Spring Baking on Facebook LIVE
If you’re looking for something fun to bake for your family and friends this weekend, why not make some buttermilk biscuits or a delicious orange-barley pound cake?
I made both during Facebook LIVE earlier this week. I hosted the show from a kitchen at our New York City office. It was so much fun answering your questions, sharing baking tips, and making two of my favorite spring baking recipes - our biscuits are from the April 2017 issue of “Living” and our orange-barley pound cake recipe is from my latest book, “A New Way to Bake: Classic Recipes Updated with Better-For-You Ingredients from the Modern Pantry”. Big thanks to our sponsor, Land O’Lakes Butter - the butter was delivered by DJI drone straight to our kitchen. If you missed any of my Facebook LIVE, you can still watch - just click on this link to my Facebook Baking chat and enjoy these photos.
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- I am shooting this Facebook LIVE from our New York City headquarters in the Martha Stewart Living “Turkey Hill Kitchen”. I love this kitchen – it is so bright and spacious – we use it for many of our Facebook LIVE broadcasts. http://www.homedepot.com/c/SPC_BRD_MSL_Kitchen
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- The counter is set up for our two recipes – first, I am making some delicious buttermilk biscuits, just like the ones Grandma used to make.
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- This recipe is from our April 2017 issue of Martha Stewart Living, so be sure to pick up a copy – it’s on newsstands now. These biscuits would be great to make this weekend, or for Easter Sunday morning, or any time.
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- We are also using our favorite butter – Land O’Lakes European Style Super Premium unsalted Butter. It’s made with fresh sweet cream and churned for a higher milk fat content. Thanks Land O’Lakes for sponsoring this Facebook LIVE broadcast.
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- But, where is our butter?
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- If you watched our Facebook LIVE, you know the butter came in by special delivery – by DJI drone. Look carefully, and you can see it flying toward me in the photo. http://www.dji.com
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- Here I am with senior DJI pilot, Edward Kostakis. He is an excellent drone pilot.
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- This is a DJI Mavic Pro – a very advanced model drone that is compact and easy to use. It comes equipped with a 12-megapixel camera for crystal clear photos and video no matter how rough the flight.
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- Among the other ingredients for our buttermilk biscuits – all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, and of course butter and buttermilk.
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- Once the dough is combined, form it into a six-inch square and cut into thirds. I form the dough in a piece of parchment paper. Watch the show to see how easy this is to do.
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- The biscuits cook in the oven for 18-minutes, until they are golden brown.
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- The next recipe is from my newest publication – “A New Way to Bake: Classic Recipes Updated with Better-For-You ingredients from the Modern Pantry.” I hope you got your copy – if not, go to the following link. goo.gl/pD0afB
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- The pound cake uses all-purpose flour, baking powder, coarse salt, orange, cane sugar, cream cheese, vanilla extract and three eggs.
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- And of course, our Land O’Lakes Butter, plus a special ingredient, barley flour, which is a flour prepared from dried and ground barley, Barley is a wonderfully versatile cereal grain with a rich nutlike flavor and an appealing chewy, pasta-like consistency. It’s a good source of dietary fiber.
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- Here I am explaining to the audience how “A New Way to Bake” uses new and unusual ingredients as alternatives to make baked foods a little more healthy. It’s a wonderful book with such great ideas and tips – a must-have for both new and experienced bakers.
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- With the mixer on low, combine ingredients and mix until incorporated.
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- And then pour the batter into a prepared loaf pan and smooth the top – so easy to do.
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- And here is the finished loaf. After baking in the oven for about an hour and a half, it comes out looking so beautiful and golden brown.
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- You can also add a glaze made with confectioner’s sugar, orange juice, orange zest and a bit of orange liquor – I like it to drip down the sides.
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- Here I am with DJI’s Eddie, the drone, and our Facebook LIVE team. What a fun Facebook LIVE. If you missed any of the broadcast, go to goo.gl/jaesU4
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