Bucketlist Item: Learn to Make a Croissant. Check!

As of yesterday, I can officialy cross "Making a Croissant" off of my bucketlist!

I had actually forgotten this item was on there when I first started working at the bakery, and it wasn't until I was able to look my list over this last week that I realized I had almost accomplished it. Making these takes four days of mixing, shaping, freezing, thawing, sheeting, folding butter in, then finally cutting, shaping, and baking. 

For the last month I've been doing all but the last three steps of this process, but I was finally taught how to cut and shape them yesterday, and above is the finished product. 

So that is one item down, many more to go!

Lets see which ones I can complete next. 

~ Hannah ❤

Italian Baking Secrets

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If anyone is looking for a great recipe book for Italian breads and desserts, I highly recommend Italian Baking Secrets by Father Giuseppe Orsini! The recipes are easy to follow and every recipe I've tried so far from there have turned out fantastic! I am definitely looking forward to trying more recipes from this book, but here are a few of the ones I'v tried so far...




Raspberry 'Crostata di Frutta'

 

 



'Biscotti con Mandorle' and 'Pane Pugliese'

 

Does anyone else have a favorite recipe book that you'd like to share? Post a comment if you'd like.

 

Enjoy your baking!

 

~Hannah ♥