TBB – Kouign Amann

December 01, 2014 by Monica in Baking, Bread, Lesson, The Baking Bible

Not too long ago, most people didn’t know what a kouign amann was, let alone how delicious this sweet bread is. If you were familiar with the pastry—a buttery Breton specialty that’s somewhere between a croissant and brioche, with a layer of crispy caramelized sugar on top—you probably couldn’t shut up about it, and you probably moaned the fact that they were, up until recently, rather difficult to find outside of the coastal region of Brittany, in the northwest corner of France. Make them at home? Sure, you can try, but it’s not a casual undertaking… as I learned when it was part of Rose’s beta test list.

Banana Bread

February 02, 2014 by Monica in Baking, Bread, Desserts, Fruit, Sweets

For the past month I have been craving bananas – like A LOT! It has become my morning breakfast and afternoon snack. I put them on my cereal, ice cream even smothered them with sweeten condense milk as a late night snack.

Don’t you judge now….

But, before we go any further with my love affair with the banana

Lets get one thing out of the way…

Hakkaido Bread - Milk Bread

July 14, 2013 by Monica in Lesson, Learning, Sweets, Bread, Baking

Like any new home cook, there are certain recipes that we are anxious about. For me is anything that has yeast in it. So bread making around my kitchen is not a common thing. Which is crazy considering that if there is anything I love more is fresh made breads and pastry.

Since I started Sweetbites my recipe index has been slowly filling out with various recipes that has force me to teach myself the art of making bread, and like anything in life, practice makes perfect - or in my case, not have a freak out about yeast.

Like many others before me, I was simply intimidated by the seemingly complex and work-intensive process of making bread. Most recipes seem difficult and loaded with steps and significant work. But I have learned that, once you get pass that, you realized that bread is quite easy to make a home, and you only need a few staples ingredients to make simple loaf.