... and so recently (and by "recently" i meant almost three months now) i find myself unemployed, by technical reasons, i am however, continuously in search of that new rewarding job! and i look forward for that first day on the job! in the meantime, i found myself enrolling on a certification, i completed the first part and then decided to continue the second part when i get employed.
it is the holidays, and i thought of making some "no-bake" dessert called "pastillas de-leche", which involved a two-hour continuous mixing of liquid ingredients to create a "dough-like" thing, which i chose to form into small balls and finish off by sprinkling some toasted coconuts, almonds and pistachios - from there, i got interested in learning to bake ... here i jot down my efforts in the culinary arts of baking! for now, my aim is not to burn what i bake, not to use too much sugar (so as not to cause diabetes) or too less of it either - simply put - i'd like to bake something "deliciously edible"
this morning it snowed right after i bought some juice, expresso powder (i call coffee) and parchment paper from the grocery store, when i came back home, i decided to make dark-chocolate biscotti from scratch ... well, not really from scratch, i meant, i followed a recipe from Jane's Sweets & Baking Journal (i find her dark chocolate biscotti a healthy recipe!), i did not add the fruit and liquor ingredients though, as i wanted the taste more to be dark chocolate. by the time i was done baking, outside snow turned into rain, i found it easier to line the baking sheet/pan with wax or parchment paper, the loaf of biscotti does not stick, and it is easier to flip sides and i should have sprinkled the nuts towards the remaining few minutes before taking the biscotti out of the oven (good thing, they did not burn).
by early afternoon, the sun was back up and the day turned out nice, outside (at least in the immediate area, a thin covering of scattered snow).
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