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Skeptic, I'm curious about your use of powdered milk. I frequently use it in bread. Why do you reconstitute it and scaled it? I just stir the powder into the flour and any other dry ingredients and proceed with the recipe, water in place of milk. What would be the difference?

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No cake here, but if Phil sees his shadow, he's going on the grill!

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Happy Birthday, Baker Aunt! Congratulations on reaching 70 decades!

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We got 15 inches of snow last night. I'm OK driving, as I have a Jeep with 4-wheel drive and studded tires - I need that just to get home, down a long hilly driveway! But then discovered my battery was dead - so I couldn't go anywhere! Unfortunately, my husband was doing projects around the house today - that ruined my alternative plan to do some baking as he had the water shut off for most of the day. I now have running water, a dishwasher full of dirty dishes ready to run in the morning, and a new battery in my car.

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Is there an advantage to using "special" dry milk over regular grocery store dry milk? I use the regular, and it seems to work just fine. I know what the advertising says, but ??

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I made two loaves of pumpernickel bread, with caraway seeds. It will be great for sandwiches with the last of the holiday ham we had. I made split pea soup with the hambone and scraps of leftover ham. It has been snowing here for the past 24 hours, but it's very fine so we really got only about 2" total.

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I made chocolate and white chocolate chip cookie bars today. I also made 2 loaves of rye bread with caraway seeds anticipating ham sandwiches from the Christmas ham later in the weekend.

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I made a batch of cinnamon buns, and topped them with maple icing.

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I'm happy for him! If one really needs to be able to read the rain/water measurements from a distance, it's a great tool. But my deck is my place of peace, and after a good rain, when I go out the door, the first thing I do is check the rain gauge. And my little frog and test tube make me happy!

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BakerAunt, I'm so sorry about the death of your mixer! Good luck finding a suitable replacement. I just got a new hand (aka portable) mixer last week. My old GE was about 40 years old and had reached the point I could adjust the speed by wiggling the cord. I'm trying out new mixers, have tried a Cuisinart and a Hamilton Beach so far, and do not care for either one. They are huge (don't fit in the cabinet space allotted to a hand mixer) and heavy, twice as heavy as my old GE. I haven't had a stand mixer for about 40 years, and really don't want one - IF I can find a small, lightweight portable one that does what I need it to do.

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HAHAHA! My husband bought one just like that last summer, and put it up on our deck. I made him take it down because it's ugly! And in my face every time I go onto the deck! I have a cute little green frog that holds a test tube and does the same job!

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My store was sold out of turkey breasts! so I got the smallest whole turkey in the freezer chest - 11 pounds. But it will be good to have couple of turkey sandwiches and soup meals in the next few weeks.

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Blue Bag Pepperidge Farm dressing is the star of the meal at my house -- I nibble on it all afternoon as the turkey roasts in the oven! An 11 pound turkey seems to be about the right size for the two of us, with plenty of leftovers. We also had butternut squash harvested from our garden a few months ago, sweet potato for my husband, and fresh green beans. I forgot to cook the carrots.

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We had Italian sausages and blueberry pancakes with maple syrup for dinner tonight. The snow we got this morning has all melted now.

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My husband says he doesn't mind running out onto the deck to grill - - even in the snow! And the burgers were great! We haven't had burgers for about 2 months.

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