Little by little, I started baking more and more from scratch and like the rest of the world, fell in love with cupcakes. I found baking blogs and started buying cupcake everything. I started with a whisk, graduated to a hand mixer, and finally after lots of sweat and tears because my buttercream wasn't fluffy enough, I earned my KitchenAid mixer. In the process of baking cupcakes on a regular basis I acquired a ridiculous amount of stuff: cupcake pans, liners, pastry tips, sprinkles, food coloring, toppers, cupcake books, cupcake kitchen decor, so much cupcake stuff. I had huge pans, regular pans, mini pans, and then all of a sudden cupcakes were too much. They were too dainty or too much work or too sweet, basically they just weren't me anymore. So I stopped with the cupcakes and moved on.
I started making simple cakes and cookies, I stopped using all of the extra stuff and fell in love with a few staples. A few cake pans, baking sheets, a sturdy rubber spatula, and parchment paper. I'm still learning, I'm not an expert and on occasion I have massive baking fails that make me want to cry, but I feel more at home in my kitchen now.
We finally finished moving into our new place last week and I got rid of all that extra stuff and it was a GLORIOUS feeling. I'm a huge fan of purging in general but something about purging in the beginning of a new year, in a new place, just felt right.
Lately, I've been stuck on this recipe. I followed the directions but I used 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract and added 1 vanilla bean, because. Vanilla bean. Biscotti with a cup of coffee and a new book? I'm in.
Also, my KitchenAid. She's red and beautiful and her name is Lucinda.
-J
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