Daring Bakers

November was my first month as a member of Daring Bakers, and I just completed my first challenge yesterday: cannoli. Frying things isn't usually in my kitchen arsenal, but I guess it was a pretty fun change from the norm. My favorite part of the challenge, I would say, was making the ricotta that was used for the filling (http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/000282.html). I didn't think to save any of it in its unadulterated form - prior to adding the other filling ingredients - which is something that I wish I'd done. I also have large bowls full of whey in my fridge now, and learned that dogs are big fans of the stuff. The filling itself was quite dense, making the consumption of more than one cannoli quite a task. I made a few substitutions to the recipe I used, mainly by using whole wheat flour and sucanut as the sweetener. I am still without a camera (although some pictures were taken with someone else's), so there are currently no visuals to post. This month's challenge was successfully completed.