Beginner Baking Podcast

Yeastie Boys and Taking It Slow

In this episode of The Beginner Baking Podcast, Matt talks about some discoveries he's made with proofing boxes and his bread deflating! He also goes over a recent revelation of using the refridgerator to proof instead of leaving the dough at room temperature.

Baking Diary: Recent Successes and Failures

Matt is back to talk about Egg Tarts, Babka, and using your oven as a Proofing Box.

Bread Part 1 - First Mistakes

In this episode, Matt goes through some of the initial headaches he ran into while making bread over the last couple months!
Topics covered: Softened Butter, Active Dry Vs Instant Yeast, Standmixer Bowls and Wet Woes, Keeping Things Wet and Dry, Kneading References and the Windowpane, Oiling and Rising.

Frustration Friday: Can't Please Everyone But Especially Myself

Frustration Topics: 
Olive Oil Bread, Springform Cake Pans, Nothing is Just Right, Why is My Cake Browning Here and Not Here?!

Making It Last: Cookie Dough and Bread

In this episode, Matt discusses the beauty of Freezers (very self-explanatory) and Cookie Dough, as well as the use of Tangzhong and Biga with bread.

Taking a Course!

Matt describes his initial reaction to The Butter Book!

Frustration Fridays: Ex-Sponged

0:00 - 1:01 Sponge Cakes in my life
1:02 - 2:47 Paper Wrapped Sponge Cakes
2:48 - 9:15 Fruit Cream Cake
9:16 - 9:29 End

Do It By Hand

In this episode, Matt goes over his experience of being without a mixer!
Music: Forget Your Feet (Tayler Watts, Epidemic Sound)

Frustration Friday: Mini Frustration Egglettes and Motivation!

0:00 - 0:15 Intro
0:16 - 2:59 Egglette, Eff it (Mini frustration)
3:00 - 7:50 Starting easy, finding your strengths to stay motivated
7:51 - 8:05 End

Muffins

0:00 - 1:22 Intro
1:23 - 2:09 Cupcakes are smaller muffins (I mean, not really, but kinda really)
2:10 - 2:28 No Mixer Needed!
2:29 - 2:46 Ingredients are Simple
2:47 - 3:49 Poke and Touch Test 
3:50 - 6:14 Bigger, Bolder Baking Crazy Muffins (https://youtu.be/FhE1x-4vjLs) and Entertaining with Beth (https://youtu.be/zGV0y8BTA0Q)
6:15 - 6:52 Outro