finally baking!

We finally got to bake in Specialty Breads class this Monday, and I was really excited.  The first day, we didn't bake in either of my hands-on classes, and then the second week of class was Labor Day, so it felt like forever when we finally got in the kitchen on Monday. We had to break out into teams of 3, and my team was great, we worked really well together.  Hi Lauren and Beth if you're reading this!

This week we were studying the biscuit method of mixing, so we made Cheddar and Herb Biscuits (with herbs picked fresh from the herb garden outside of the building), Chocolate Scones, and Irish Soda Bread. 

The biscuits were awesome, even if I ate one a little too soon (turns out we're supposed to wait till the end of the class, whoops!).  In fact, at the end of the class, Chef Tony even said our team's biscuits came out the best!  Pretty exciting for our first day.  And anything with chocolate has to be good, right?  So I ate two of the scones (I have a feeling there won't be much supper getting eaten on Monday nights from now on).

I didn't get to taste the Irish Soda Bread, but I didn't really want to...it had both raisins and caraway seeds, and I'm not really a fan of either.  It looked good though!

We didn't have time to the taste the bread because it didn't come out of the oven until about ten minutes after class was over.  Apparently everybody else made all three recipes at once, we did them one at a time.  Maybe we were the last ones to finish, but I didn't mind because that way we all got to work on each recipe. 

Next week is the muffin method, plus we should get to bake in my Ingredients class too.  Can't wait to see what we make!