Our Thanksgiving Feast Recap: Two Turkeys and New Traditions
We created a Thanksgiving feast featuring the Popeyes Cajun turkey, Texas Roadhouse Rolls, 4 appetizers, three types of potatoes, and our first time roasting a turkey!
A Lesson in Ina Garten’s Lemon Bars
We move onto making the desserts for our Murdery Mystery “Casual Tea” starting with a wonderful afternoon tea time treat: Ina Garten’s lemon bars.
Cream Scones (from the Downton Abbey Afternoon Tea Cookbook)
We make classic cream scones from the Downton Abbey Afternoon Tea cookbook in preparation for our upcoming Murder Mystery “Casual Tea”
Afternoon Tea Chicken Sandwiches
We prepare another favorite savory for our afternoon tea: RecipeTin Eats chicken sandwiches featuring rotisserie chicken, a flavorful sauce, and even more dill.
Cucumber Afternoon Tea Sandwiches
What is afternoon tea without a cucumber sandwich? We go over what makes the perfect cucumber sandwich: cucumbers, cream cheese, and a ton of dill.
Mini Cheesecakes for Afternoon Tea Time
We made RecipeTin Eat’s mini cheesecakes as the dessert course for our afternoon tea at home featuring Xak’s other Sabbatical bakes.
Raised Game Pie (Inspired by Great British Bake Off)
Sabbatical Pastry Week continues! After watching Great British Bake Off, Xak decides raised game pie with hot water crust pastry and NO venison is on the menu for dinner.
Baking Buttery, Flaky Croissants for the First Time
It’s Sabbatical Pastry Week! For the first challenge, Xak attempts to bake buttery, flaky croissants for the first time ever.
Baking Paul Hollywood’s Povitica Bread
Bread week is coming to an end and Xak is re-visiting a Great British Bake Off technical challenge: povitica. Will he have more success this time around?
Fig Scones and FROG Jam
After discovering the meaning of FROG jam and fond memories of fig preserves, Xak is inspired to try a new type of scone for part 2 of Bread week.