15 Jul

New Feature: Printer-Friendly Posts!

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I am excited to announce an enhancement that I think everyone will find great use for. You are now able to print off any of my blog posts in a printer-friendly format. No more lugging  your laptop into the kitchen and getting flour and crumbs into all the little crevices. I, personally,  have no idea what that’s like ::wink, wink::

Now a quick tutorial on how to print (it’s really not hard, you just press a button, but tutorial sounds very cool, don’t ya think?):

When you click on an individual blog post you will see at the top of the post, right underneath the post header, a little printer icon with the link “Print this post”:

Once you click the link to print you will see a preview of the printer-friendly text you are about to print, which looks like this:

To print, just scroll down to the bottom of that page, and click the link to print:

I hope you all enjoy the new functionality! If there is anything you’d like to see on the blog that currently isn’t available please leave me a comment or shoot me an email and I’ll look into it!

13 Jul

Welcome to Brown Eyed Baker!!

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Welcome, everyone, to my new space! I hope that you enjoy my blog, the new look, and the new name! Here you will find the same content that you came to love at Sugar & Spice, with hopefully even more content and pictures, as well as helpful advice and tips as you navigate the kitchen waters.

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Now that you’re all settled in, spend some time poking around the site and let me know what you think! There’s a brand new About page, as well as a big list (My 100) of all of the culinary conquests I hope to make by the end of 2009, a peek at which cookbooks I keep on my shelf, as well as those I hope to acquire. You’ll also notice My Store, which links to an Amazon store full of recommendations, my favorite kitchen tools, and the ability to browse through many things kitchen, food, and home related.

13 Jul

Hearty Whole Wheat Bread

Posted by Chelle as Yeast Breads & Baked Goods | 2 Comments

The journey to a great loaf of whole wheat bread took a bit longer than I had originally anticipated. After having great success with classic white bread and bagels from Peter Reinhart’s The Bread Baker’s Apprentice, I naturally turned to the same book when looking for homemade wheat bread instead of buying another loaf at the store. The process was a bit complicated, and apparently something went quite awry, because although my dough rose just perfectly during the first rise and then again once the loaves were shaped, once they got into the oven they collapsed and came out as squat, dense little bread wannabe’s. Today, I set out to try again, this time switching recipes and, as you can see from above, I ended up with perfectly high, beautiful loaves of wheat bread that had a nutty texture and slightly sweet flavor.

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10 Jul

Barefoot Bloggers: Jalapeno Cheddar Cornbread

Posted by Chelle as Barefoot Bloggers, Quick Breads/Muffins/Scones | 1 Comment

This installment of the Barefoot Bloggers comes courtesy of Sabrina and Alexander of Cooking with the Kids, who have chose Ina’s Jalepeño Cheddar Cornbread, which is featured in the Barefoot Contessa at Home cookbook. I was really excited to make this, as it came from a cookbook I already own, and cornbread sounded so good, even though it wasn’t fall and I wasn’t serving it with chili! This is only the second cornbread recipe I have made (the first was made last fall and came from Cook’s Illustrated), but I have to say, this was phenomenal. It produced a light and tender crumb, a slightly crisp crust, and the inclusion of the green onions gave it a nice zip, and really, you seriously can’t go wrong with adding cheddar to anything!

More talk about the cornbread, the recipe, and maybe another picture or two after the break.

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09 Jul

Bagels

Posted by Chelle as Yeast Breads & Baked Goods | 4 Comments

Look out Panera, there’s a new bagel maker in town! I do love Panera bagels and usually always get one whether I’m there for lunch or dinner, and I’ve really wanted to try my hand at making them from scratch. I put it off for a couple of months until I found myself with an extra block of cream cheese and it gave me the nudge I needed to make a batch of bagels to slather it on. My friend (and new baking buddy) Annie baked these with me, and although our KA mixers almost died a fiery death, we had a great time comparing notes and then partaking in what was a truly satisfying accomplishment!

Much more on the process, recipe, and pictures after the break.

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