Really!

Check this out guys: Kaiser Reusable Parchment Paper. Too good to be true?

Kaiser reusable parchment paper

Amazon product features states that:

And its cheap too. Compare to a roll of parchment paper can last you up to 40-50 batches. It costs $7.00 per roll in compare with $11.00 for the reusable one.
uhm.. seems like a no-brainer not to check it out. So I did. Below is my thoughts about it.

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Alrighty, bakers, lets play some jeopardy. I’m gonna pretending I’m Alex. I do welcome all of our participation.

Q: When you are about to bake your pies, cookies, muffin, etc. what do you use to keep the batter from sticking to the cookie sheet? Is it:

a) Parchment paper?

b) Wax paper

What is  you guys answer?
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6/25/2009…..

4/29/1958-/25/2009…..

On this day, the King of Pop has passed away….

Michael Jackson in Thriller

His music will live on…

Alright, you guys need to stay away from the frozen puff pastry, it sucks. We are the artists, and food is our arts. Stop wasting money on the frozen pastry, you can do it, and you can do it much better than them

ready for some pie making?

Puff pastry

Ingredients

• 1 lb of  flour (16oz of flour, you can use up to 18oz)
• 1 lb of margarine (no transfat) , this equals to 2 sticks of margarine
• 1 teaspoon of salt (savory style) or 1 teaspoon of sugar (sweet style) We are doing savory for today
• 1 cup of iced water (no ice, just cold water)

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Well, this is not your particular hot pies, but its.. close you know, about savory hot…. buns. (66% correct, in NBA, that is like.. surpassing Shaq when he was in his prime, pretty accurate in my definition)

Anyways, I this recipe I will provide you how to do the dough, not the filling. You can put anything that is savory in the filling, including meatballs, chicken BBQ, Chinese pork BBQ, Pepperoni, Turkey, Fish, ..etc, just make sure it is cooked and you’ll be fine. Ready?

Savory Hot Buns Recipe

savory hot buns

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of  warm water (100 degrees F/40 degrees C)
• 1/2 teaspoon of white sugar
• 1 (.25 ounce) package of active dry yeast
• 5 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 2 teaspoons of salt
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup butter
• A little bit of oil

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