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#BBB Get Fancy with Decorative Scoring

 This month, our Bread Baking Bakes is being flexible with the recipe you choose because the point of our challenge this time was to try out some decorative scoring with our loaves!  It's not as difficult as it looks, but perhaps more difficult than you might think.  For my next attempt I will do more planning on the pattern, and change the handle on my lame.  That, or just hold the blade with my fingers.  I got a brand new lame, but the giant nut that holds the blade on kept on marring my dough because there was only about ¼" of exposed blade.  I would prefer at least twice that.  So we will try again!  My hydration was probably...

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Vanilla Caramel Chocolate Cake | Three Layered Cake

  I have been off from work since Eid and I don’t know whether I am relaxed. I have been facing this dilemma for quite a long time now. This leave wasn’t very much away from work, since some days I have had to settle up a few things but over the last week, I made it a point not to entertain anything from work, so that I would feel like I am having a break. This time, since we haven’t gone home, we have been trying to go around over here and visit places, like Hatta. It has been mighty hot and extremely humid, but we have been loving the long drives. HD hasn’t been very much a part...

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Crispy Honey Chicken

A delicious Honey Chicken recipe with crispy and crunchy chicken, served in a sticky and sweet honey sauce. Recipe with step-by-step photos. Crispy Honey Chicken My children love chicken nuggets, and this Honey Chicken recipe is essentially a Chinese version of crispy chicken nuggets served in a delicious, sticky honey sauce which the whole family will love. Honey Chicken is a classic Chinese restaurant dish, but one which you can easily make at home. And any homemade version will always be healthier and tastier! Honey Chicken Recipe This Honey Chicken recipe involves two easy steps: Making the crispy chicken Making the sticky honey sauce Crispy Chicken For this Honey Chicken recipe, I like to make small crispy chicken nuggets, quite...

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Sweet and Sour Pork

The best ever Sweet and Sour Pork recipe is loaded with tricks the Chinese have been using for centuries: double dredge and double fry for extra crispy, cornflour instead of flour, economical pork used for juiciness, but tenderised with baking soda so you’d swear they’re pricey chops, and a sauce that’s not sickeningly sweet. BONUS: oven baked Sweet and Sour Pork directions included! Sweet and Sour Pork There’s a lot of information in this Sweet & Sour Pork recipe, so I’m going to skip all the usual attempts at a charming story and just give you the high points! Crispiest pork you’ll ever make – too many recipes make grand promises but fall short; Double fry high temp – fast becoming the worst kept Asian...

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Aldi Finds This Week | NEW CANDLES, Squatty Potty, Wrap Dress, and More!

Aldi Seasonal Finds are the best and so fun! The deals vary weekly, and are some of the best prices. Come take a look and see what we found! Aldi Finds – New Seasonal Steals This Week! Want to know my favorite part about shopping at Aldi?  (Besides their great produce prices…)  The middle aisle!! The Aldi Finds section is full of new seasonal goodies each week that I can hardly ever resist (I always have to get one or two things).  It's seriously the Target Dollar Spot of grocery shopping!  And sadly you can't shop from the middle aisle if doing Aldi Curbside Pickup 🙁 If you're heading into check out the weekly deals from this weeks Aldi Ad,...

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