To many folks, scones are those rock hard “pastries” you find at certain coffee shops. If you've ever had a chance to taste a “real” English scone, you know that they are nothing like these hockey pucks. In fact, in Britain, these baked goods are actually known as Rock Cakes (pretty appropriate!) The scone is the standard tea cake of…
One of my favorite “finger foods” to make for appetizers or parties is Gougères. The simple description is a cheese puff, but I always put ham in mine. The dough is the basic pâte àu Choux pastry dough that can be used for so many different items. This is a fairly simple dough to put together and is a technique…
I always enjoy seeing demonstrations or classes by other instructors. I ALWAYS learn something new or pick up some tip or trick. Thursday was no different. I was back at the Huntsville Botanical Gardens for the evening demonstration by the King Arthur Flour team. On the plan for the evening - a sweet dough which was made into a cream…
Well - Huntsville and Alabama must have finally hit the "food map." Today marked King Arthur Four's first Baking Across American demonstration for 2011 and it happened here in Huntsville. Hosted in the Arbor at the Botanical Gardens, the KAF team demonstrated how to make an apple pie (including the pie dough from scratch) and a chocolate tart. (Next stop…