What are You Baking the Week of January 29, 2017?

[BakerAunt]

This week January ends and February begins. What are you baking?

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[RiversideLen]

Not sure if pizza should be posted under baking or cooking, lol.

I just made pizza dough, 300 grams of flour divided between semolina (65 grams), white whole wheat (150 grams) and bread flour for the balance. I will get 3 individual thin pizzas from it. 1/4 teaspoon of yeast and salt, a pat of butter, teaspoon of olive oil, teaspoon of honey and hydrated at 69% with cold water from the fridge. Tonight's dough will raise for 4 or 5 hours at which time the balance of the dough will be refrigerated.

Tonight's pizza is going to be topped with mole, pork and Mexican cheese. Tomorrow's toppings to be decided.

[BakerAunt]

On Monday evening, to go with leftover soup, I baked cornbread in two Nordic Ware snowflake muffin pans. That made a dozen. I'm not sure that we are going to see any snow here this year. Temperatures today hit 70F.

[BakerAunt]

On Tuesday, I tried a new recipe: KAF's Going with the Grain Bread. I made some changes: I soaked the harvest grains in a cup of buttermilk for about 2 hours. I substituted 2 Tbs. of honey for 2 Tbs. of sugar. I used a cup of whole wheat flour. I added a bit too much extra liquid initially and had to add in some flour. [Note for next time: just add 2 extra Tbs. of water--not 3 Tbs. buttermilk and 1 Tbs. water.] I also added a 15 minute rest period before adding the last cup of flour and the salt. The first rise took an hour and a half. The second rise was 50 minutes. I slashed it and baked it in my bread bowl (the one KAF sells) at 375F (after preheating oven to 400F). It required 55 minutes to get to 190F. I've noted with the bread bowl that the bread seems to take longer to bake, and it will get pretty brown on top while waiting for the center to come to temperature. It got very nice oven spring, and it smells wonderful. I'll report on the taste after I cut into it--probably tomorrow.

Next Day Note: The bread has a good flavor. I like it without butter. If I make it again, I'll use either no buttermilk or less to see what that does to the taste. It doesn't wow me, but it is good bread.

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[BevM]

I finally tackled the KAF Apple Cake again and made the changes suggested by Kid Pizza (Thanks,Cass). I also changed the spices from ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg to the Apple Pie Spice. I must say that I like this version much better than the last. However, next time I make it I will change the Brown Sugar Frosting to a simple glaze. This frosting is over the top sweet and takes away from the cake which is delicious. I have a Banana Nut Bar recipe with such a glaze and I plan to use that in the future.

[BakerAunt]

On Thursday, I baked two loaves of Buttermilk Grape Nuts bread, as my husband was out of his bread. I also baked the Cheddar-Sourdough Cracker dough that I had mixed up last week. It really is better if it is refrigerated for at least several days. I hope there are enough for two weeks or so.

[Rascals1]

Bakeraunt you have been my inspiration many time to bake things but I still haven't tried crackers.
Have a question for anyone that knows. I haven't located my 9x5 loaf pans and my great grand daughter wants banana nut bread, what size cake pan or what ever would hold it.

[KIDPIZZA]

Rascals1 wrote:

Bakeraunt you have been my inspiration many time to bake things but I still haven’t tried crackers.
Have a question for anyone that knows. I haven’t located my 9×5 loaf pans and my great grand daughter wants banana nut bread, what size cake pan or what ever would hold it.

Good morning Rascals. I do not know of your banana recipe but your concern of what sized pan will hold that recipe amount is your ???? Just do the recipe & use whatever pan you have. Then make muffins out of the remainder.

Well Rascals I hope my culinary imagination helps your granddaughter.

Enjoy the rest of the day.

~KIDPIZZA.

[luvpyrpom]

I didn't do any baking this week. Still working on eating stuff out of the freezer.

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