Welcome to the first installment of my personal weekly baking challenge!
Why a baking challenge, you ask? Well, simply put, I currently suck at baking. I don’t often have the patience, tend to improvise too much, look for too many shortcuts, and generally just burn everything I put in the oven (my recent blueberry muffin attempt being one source of inspiration to change my ways! :P)
At 22 I think it’s time I put in some real effort and learned to bake properly. It’s affordable, yummy (if done right), and fun (if done right), not to mention a good way of spending a Sunday arvo. Plus if you’re good at it, you can potentially bribe people with your awesome baked stuff. 
So here goes.
Right this minute I’m in the middle of my first ever attempt at making croissants.
I got the recipe from a book off our shelf - ‘Patisserie’ by Aaron Maree.
I was just about to say ‘looks simple enough’, but I don’t want to jinx my attempt.
I’m determined to find success in making these - a good one seems to cost way too much from our local bakery considering the very basic ingredients involved. And making them in bulk means freezing leftovers - always handy for sleepy weekend brekkies & brunches.
I’ll update this post later tonight with the outcome!
Wish me luck!
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