! Itโ€™s all part of the processโ€ฆ

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Cookbook Recipe Testing, Vol. 4

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Cookbook Recipe Testing, Vol. 1

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