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    Attempting to Make Brioche Bread Again

    Last December, my mixer broke while making a new bread recipe. This recipe was for brioche bread. Today, I have a new mixer that is stronger than my old one. Even though it is stronger and far more reliable than…

    By essieofwho October 17, 2025
  • Blog,  Cooking,  Food and Cooking,  Heath/Safety,  Home,  Lifestyle,  Personal & Comentary

    Discovering New Alternatives for Hard Apple Cider in Recipes

    Ever since I discovered I have food allergies, I have tried my best to adjust any recipe I use to avoid my allergies. Over the years I’ve become more adapted to recognizing recipes with ingredients I can’t use and how…

    By essieofwho June 9, 2025
  • Blog,  Cooking,  Lifestyle

    Making Potato Rolls- How They Turned Out and Opinions of the Recipe

    In a previous post, I talked about how my mixer had died and that I purchased a replacement for it. The mixer problems forced me to reconsider posting about my baking progress for a while. Now that I have a…

    By essieofwho February 18, 2025
  • Blog,  Cooking,  Lifestyle,  Personal & Comentary

    Making Homemade Bread Progress Report: One-ish Year Later

    In October 2023, I announced I will begin learning to make my own bread from scratch. Since then, I struggled to learn how to make bread. Part of the problem was new baker mistakes while the other problem was my…

    By essieofwho August 19, 2024
  • Blog,  Cooking,  Lifestyle

    Update on My Baking Process: Mixer Problems, Bread Baking, and Deserts I Now Love

    It’s been a few months since I talked about baking bread in a post. I wanted to give a monthly update about how well I’m doing with my bread baking skills, but I ended up not. In the mean time,…

    By essieofwho June 11, 2024
  • Blog,  Cooking,  Lifestyle,  Personal & Comentary

    Ordering More Groceries Online and Why I’m Doing It More Frequently

    Ever since 2022, I began to order more groceries online. Whenever I say this, people sometimes believe I am placing a pickup order at a local grocery store. Instead, I am purchasing more groceries online and having them shipped to…

    By essieofwho January 19, 2024
  • Blog,  Cooking,  Lifestyle

    Update on Baking Homemade Bread: The Good, The Bad, and The Tasty Mistakes

    A while ago, I talked about my intention to make bread from scratch as well as why I’m doing it in a post. Now that I have had some time to bake bread over and over again, I can honestly…

    By essieofwho November 14, 2023
  • Blog,  Cooking,  Lifestyle

    A Few Foods I Want to Learn How to Baking From Scratch (And Why)

    My attempts at baking homemade bread and cookies have been a great success! I still don’t feel like I mastered the recipes, but I am still excited about how they turn out. Now that I feel optimistic about my baking…

    By essieofwho October 24, 2023
  • Blog,  Cooking,  Fall,  Holidays,  Lifestyle

    I Bought a Pumpkin for Fall! Why I Did It and What I’m Going to Do With It

    Yes, the title of the post says it all. I purchased a pumpkin for the fall! It wasn’t very expensive, but it is still important. This pumpkin is the first pumpkin I ever purchased to create pumpkin pie with! Before…

    By essieofwho September 27, 2023
  • Blog,  Cooking,  Lifestyle

    Baking My Own Bread and Why I’m Frustrated With Ingredients in Store Bought Bread

    I have realized for the past few years that finding bread made without my allergens is becoming harder to do. This problem has become worse over the past year. I have noticed my favorite place to buy bread at (a…

    By essieofwho September 14, 2023
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