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Happy New Year, Everyone!
We will be having roast turkey, which my husband has wrestled into thawdom, in spite of six days in the refrigerator. I will make Pepperidge Farm Blue Bag Dressing. (Is there really any other kind?) and make some gravy from the turkey drippings. I plan to pull out some frozen green beans that came from our garden for the vegetable. We will have more apple cake for dessert.
Citrus and olive oil goes very well together. Also, chocolate and olive oil--but that is another story. CWCdesign's proposed Meyer Lemon cake made me think of Miss Cindy and smile as I remembered her intrepidness in shipping Meyer Lemons to any Baking Circle Member who wanted some.
I had considered baking Whole Wheat Julekake, from Ken Haedrich's Home for the Holidays for New Year's breakfast, but since I baked that apple cake last night, I decided to wait and bake it for Twelfth Night or Epiphany. It calls for half an orange--peel and all! I'm planning on replacing the 4 Tbs. of butter with oil. I was thinking avocado, but olive oil might be an option.
I baked a wholegrain apple cake in a 9x13 glass baking dish on Saturday. It's a recipe from an older cookbook, Recipes from the Old Mill, that I have adapted. This time, I increased the whole wheat percentage by another ¼ cup in my version that also uses barley flour. It was slightly warm when we cut some for dinner but as delicious as I remember. I bake it in a glass cake pan because the apples would affect the finish on the USA pan.
December 31, 2022 at 6:16 pm in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of December 25, 2022? #37589For dinner on New Year's Eve, we had the rest of the Turkey-Zucchini loaf, with roasted sweet potato chunks and microwaved fresh broccoli. Earlier in the day, I made broth from the bones of the Thanksgiving turkey, which has been in the freezer, along with the turkey we will have on New Year's Day. I had to wait with the broth until I had more freezer space.
Joan--I hope your new daughter-in-law gets her luggage back eventually. It will travel more than she did this holiday!
Chocomouse--I do not think my stepson and his wife minded being in San Diego for a couple of extra days, but it was a bit of a problem as he did not have his work computer with him.
December 30, 2022 at 6:00 pm in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of December 25, 2022? #37584I roasted potato chunks, tossed in olive oil and Penzey's Sunny Paris for dinner on Friday. We had them with more of the Turkey-Zucchini Loaf and the rest of the coleslaw.
My younger stepson and his wife had to stay a few extra days in San Diego because they flew Southwest. Tomorrow they will be able to fly home to Colorado Springs.
Looks great, Mike! Are those snow peas?
December 29, 2022 at 6:14 pm in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of December 25, 2022? #37576For dinner on Thursday, I made my Turkey-Zucchini Loaf with Peach-Dijon Mustard Glaze. I used 1 ½ cups zucchini that I froze back in October. Although it changes texture, it works in the meatloaf. I also roasted the last two honey nut squashes that I had from the farmers' market. We had coleslaw as well. Earlier in the day, I made yogurt.
December 28, 2022 at 6:25 pm in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of December 25, 2022? #37560I made Crispy Oven Fish and Chips with Dill Tartar Sauce for dinner on Wednesday. The cod we found at Aldi's is especially good. I also made Buttermilk Coleslaw to go with it, using the smaller of the two farmers' market cabbages that I still have.
The temperature went above freezing today, for the first time since last Thursday. Temperatures are supposed to soar into the upper 40s tomorrow. The lake froze, but with the warmer temperatures and wind, it may not last. We still saw a few ice fishermen out, and we also saw a couple of ice boats near the shore.
I love the Elizabeth Alston scone and biscuit cookbook, Aaron.
Mike--It's always special on that first bake with a new pan!
On Tuesday, I baked my Rustic Sourdough Whole Grain Bread in a Cloche again. Instead of an overnight rest period for the levain, I shortened it to four hours to see how that changes the flavor. I also added an extra ¼ cup of water at the start, which made mixing easier, but it still needed another tablespoon of water when I added the salt after incorporating the whole grains and allowing them to rest for 15 minutes. I increased the second rise from 35 to 40 minutes and once again spritzed with water. I baked covered for 52 minutes at 425F, starting with a cold oven. It tested at 195F after that time, so I returned it to the oven for another minute. Once again, it is a lovely rustic loaf.
December 27, 2022 at 6:05 pm in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of December 25, 2022? #37556We finished up the leftover pork loin, butternut squash, barley, and kale combination that we had for Christmas dinner, so I will have to cook tomorrow.
December 27, 2022 at 1:30 pm in reply to: WSJ Article on inflation hitting bakers among others #37551I suspect that the writer of this article has never darkened the door of a kitchen to bake but remembers a parent or grandparent using "healthy" margarine in the 1970s and 1980s.
I think that the higher butter prices are another consequence of the difficulties in the dairy industry. I did buy a pound of butter at a reasonable price in November, since I use small amounts of it in some recipes.
Also, flour did still go on sale this holiday season, and some good prices were to be had by the careful shopper.
Some speculation: I think the ingredient is also used in Springerle cookies. They usually are allowed to rest overnight in order for the design to set before baking. Perhaps once the ingredient is mixed in, like baking powder, it performs its function, which may or may not be about rising.
December 25, 2022 at 10:33 pm in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of December 25, 2022? #37533For Christmas dinner, I made Pork Loin Roast with Barley, Butternut Squash, and Kale. We also had homemade applesauce. The roast came from a regular farmers' market vendor, and while it was more expensive, the quality impressed me. The kale also came from our farmers' market, as did the garlic I used. The butternut squash was one of the odd big ones that grew from a seed that was supposed to be honey nut. It had a very long, thick neck--about 12 inches, and a smaller bulb at the bottom where the seeds were. It cooked deliciously. If we had room, I'd be tempted to save some seed and plant it again.
Dessert was a pfeffernus for me, as we decided to cut the pumpkin pie at lunch.
I think that the non-melting sugar I used on my Pfeffernusse was 2019, and it was fine. My sparkling sugar is probably as old as yours, but I bought it in a bag, then moved it to two empty sparkling sugar containers I had saved, so I have no idea how old it is, only that it works! We shall see if the pearl sugar, which is at least six years old works when I try it on a recipe this weekend.
The rum balls sound delicious.
Aaron--I will post the pumpkin puree recipe in the next couple of days. Once you see how easy it is, you will wonder why you never did it before! Violet will need your help to cut the pumpkin in half horizontally. After that, she can probably handle it herself with a little supervision.
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