What are you Baking the Week of August 22, 2021?

[Mike Nolan]

Still thinking about some kind of dessert, either the peach sheet cake or maybe a Texas Chocolate sheet cake.

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[BakerAunt]

Mike--the siren call of chocolate is hard to resist.

I baked KABC’s Gourmet Soda Crackers on Sunday morning. Right now, they are in the turned-off oven where they will crisp until dinner tonight. I am still fine-tuning my butterless adaptation of the recipe, as well as altering some of the directions. These are nice, plain crackers, so they will go well with leftover soup tonight. I also like them with humus—if any are left after my husband starts nibbling on them. I have had to remind him that these are not wholegrain, and while my change reduces the fat, they are much less healthy than the other crackers I have in rotation, so they should be paired with something healthy, not scarfed alone with abandon. 😊

On Sunday, I also mixed dough for my Whole Wheat Sourdough Cheese Crackers. I will bake them next week. These crackers are more whole grain (1 cup AP in the starter to 2 1/2 cups whole wheat, plus 1/3 cup flax meal) and also deliver calcium.

• This reply was modified 3 years, 4 months ago by BakerAunt.

[Joan Simpson]

Pear cobbler is in the oven.

[RiversideLen]

I made a small blueberry pie (using only one pint of blueberries).

[chocomouse]

A small blueberry pie is better than no blueberry pie, Len! This morning I made zucchini brownies. I had planned to top them with a mint icing or glaze or something, but could not find any mint flavoring and didn't want to pick fresh mint to start from scratch. I spied an excess of raspberry flavorings, so used that with melted chocolate chips and a bit of half and half. My kitchen smells great!

[skeptic7]

I'm glad you are having fun with the blueberries and brownies. I made rosemary focaccio yesterday to have something to use with the leftover cream cheese. I wish I had pressed the rosemary into the dough before the last rise. the rosemary falls off as I pick up a piece of bread.

[BakerAunt]

I bought strawberries at the farmer’s market last Saturday. Although they are better than any I could buy at the grocery, they were picked a little too early. I decided on Tuesday to bake my variation on the shortcake recipe that came with the Nordic Ware Shortcake basket pan. I use half barley flour, replace milk with buttermilk, adjust the baking powder and add a bit of baking soda, reduce the salt, and replace butter with canola oil. I will slice the strawberries and mix them with some sugar, and serve them in the center of each little cake for dessert for the next three nights.

[skeptic7]

I envy you the strawberries. My last purchase at the farmer's market was an heirloom tomato and a Canary melon. I'll have to cut it open soon.

[kimbob]

Banana walnut bread with mini choc chips from the kaf whole wheat baking book in the oven right now. I put the batter in 3 - 3x6 pans. Only takes about 40 minutes.

[kimbob]

Just made zucchini bread from the whole wheat book -- first time using that recipe. Hope it's not too dry. I always use currants in my zucchini bread rather than raisins.

[Joan Simpson]

BakerAunt thanks for all the posting of recipes from the old BC!

[Mike Nolan]

My rye starter was one of the casualties of the refrigerator failure, I'm not in a big hurry to start another, though.

[RiversideLen]

That's too bad about your rye starter, Mike.

I made a batch of my rye/semolina/wheat rolls this afternoon.

[Mike Nolan]

Well, this was my 3rd rye starter, plus the two wheat-based ones I made some years ago when I was testing Peter's book, so I'm getting good experience at creating starters, I guess. 🙂

[Joan Simpson]

I baked a small peach cobbler today.

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