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Home › Forums › Baking — Breads and Rolls › What are you Baking the Week of December 14, 2025?
BakerAunt.I made two batches of chocolate chip oatmeal cookies today, one with mini chocolate chips and the other with mini-M&Ms.
On Wednesday, I baked Oatmeal Date Muffins. I also baked Whole Wheat/Rye/Semolina buns from Len's recipe. I usually bake it as 10, but since we were in Florida and I only had a smaller rimmed baking sheet, I baked it as eight, with six down each side, and the last two centered down the middle. To cover it, I used the 13 x 9-inch rectangular cover that I bought from King Arthur as a way to cover sweet rolls when I'm traveling without my home kitchen tools. It worked very well.
My breads rose really well in Florida, as well as faster than usual. I think the humidity plays a big part in that.
We arrived home on Saturday after a three-day drive back from Florida.
Aaron--Yes, cream of tartar is necessary for a good snickerdoodle. I checked my favorite snickerdoodle recipe, Pumpkin Snickerdoodles, from Martha Stewart Living (November 2015). I was paging through the magazine before a dental appointment ten years ago, and the staff kindly xeroxed the recipe for me. The recipe called for melted butter, which makes me wonder if I can work up an oil version....