7.5.11

Practical 1

This week we had our practical exam so it was a very long and unnecessarily stressful week. It really ended up not being too bad; some of us really worked ourselves up too much over it so when it was all over we kinda shot ourselves in the foot on that one.

We had to make two dozen of each: blueberry muffins, raisin scones, turnovers, rosettes and shell sand cookies. We also had to make two bars of strudels, three apple pies and a tray of brownies. We got two days to complete everything including finishing off and decorating. It may seem a lot but when you plan it out on paper it really runs smoothly.

I was able to make both the puff and pie dough on the first day as well as the brownies, sand cookies, raisin scones and muffins. I also had enough time to roll out my pie dough for the next day. On day two I made the puff pastries and pies and finished off the brownies.

It was a busy week in general, glad it is over, and so marks the end of level one. Next level is breads and sweet yeast goods.

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