Great MFS Baking Show

Today was the day of the showstopper, the one to end it all. The kitchen was grueling and bustling with activity. As we whisked the ingredients, we felt … (READ ON to find out what happens at the Great MFS Baking Showstopper!) By Trent, Ariel, Stefan We never thought something as seemingly simple as...

Today in The Great MFS Baking IL we headed over to the D’Olier room bright and early to work on our cookies for our first competition judged by our lovely kindergarten friends. As usual we split into our four different groups and got to baking. Our first group, group PB&J, made frosted sugar cookies with...

This morning, we started the day by finding recipes for our cookie competition to be judged by the kindergarteners tomorrow. Around mid-morning, we made our way to the Pie Lady Cafe on Main Street. We had the great opportunity to watch the staff make batter for scones and even had the opportunity to shape...

We started the morning with some fun get to know you games, including Minefield and Two Truths and a Lie (who knew Stefan could spin such a convincing yarn!). Then we jumped into the food-making part of the day with healthy sunbutter-oat energy bites, and started planning our Showstopper Bakes for next Thursday. After...

Slideshow photos by Ailsa Moriuchi ’11 Today, the bakers presented their final showstopper bakes to six judges. The Smart Cookies (Dylan, Nai, and Jack) decided to bake strawberry cheesecake cookies. They made a delicious cookie dough and folded strawberries into it. After skillful manipulation, they were able to fill their cookies with a sweet...

Today, the Great MFS Baking Show Intensive Learning had some fun baking four different chocolate chip cookie recipes in the morning. Each recipe was a little different. Itty Bitty Bow’s recipe was vegan since it used flaxseed as a substitute for eggs. GKL’s recipe included brown butter, creating a cookie with a nuttier flavor...

Today, the Great MFS Baking Show Intensive Learning made pancakes and eggless muffins! In the morning, the bakers got to choose between buttermilk and regular pancakes. Two teams made a batch of buttermilk, and the other two teams made regular, but they all fed fellow IL members and teachers. We made muffins in the...

At the start of the day, the contestants were briefed on what yeast is and how it works. The contestants then moved out to the kitchen and began baking bread from scratch. They made mixtures of salt and flour and of water, molasses, and yeast, and then combined the mixtures into a dough. When...

On the first day of The Great MFS Baking Show our contestants familiarized themselves with multiple baking techniques and tips to help them succeed throughout the challenges. Today was cake day. While two groups headed off to the kitchen to begin, the other group stayed behind to watch and analyze a cake challenge episode...