What are You Baking the Week of December 3, 2017?

[BakerAunt]

Wednesday afternoon, I baked Whole Wheat Sourdough Cheese Crackers, using the dough I made up last week.

[Mike Nolan]

I made pizza last night, it was not my most successful effort. I couldn't find the thin crust recipe I've been using and the one I tried was a disappointment.

[BakerAunt]

On Thursday, I again tried baking the Polenta Asiago Bread, from Sift (Fall 2015), p.69. This time, instead of course-ground corn meal, I had polenta (corn grits) from Bob's Red Mill. I'll write a further analysis tomorrow in the thread I started about the recipe.

[RiversideLen]

Today I made a pan of brownies using Ghirardelli's box mix. I subbed milk for the water and doubled it and added a half cup of oats. Alright, that makes it health food, doesn't it?

[Italiancook]

RiversideLen, right now, I wish I had made brownies from Ghiradelli's box mix. Instead, I attempted to make them from scratch. The recipe calls for heating butter, sugar & a little water to boiling, then adding 6 oz. chocolate chips. Pour that mixture into a bowl, mix in dry ingredients, 6 more ounces chocolate chips & chopped nuts. I managed to dump in the extra chips & nuts. Ten minutes after pan was in oven, I noticed the dry ingredients were still on the counter!

I planned to give the entire aluminum pan of brownies to a family friend. My first reaction when I discovered my mistake was to throw the whole kit 'n caboodle into the trash. After a few seconds, I realized I had nothing to lose. I pulled the warm pan out of the oven, stirred in the dry ingredients and popped it back into the oven. I have no idea how these will turn out, but I have so little confidence in them that I'm no longer going to giveaway the whole pan.

When cooled, I'll cut and taste test. If they're passable, I'll cut them into pieces and give in a bag. If I'd known I had to do that, I would never have cooked them in a throw-away container. I don't recall BakerAunt's full quotation, but my mistake proves that at least I bake . . . or try to.

As for your oatmeal in brownies, you're right, Riverside Len -- those are healthy brownies. After all, chocolate is the most important food group and oatmeal is a healthful food.

[BakerAunt]

Late this morning I baked Eggnog Scones, using the recipe on the KAF website, except that I substitute in 3/4 cup of whole wheat pastry flour. I'm using a different kind of eggnog, so I tried deleting the eggnog flavoring, but although these are good, the recipe does actually have a more assertive eggnog taste with it.

Note: At room temperature, the eggnog taste comes through nicely, so the scones do not need the eggnog flavoring. These scones are at their best at room temperature--no need to get up early to bake and serve warm!

• This reply was modified 6 years, 11 months ago by BakerAunt.

[BakerAunt]

It began snowing this morning, the first real snowfall of the season. My husband estimates that we have had 3-4 inches of the big wet snow. He should know, as he is shoveling it. I am inside, where I have tried a new recipe, Gingerbread Biscotti:

gingerbread biscotti

I tasted the crumbs from when I cut them after the first bake, and the taste is delicious. I didn't use the optional nuts or chocolate chips, and I did not use the egg white glaze, although I sprinkled the logs with cinnamon sugar before baking.

[chocomouse]

I made chewy molasses cookies - again. I made them a few weeks ago and put them in the freezer for our Christmas cookie tray, but somebody ate them! So today I just scooped them onto a rimmed baking sheet and put them into the freezer for a few hours, then bagged them in a zip lock. I don't know anyone who eats frozen cookie dough!!

[Mike Nolan]

I've been known to eat frozen cookie dough. 🙂

[Mike Nolan]

One time when I was trying to estimate how much batter to make for a shaped Wilton pan, I filled the pan to the 2/3 mark with pie beans, then poured them into a measuring cup.

[luvpyrpom]

This week I made Sunburst Lemon Bars from the Barefeet in the Kitchen website. Also made a double batch of Crack Pie Bars for work. Which left me with 8 egg whites. So I tried the Irish Oatcakes from the Whole Foods website. Good thing I sprinkled sugar on top before baking - it was quite bland. Today I mainly made the cookie doughs for all the cookies I plan to bake for the Christmas platters. I also tried a new recipe for Andes Mint cookies.

I also have an overabundance of apples right now so have made up a couple of apple pie fillings for the freezer. Also made KA Cinnamon-Apple Challah bread.

Bakeraunt, the Gingerbread Biscotti looks yummy - will have to give it a try someday soon.

[RiversideLen]

I bake a loaf of braided bread this afternoon.

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[Joan Simpson]

Bread looks good Riverside Len.

[skeptic7]

I did Pizza on December 9th. This is my default deep dish whole wheat pizza. I took it to Martial Arts practice and it was well recieved.

[Italiancook]

RiversideLen, you made beautiful bread. Thanks for sharing the photo with us.

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