Christmas Stollen: Daring Bakers’ Challenge December 2010

The 2010 December Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Penny of Sweet Sadie’s Baking. She chose to challenge Daring Bakers’ to make Stollen. She adapted a friend’s family recipe and combined it with information from friends, techniques from Peter Reinhart’s book………and Martha Stewart’s demonstration. Stollen is a bread-like fruitcake made with yeast, water and flour, and [...]

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Crostata: Daring Bakers’ Challenge November 2010

The 2010 November Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Simona of briciole. She chose to challenge Daring Bakers’ to make pasta frolla for a crostata. She used her own experience as a source, as well as information from Pellegrino Artusi’s Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well. There are many recipes for pasta [...]

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Let’s Go Nuts for Doughnuts!: Daring Bakers’ Challenge October 2010

The October 2010 Daring Bakers challenge was hosted by Lori of Butter Me Up. Lori chose to challenge DBers to make doughnuts. She used several sources for her recipes including Alton Brown, Nancy Silverton, Kate Neumann and Epicurious.

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Decorated Sugar Cookies: Daring bakers’ Challenge September 2010

The September 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Mandy of “What the Fruitcake?!” Mandy challenged everyone to make Decorated Sugar Cookies based on recipes from Peggy Porschen and The Joy of Baking. For the challenge, we must make the Basic Sugar Cookies using the recipe provided and decorate them with the theme of ‘September’. [...]

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Ice Cream Petit Fours: Daring Bakers’ Challenge August 2010

Nutty and toasty meets cool and creamy…that’s the theme of this month’s daring bakers Challenge! The August 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Elissa of 17 and Baking. For the first time, The Daring Bakers partnered with Sugar High Fridays for a co-event and Elissa was the gracious hostess of both. Using the theme [...]

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Swiss Swirl Ice Cream Cake: Daring Bakers’ Challenge July 2010

The July 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Sunita of Sunita’s world – life and food. Sunita challenged everyone to make an ice-cream filled Swiss roll that’s then used to make a bombe with hot fudge. Her recipe is based on an ice cream cake recipe from Taste of Home. You can find the [...]

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