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Chef John's Apple Butter After just minutes of prep, apples are slow cooked all day with sugars and spices, filling your house with an amazing aroma and producing an incredibly concentrated apple butter.
Holiday Breakfast Casserole with Biscuits and Bacon If you prepare the potatoes and bacon the night before, you can have this delicious breakfast casserole with biscuits and bacon ready on Christmas morning!
i'm conducting an experiment. everyone who's from an english speaking country state your country, regional area and what you call the following images. i need to see something
I have an idea
A biscuit, but it’s filled with a blood like liquid.
Like a person biscuit.
Good. Your blood will be all the better.
I have an idea
A biscuit, but it’s filled with a blood like liquid.
Like a person biscuit.
Choccy fuckin biscuits!
Everyone is excited for them to cool enough to pick up.
The dough was as good as usual, so I expect great things from this batch.
Omnom
My cat has been staring into the distance and making biscuits for a n h o u r now my son what is wrong with you
(This is turning into one of the most important topics I have ever blogged about…)
Weellllll, custard creams *are* a sandwich biscuit… but there the similarities with Oreos end. They’re sort of plain biscuits with this layer of vanilla-y cream in the middle. No actual custard involved (maybe custard powder?). Honestly, better than I’m making them sound.
And that is such a lovely interpretation of the origins of a Bakewell tart. I wish it was true, but it’s not, alas. Bakewell is a town in the north of England and actually there’s quite a bit of controversy over what actually constitutes a proper Bakewell tart because it’s one of those traditional things with roots lost in the mists of time. BUT, at the risk of enraging the Bakewell fandom, my favourite version is the one my nearly-mum-in-law makes, which is a shortcrust pastry case, the bottom of which is coated with a good layer of jam (I’m making it sound like all British cooking involves jam… actually, that’s more or less true). Then you have a layer of almondy sponge (is that called frangipane?), and then - this is the controversial bit, you top with a thin layer of icing. I think traditionally it’s topped with flaked almonds, but I’ve got a sweet tooth, so it’s icing all the way for me.
And, of course, it’s compulsory that it’s accompanied by a cup of tea.
Right, the Battenberg reports are coming in thick and fast now - a quick round up:
runecestershire said: I’m from the American West Coast and live in the Southwest. I am aware of Battenberg cake, having seen it in [American] cake cookbooks and read of it in stories. I’ve never encountered it in the wild, though.
Custard cream biscuits and bakewell tarts are not really things here, though. We do have sandwich cookies with creamy fillings, but they’re not custardy.
karabraden said: Honestly, I thought Battenberg only existed in Victorian-era romance and steampunk novels. When I saw it mentioned in a modern book, I got so confused, I went to the husband (expat Brit) and asked “Is Battenberg still a real thing?!”
He stared at me in disbelief.
I’ve still never seen a Battenberg in the wild (nor have I seen the supposed American variant, the “checker cake”).
@turifer said: We do not, alas, have Bakewell tarts as a general thing in the USA. It’s a shame, because I am very fond of them. Neither do we have batenberg cake or custard creams under that name. We do have equivalent cookies to custard creams but I am currently forgetting the name because I never much cared for them.
@edderkopper said: I have actually seen bakewell tarts in coffee shops on the East Coast, actually. They’re not super common, but they’re a thing.
Basically, the Battenberg seems to be some sort of semi-mythical being beyond these shores. The scarcity of Bakewell tarts and custard creams is very alarming, I must admit.
Stay tuned for more important developments.
i'm conducting an experiment. everyone who's from an english speaking country state your country, regional area and what you call the following images. i need to see something