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HALF-BAKED IDEAS

Basically a notes-to-self (recipes-to-self) page of tried and tinkered recipes.

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banana bread

The secrets to moist banana bread?

Extra ripe bananas. I’m talking the peel is all wrinkly and brown and super thin, to the point where it’s difficult to even peel the banana.

Brown sugar. The same way that brown sugar lends moistness to cookies and other bakes, a 1:1 ratio of brown sugar to white sugar lends moistness in addition to sweetness.

Sifting dry ingredients and folding gently. No overmixing.

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Japanese Milk Bread

Don’t trust the people who say that you don’t need to make the stovetop starter (tangzhong)—it only takes a matter of minutes at the stove and results in the most amazing crumb. It’s soft, fluffy bread—what more can you ask for?

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Pizza

he basically kneaded the dough, then tossed it in the refrigerator to prove, and that was it—talk about low-effort pizza dough

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