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My experiment with Oatmeal Whole Wheat Sourdough Bread came out well in that the bread is light and tasty. The recipe said three 8x4 loaves; it does make three but they are small. Once in the oven, there was little additional spring, which concerned me until I cut into a loaf at lunch and was pleased at the soft texture. I will continue playing with this recipe. For now, however, I have enough bread in the freezer to take us through our continuing hot spells.

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I missed it.

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Aaron--honey is supposed to help prevent staling. Maybe it is also a preservative? I do find that wholegrain bread can go moldy faster in hot and humid weather.

I made pancakes for Sunday breakfast using equal parts of 1 cup Bob’s Red Mill pancake mix, 1 cup of quick oats, and increasing the water to 1 cup. I have almost finished the mix.

We had a nice cooler Sunday, so I have taken advantage of it for baking. I began by baking my Rye Barley Crispbread.

I then pulled out a recipe for Sourdough Oatmeal Bread, from a second edition of Sunset Breads. I baked it once a long time ago, liked the recipe, and typed it on a card. I'm a more experienced baker now, so I began making changes to make it a mostly wholegrain Oatmeal Wheat Sourdough bread. It had a sponge, and now it is on its first rise. I will report later on results.

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I made another batch of yogurt on Sunday. I also made my Turkey-Zucchini Loaf with Dijon Peach Glaze. We had it with the last of the quinoa salad and some microwaved green beans.

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I blindly guessed and was wrong.

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Leftover lentil soup and Limpa bread from the freezer.

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On Saturday, I baked the Lime Bundt cake recipe that I developed a couple of years ago. I baked it in a Nordic Ware pan that is the shape and design of a butterfly, coated with The Grease. The pan is one that came from my Mom’s house; she never used it. I baked it on the third rack up, a position that works much better in my oven for Bundt cakes. It took 50 minutes. I cooled it for 15 minutes in the pan before turning it out onto the rack. The design is excellent, perhaps because the pan did not have lots of tiny details, only large ones. (My husband was very impressed.) My favorite glaze, these days, is the thick one from the Blood Orange Bundt cake, with lime substituted for the blood orange. I made a half recipe, then drizzled it into the design and around the edges.

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Locally, there is not much TP on shelves at either the grocery or CVS. The local grocery also currently does not have unbleached flour, but their flour selection was limited even before the shortages caused by the pandemic. Fortunately, our stocks on both are adequate for now.

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I worked out the correct answer.

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Aaron--I rarely clean my jar, unless it has been sitting a long time. I use one of those glass jars with the wire clasp and a silicone or rubber gasket. That gives me more room to add flour and to mix. For mixing, I have one of those spring whisks, which goes up and down. I also refrigerate my starter sooner rather than later, which slows down the action.

All of that said, if the starter smells and looks funky, throw it out.

I look forward to hearing about your rye experiments with starter!

BTW--KAF has a chocolate sourdough cake recipe that I've made and we enjoyed. I think, however, that it uses butter. I may need to look at it and see if oil can be substituted.

It's hot here, so I am hoping for a cooler weekend so that I can bake again.

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I answered correctly.

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The annual Lake Fest, which occurs in July, has been canceled here. The town is still talking about a possible Fall Fest, which I see as a bad idea.

Total number of cases in our county:
May 27--80 cases
June 2--147 cases
June 3--178 cases

We are starting to see the results of moving into Phase III (with no data to explain WHY) before Memorial Day, and they are already discussing Phase IV.

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On Thursday, I made the dough for yet another batch of my Whole Wheat Sourdough Cheese Crackers. I will bake them in four to five days.

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On Thursday, I tried a new recipe to go with the boneless pork that my husband pan cooked for dinner. I made Quinoa Summer Salad from the Penzey’s website:

https://www.penzeys.com/shop/recipes/quinoa-summer-salad/

I reduced the olive oil to 1/3 cup. I did not have any parsley. I did not use the optional cayenne. I did add 4 oz. of feta to the salad once it had cooled. We like the recipe with these changes I will have to buy more of Penzey’s Country French Dressing Mix. I had just enough to make this recipe.

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Obviously, we have all seen the price of that commodity. 🙂

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