What are You Baking the Week of April 29, 2018?

[BakerAunt]

A note on those Roasted Strawberry Cream Cheese Rolls: The filling is not quite ready for prime time. I had read the seven reviews, and yes, that filling is VERY difficult to get rolled into the dough, and even more difficult to cut. I had roasted the strawberries longer to see if that helped; maybe it did, but it was one of those times when I told my husband: do not talk to me while I'm doing this; I'm trying to keep from swearing. Alas, one such word did get out. I did get the buns into the pan, they rose, I baked them, and they are now cooling. I just hope the filling isn't stuck all over the pan. I'll report back tomorrow.

It may be that I and some of the others who had a problem mashed the strawberries too much. Or maybe the filling would work better if it were cold. Maybe it depends on how juicy the strawberries are. If my husband and I like the taste, I'll have to see if I can figure out how to make the filling work. Any suggestions?

Wonky--I'm in northern Indiana, about an hour south of South Bend. You are always welcome to show up on my doorstep with your mixer. I would LOVE to have a Bakefest with you and watch our mixers go dough hook to dough hook. And once the kitchen remodel is complete, there would even be room for two bakers at once!

[BakerAunt]

deleting double post--How did that happen?

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[Mike Nolan]

It's not too hard to create duplicate posts, especially if you hit the submit button more than once. (And most computers will occasionally mis-interpret a keyboard press, resulting in a double submit even if you don't hit the key twice. Things like credit card processing systems try to check for this, but I don't think WordPress does.)

[BakerAunt]

I'm relieved to report that the strawberry filling did not stick to the pan. I adapted the recipe from the Dark and Dangerous Cinnamon buns by making a thin frosting of 1 cup powdered sugar, a pinch of salt, 1 Tbs. melted butter, 1/2 tsp. vanilla, and 3 Tbs. of heavy cream. I divided it among the rolls, plopping it in the center, then spread it. That works well, although I can see why the cream cheese frosting would be good on these.

The Roasted Strawberry Cream Cheese Rolls have a tart filling, which we like, and it did firm up when baked. Part of the problem that I had rolling the filling up inside is that it is rolled up on the 17-inch side, and it is hard to control the tightness of the rolling in the center area with such a goopy filling. My worst ones--the ones that were hard to keep together and get into the pan, were just to the right of the center when I cut them into 12-pieces (using dental floss, of course). Perhaps making two rectangles, along the long side, so each is 8 1/2 inches, would make it easier to roll (keeping the same width for number of turns).

I'd like to bake these again--but with less drama in working with the filling. The dough makes for a nice, tender roll.

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[wonky]

BakerAunt.. a new kitchen should be properly baptized with flour...I googled the distance from Loyal, Wi to South Bend...about 400 miles...YIKES...but it would be totally worth it.

[skeptic7]

On Friday May 4th stretching into the early hours of Saturday I made King Arthur Flour breakfast cookies with oatmeal, cranberries and walnuts. This made 29 tasty cookies about two sheets worth. I made this as a present since it was tasty and sturdy enough not to crumble if eaten in the car.
I also made a double recipe of a quick bread and baked it in a 9X13 pan. This was easier than baking it in two pans but its rather short, might have made prettier slices if I had used a triple recipe. The bread was date orange and I normally bake this recipe in a 8inch cast iron frying pan and cut in wedges.
I had the idea for the pan from this site
http://heidimix.blogspot.com/2014/05/quick-bread-for-crowd.html

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