Due to the popular demand of 1 person(!), I have decided to create a blog for all my DIY crafts and baking extravaganzas! (Basically, I want to be Martha Stewart, and I will document my insanities here).
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I was a DIY queen yesterday and tackled three projects that I had been mulling over this past week!
Project #1: Bagels!!
I've always wanted to try making bagels. The whole boil before baking concept was so intriguing! I followed the recipe from
Smitten Kitchen, but obviously I did something wrong, because mine ended up like this...
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my very flat flat "bagels"..
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I'm pretty sure I messed up in the very first step. My sponge, which SK describes as a "sticky pancake batter" looked nothing like that... whatsoever...hahaa
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| my very dry dry "sponge"... |
I guess I could have added more water, but at this point, I had already added an additional cup... and I didn't want to veer too far off the recipe. I'm thinking a used the wrong type of flour. I bought gluten flour at Whole Foods.... but it was reallllly gluteny... making the bagels realllly chewy...
All in all, although the bagels don't taste horrible (just a little too chewy..not to mention ugly..), I would probably never make these again.. even though I'm SURE it's me NOT the recipe (it's me not you!!). It's just too much work, especially without a stand mixer & dough hook. My arms were soooo sore from all the kneading!!
I think I will be sticking to the sweet pastries & cakes rather than the breads.. breads are so hard!
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Project #2 is a secret & will be revealed later in the week!
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Project #3: tie-dye nails!! So much fun!
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| wheee! so coloful!! <3 |
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** Also, I should probably note that I will never be a step by step photo taker... it's just too much work!! I'll leave that to the professionals -->
Pioneer Woman! Andd also, I'm sure you all don't care anyway. Ha.
