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Hi! My name is Hali.

I'm a French-trained baker who loves sharing accessible, clear, and delicious recipes that take your home baking to the next level!

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A look at my inner monologue any time I’m baking A look at my inner monologue any time I’m baking 

(don’t worry, the recipient of the cake loved it)

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How I make my pastries and dessert “not too swee How I make my pastries and dessert “not too sweet” without cutting sugar 

While baking with less sugar is one of my goals, it is such an important ingredient for texture, moisture retention, and shelf life! When I first started baking, I would often half sugar in recipes, and end up with really dense and dry results 

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How I make tempered caramelized white chocolate. I How I make tempered caramelized white chocolate. I love @valrhonausa dulcey but can’t justify buying it when I use it so infrequently 

🍫 full tutorial is in my profile link!

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The first bite of these nori sesame scone la took The first bite of these nori sesame scone la took me back so vividly to a memory of eating seaweed crackers on a bus in China with my mom and aunt. It’s crazy how food can anchor us in such specific moments in time and my baking feels its best when I can channel those moments 

🍘 scones are available at my 6/7 pop-up @thecommunityboutique_ !

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How I proof my pastries at room temperature for my How I proof my pastries at room temperature for my home bakery. I aim for 7-8 hours at 75F from frozen, dry yeast is ~1.3% of flour. But more than numbers, the most important thing is being able to visually identify when pastries are done proofing, which for me just took lots of trial and error and leaked butter 

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Then I ate dinner and spent the evening labeling p Then I ate dinner and spent the evening labeling packaging and watching k-dramas

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