What are you Baking the Week of June 22, 2025?

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June 22, 2025 at 9:42 am #46606
Mike Nolan
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I probably won't bake until the heat breaks this week.

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June 22, 2025 at 6:34 pm #46611
Mike Nolan
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When I made the sumac muffins last week, they were good but not the same as the ones we had in Pittsburgh. Doing some researching, I decided to order some za'atar to see if that might be what was actually in them. Diane took one sniff from the bag of Lebanese za'atar (hyssop, sumac, sesame, coriander and salt) that came today and said, 'Yes, that's the right smell.' So, I'll try making some with that later this week.
June 22, 2025 at 7:59 pm #46613
cwcdesign
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I made Mrs. Cindy's Irish Oatmeal bread today. I've been tweaking it over time as she liked softer bread than I do. I've been cutting back on the honey and the yeast. This time I used bread flour instead of AP. It's really close to what I want, but next time I'm going to cut out another tablespoon of honey.t
June 22, 2025 at 9:53 pm #46614
skeptic7
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I did chocolate walnut scones. I was planning on making these yesterday but it got too hot too fast. Today I got up earlier in the morning and had these in the oven early. These turned out to to be drop scones instead of kneaded and cut scones as the dough was too soft. I won't be doing much baking while the weather stays this hot.
June 23, 2025 at 7:18 pm #46621
BakerAunt
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Chocolate and Walnut Scones sound divine, Skeptic.

Although it was another very hot day, I pointed out to my husband that the dough for the Whole Wheat Sourdough Cheese Crackers was made on June 14, so I needed to get the crackers baked, which I did this morning. He is happy, as he ran out several days ago. I prefer not to let the dough go more than a week, with five days being the sweet spot.
June 23, 2025 at 7:24 pm #46622
Mike Nolan
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Not sure if I'll get to it this week, but I'm going to make a batch of laminated dough for croissants using some of the pastry flour I bought while in Pennsylvania. (Gotta find a way to use up 50 pounds of it!) Some sources recommend a bread flour for croissants, others recommend a pastry flour, so I'll be curious to see if I can notice any differences.
June 24, 2025 at 6:16 pm #46628
Joan Simpson
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Two loaves of Banana Bread.
June 25, 2025 at 1:51 pm #46637
Mike Nolan
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I'm going to be making epis de bles and chocolate croissants for a pot luck event on Saturday, and baguettes for another event on Sunday, gotta start the preferment and detrempte on Thursday.
June 25, 2025 at 7:13 pm #46639
BakerAunt
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Temperatures on Wednesday were only in the upper 80s, but it is extremely muggy, which resulted in a small thunderstorm with rain that we needed. I took the opportunity in the later afternoon to bake Peanut Butter Honeys, which are delicious with iced tea. (I think fondly of Mumpy when I bake my adaptation of her recipe. I wish that she had come to Nebraska Kitchen when the Baking Circle was dismantled.) I also baked Banana Oatmeal Muffins. I ended up with more batter than expected, maybe because I used four bananas rather than three, or maybe because these bananas were more far gone than usual. I ended up with 17 muffins, which meant a pause while I got out a small muffin pan and sprayed five more muffin liners. We, of course, each sampled a muffin for dessert. Well, my husband sampled two, which he had with some of the leftover jam from when I canned.
June 26, 2025 at 3:55 pm #46643
Mike Nolan
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I made another batch of sumac muffins, dividing it into 4 parts:

Part 1 was the base batch, the same recipe as last time but with a little more honey and with some za'atar. The originals definitely had some za'atar in them, but I think I used too much.

Part 2 had some cinnamon as well.

Part 3 had additional sumac.

Part 4 had additional sumac and cinnamon.

Of these, the 3rd one was closest to what we remember from the restaurant in Pittsburgh.

I liked the ones with the cinnamon in them, but we're both pretty sure that the ones we had two weeks ago didn't have cinnamon in them.

The next batch will definitely cut back on the za'atar, increase the sumac and cut back on the sugar/honey.
June 27, 2025 at 9:53 am #46646
Joan Simpson
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Ya'll use spices I never heard of or haven't tried za'atar being one. I baked a sour cream pound cake for poker game tonight ♥️ ♣️

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June 27, 2025 at 10:10 am #46649
skeptic7
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I made potato raisin rolls yesterday. Even with the air conditioning on, I had to wait until night time to bake them/. They ame out wonderfully.
June 27, 2025 at 2:39 pm #46650
chocomouse
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I made Key Lime tarts, muffin tin size. They're delightful on these 95* days - that is, to eat, not bake!
June 27, 2025 at 6:58 pm #46652
BakerAunt
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I bought some za'atar for a recipe, but since I'm pretty sure Scott cannot eat that spice, it has to be something I make for myself for lunch. Now, I've got to remember what and where that recipe is!
June 28, 2025 at 3:39 pm #46654
Mike Nolan
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Today I made some epis and chocolate croissants for a dinner party this evening.

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