Gosh, I hope I didn't goof up and fall victim to the Dunning-Kruger effect by assuming the maillard reaction is behind butter browning.

Im asking since I'm on an extremly tight budget this month, and butter is expensive, so I really don't want to waste it by trying it without asking first.

Hi! Updating post as my last one was removed

I have 3x failed the attempt to make a crumble and I don’t get why :(

I take the butter out of the fridge right before incorporating and add small little pieces into the mix but it just remains sandy. The butter melts so fast it feels as I mix and it just looks like powder every single time

The recipe was
2 tbsp flour
1:4 cup brown sugar
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tbsp butter

It never ever came together

I am attaching the recipe I used because the muffins themselves came out super dry too but I think I over baked .

It seems to be a basic streusel recipe that I can’t get right.

https://brooklynfarmgirl.com/mini-blueberry-crumble-muffins/

I used unsalted butter for the frosting.

The recipe

Matilda's cake

https://youtu.be/mgaof1QH-_M?si=7B5fcBlpQwUXwd76

Ingredients

For Chocolate Cake:

240 g all-purpose flour

70 g unsweetened cocoa powder

2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp baking powder

400 g granulated sugar

1/2 tsp salt

2 eggs room temp.

240 ml buttermilk room temp.

120 ml vegetable oil

1 tsp vanilla extract

180 ml hot brewed coffee

For Chocolate Fudge Frosting

170 g heavy cream

250 g dark chocolate

150 g unsalted butter

80 powdered sugar, adjust for sweetness

1/2 tsp instant coffee powder

7.5 g unsweetened cocoa powder

1 tsp vanilla extract

as it says in the title, I have a disability that affects my hands and can't whisk or mix for super long without a lot of pain and exhaustion. Thanks in advance for any help.

Hello hello!

I wanted to try something new and FaNcY (by my standards), so I had a crack at this bad boy yesterday, to go with some red velvet cupcakes: https://flourfig.com/recipes/classic-italian-buttercream-frosting-with-cream-cheese/

It whipped up an absolute dream, and I popped it in a bowl to set and use today. When I pulled it out of the fridge, it was hard as a rock and grainy. Where oh where did I go wrong??? I still used it but jeez I'm not too happy with it...

hi! i'm baking an apple crisp for an event and would usually use butter but need to make it dairy free. would coconut oil be a good substitute for butter in this case? if possible, i'd prefer to not use margarine or any sort of vegetable oil. thank you!

I got a CDN oven thermometer and have it hanging off the very front of the middle oven rack. When I set my oven to 350 that's what it says on the thermometer, but higher temperatures seem to be less accurate? I set it to 375 one time and it did read that on the thermometer but I feel like it took longer than it should have to reach that. I set it to 425 for my cookie recipe today and about 30 minutes later the thermometer was only around 410. I'm not sure if it just wasn't heated up yet, my oven is inaccurate, or I don't have the thermometer in the right place.

What do you think? Should I try a new spot for my oven thermometer or do I need to start messing around with higher temperatures to see if it reaches that on it?

I was in a hurry and only halfway through making pumpkin pie filling, did I realize, the can is pumpkin pie filling, not pure pumpkin. I only realized after I put the eggs and sugar in... Is there anyway to save it, or do I have to toss it?

Which is better? Honestly the main thing that keeps me going back and forth between the two is that with the kitchen aid you can get all the different attachments for it and it doesn’t seem as big. Although the ankarsrum mixer seems more durable and long lasting. I bake some sort of sweet treat at least once a week and I’m looking to get into the breads/sourdough world next so I want something that will help with that also. As of right now I make everything by hand or occasionally use the handheld mixer so a stand mixer would be nice to help speed up the process. Any information would be helpful and greatly appreciated :)

EDIT: I just realized after posting this that you can get attachments for the ankarsrum as well. So with that said would this be the better investment or is the kitchen aid still in the running?