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What makes flaky dough puff?

I was talking to F on the bus two nights ago about why I didn’t want to test a croissant recipe in my Flaky Dough series on the blog.  Me: “Croissant dough is so finicky.  If you get it too … Continue reading Continue reading

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It’s gluten! Holla!

Behold my beautiful challah.  Nice, huh?  I made this challah recipe from “Baking with Julia” for the first time when I was in high school, pre-culinary school.  The original recipe calls for “high-gluten flour, bread flour or unbleached all-purpose flour”. … Continue reading Continue reading

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