r/52weeksofbaking

Recipe for falafel mix from https://www.themediterraneandish.com/how-to-make-falafel/#tasty-recipes-10436-jump-target

The year was 2025, the place was the Minnesota State Fair (the best state fair, hands down), and one of the new food items that year was the Fawaffle at Baba's. It hit so hard, I've been thinking about it an entire year.

In an attempt to recreate it, I followed a falafel recipe using my beloved Rancho Gordo garbanzo beans. I used a whole pound, so I had to process the mixture in three batches. It ended up working perfectly in the waffle iron! I did about half the batch as waffles and baked the rest in a muffin tin, which also worked well.

It's no Baba's at the state fair, but it's pretty tasty! I'll definitely make this again.

These are surprisingly pretty great! The taste/texture is similar to an oatmeal cookie. The hardest part was finding caramel corn for sale in my area (I had no desire to make caramel corn from scratch) - thankfully, Walgreens, of all places, came through for me 😂

https://www.modernhoney.com/caramel-popcorn-cookies/

Last year Claire Saffitz posted this cheddar apple pie on her YouTube and I had massive fomo but never made it. It seemed like a faff and I’m not really a pie person. With apples in season I wanted to give it a go this year since everyone raved about it last year. It was worth the wait and the hype. Absolutely divine even for someone who isn’t really a pie person.

These were delicious - used the Sally's Baking Addiction recipe, as always!

Cinnamon roll monkey bread is sold at the Washington State Fair by D’OH Sweets and Treats. I made this version using this recipe, but instead of rolling the dough into balls I just tore off small chunks. It was really easy and really good!

Here’s some more pictures.

This was absolutely delicious and I want to know why I’ve never had it before! This recipe had me grate the top piece of dough for a craggly top and I think it’s such a good idea. I love the added texture. I used a combination of Granny Smith and Honeycrisp apples and the tartness with the mild sweetness of the dough is fantastic. I would make this again without question. Recipe available here

I don’t know if I would ever make this again, it was extremely oily and I wonder if that was my own bad technique.