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I agree. I started the recipe, then suddenly hit where it specified yeast, and I felt at that point I had to see the recipe through. As far as I can tell, the yeast contributed nothing, because it would not have had the chance to contribute anything before being exposed to 425F. I sent a question to their website. I'll share the answer, if I receive one.
On Saturday, I baked Buttermilk Grape Nuts Bread (recipe on this site). It's my husband's favorite. He says it reminds him of "Monk's Bread" that his family used to buy. I checked out Monk's Bread through google and found that it is made by an order of monks in New York. I think that it must be the combination of the malted milk powder and Grape Nuts.
I also baked Pumpkin Cinnamon Bars, which is the KAF Apple Cinnamon Bars, only made with apple butter rather than pumpkin butter. I substitute in 1/2 cup of white whole wheat flour, and because the bars are much too sweet, I cut the sugar to 1/2 cup and reduce the cinnamon chips to 1/3 cup. I'll put the glaze on tomorrow, but I will only make a half recipe.
On Friday I made pizza, using our favorite KAF Thin Crust Pizza recipe. I think that semolina and durum flour it includes make a difference. I mixed all the ingredients together, except for the olive oil, which I drizzled in as the ingredients mixed, before switching to the dough hook. The dough is a bit oily at the start of the rise. The baked crust has a buttery texture. The first time I did it this way, it was a mistake (forgot to add the oil at the start). The crust is drier if I do it the other way.
This afternoon, I made clam chowder, based on a recipe from an old Betty Crocker cookbook, with my college roommate's change of adding celery seed. In the evening, I made a Four Bean Salad for a church potluck tomorrow.
On Wednesday, I made Shepherd's Pie, using a recipe I adapted from Martha Stewart's site. I use ground beef, not lamb, and I use frozen peas and carrots, not fresh carrots. I had half a cup of beef broth frozen from some pot roasts, so I used that as half the liquid and Penzey's beef stock with water for the other half. My husband does not care for regular onion but green onion is fine with him. I added parsley and rosemary. I served it with steamed broccoli.
Addendum: Instead of using a 9-inch pie plate, I used a 7x7 inch square ceramic dish that is 3 inches deep. I didn't have to worry about the broth dripping out onto the oven, and the square is easier for servings.
Today, I made a soup with mild Italian Sausage, garlic, onion, chopped carrot and chopped celery, red bell pepper, mushrooms, 1/2 cup of pearl barley, about 3 cups of white beans I'd cooked and frozen, and 4 cups of chicken stock from my freezer. I froze half of it (trying to get ahead for the semester) and had some for lunch. For dinner, I used the leftover pork chop from the dinner my husband cooked yesterday. Using the drippings saved from the pan, I sautéed celery, red bell pepper, and sliced mushrooms, then added the diced pork, a bit of grapeseed oil, and the broccoli. I mixed it with soba (buckwheat) noodles, and added about 1/2 cup of the noodle cooking water, then added sliced green onion and minced parsley
