Sour Cream Apple Souffle Cake Cockaigne The title and subtitle are both a bit long – it’s not my fault. Roman numerals just do that and the recipe title is from The Joy of Cooking. Yes, it’s back, finally. No, I didn’t find it a box in the garage. The Laird saw it in aContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXXXII”
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Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXXI
Coconut Cream Pie First, the final result of LXX.V: Still excellent filling; much more stable merrang, although not quite dry; caramelized and tough crust. The crust issue turned out to be simple: I used two tablespoons of sugar instead of two teaspoons of sugar. This was immediately obvious when I started comparing crust recipes toContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXXI”
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXX.V
Navel Merrang Pie The Mandarin Merrang Pie had three problems: Soggy crust, meh filling, and sticky merrang. Since today is crochet group day, I got up early to make another attempt. To address the problems: Par bake the crust until golden brown, use navel oranges instead of mandarins, and bake it longer to dry outContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXX.V”
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXX
Mandarin Merrang Pie I need a pie, tonight, for a contest at the dance studio. The Laird happened to buy a bag of mandarin oranges, yesterday. I’ve done both lemon and lime, so why not? The lime was XXXX (should that have been XL?). Let’s see what I’ve learned in the last 30 attempts. First,Continue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXX”
Cookies
There is a reason I don’t bake for myself. I wanted cookies on Saturday, so I made cookies. Now I am eating (verging on “have eaten”) them all. We buy little semi-sweet off-brand M&Ms to add to the kibble (aka “trail mix”, but I don’t go near trails). The kibble was still unmixed, so IContinue reading “Cookies”
Summer Bread?
This spring(*), I changed my bread recipe from 240g (1 cup) of water to 250g. I don’t remember why I did that. Recently, the loaves have been collapsing while baking. Not “collapse to a brick”, but the top middle drops in. Today, I switched back to 240g of water. The bread did not collapse. AContinue reading “Summer Bread?”
Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXX
Cinnamon Rolls Tonight’s potluck (potlach?) theme is “breakfast for dinner”. I asked “sheet-tray of bacon or cinnamon rolls?” Cinnamon rolls won the poll. I’ve had this bookmarked for ages: The recipe is not in the description. He gives it out as he goes, which makes mis en place annoying. Since I had to write itContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake from Scratch – LXX”
Just Say “no” to Cornmeal
I forgot to take a picture so I’m not going to consume a Learning 2 Bake from Scratch number. Today’s crochet group pie was a peach skillet pie. The recipe called for cornmeal crust. This is not as dramatic as it sounds. It’s not a Dorito(tm) crust. It’s only a 1/4 cup of cornmeal inContinue reading “Just Say “no” to Cornmeal”
Compromising with Mom
When I was a growing young lad, my mother was very insistent: Don’t pile meat on your sandwich. If you want more, make another sandwich. The point being: Bread is cheaper than meat, so make it more filling with more bread. Much as it was in the late 1970s, meat is expensive, again. Especially becauseContinue reading “Compromising with Mom”
Peanut Butter First
It’s a scientific fact. A while back, I wondered why I always spread the peanut butter before the jelly, so I tried reversing it and spreading jelly first. After months of research, I have determined that peanut butter first is the correct method. The reason is quite simple: Whichever one is first allows you toContinue reading “Peanut Butter First”
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