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I baked 6 dozen Best of Breed dog biscuits (KAF) for my dog sitting clients. A couple of owners were disappointed I didn't bake something for them. I won't be baking again until after the New Year.

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I've been working all weekend, so yesterday afternoon I cooked the turkey I got from work (my son's is in the freezer). Just had regular stuffing in it, green beans with olive oil and salt, and a small batch of mashed potatoes - the gravy was great this year. Will and I ate it watching Christmas Vacation 🙂 I'm done for today and we're headed to my mom's "Senior Living Community" for the Christmas buffet. They have a 5-star chef who used to work at the resort where I do, so he did a great job at Thanksgiving - expecting the same. Nate's hours are crazier than mine, so he'll be joining Will and me after lunch for presents and turkey sandwiches. No dessert - we have plenty of chocolate in the house.

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Merry Christmas to All!! Have a wonderful day!

I really appreciate Mike providing this site for us and all the people checking in. I hope next year brings even more people to join us.

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No baking for me last week

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Washington Post has this article this morning
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/food/wp/2016/12/14/8-million-cuisinart-food-processor-blades-have-been-recalled-yours-may-be-one-of-them/?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_cuisinart924pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.7aaee050678f

It talks about the website being overwhelmed and gives a URL
Recall.cuisinart.com

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The Cuisinart I bought at the yard sale is also part of the recall. I tried once to load the page, but no luck. They do say it's a "voluntary" challenge. I don't know if I'll be using mine over the holidays or not, but I'll keep trying to get through.

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Understand that the man who created the baking steel did it at his family's company that manufactured things out of steel. He developed it because he was interested in finding something that would work in a home oven. He tried all kinds of permutations of thickness and size before coming up with his product.

I guess I'm also rooting for the guy from Mass whose company isn't far from where I lived

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So this was a slightly less busy baking week for me. I made Ina's brownie pudding on Monday, but didn't think to check it early so it was a little dry. I've written myself a reminder because when I've made it in the past it was perfect. I also made 2 batches of Toffee Brownie Crackle for 2 co-workers who had done me favors.

Then I tried to make shortbread and whatever could go wrong did. Mrs Cindy and I have had a long conversation on all of that. 90% was mistakes I made, like forgetting to reduce the oven temp. I've decided that I will use the cookies - great taste, too dry - to make a shortbread crust for a tart. So I made another batch of brownie Crackle to the party since it was all I had time for

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On Monday, I made Chicken Marbella for a going away dinner for my boss 🙁 we ate leftovers for a couple of days and then I made a sheet pan dinner of veggies and sausage which is a definite keeper. On Friday, I nailed the Crockpot Buffalo Chicken which has a decent kick. Baker Aunt - did you want that recipe when I got it right or was it the honey ginger chicken?

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I've only seen the first 2 episodes. I'll have to pay attention when I watch the bread one

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Must not have been paying careful enough attention because I missed the scaling, but it was interesting. I'm not sure I want to create a bread sculpture!

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They have it on Hulu. I think it's better because they're sticking more closely to GBBO format. I did notice that none of them are weighing ingredients.

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Early in the week I made a meatloaf that has puréed vegetables as its binder and used rolled oats for the bread component to stick to my diet. It was a successful adaptation. I also made Sheet Pan Fajitas with Penzey's Fajita Seasoning instead of the packet, some turkey soup and last night I roasted some local shrimp. I forgot that I made Mediterranean tuna and white bean salad for lunches. This is one you can pack in mason jars with spinach. Nice to have ready when I get home from work.

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So I had a marathon of baking biscotti for the garden club bake sale yesterday - 6 bakers dozens of Pecan Butterfinger, 5 of Mrs Cindy's Nutella Brownie and 4 cranberry pistachio (KAF). I cut them straight across so they were about 3-3½" long and about ½" thick - they worked out well and 11 bags were sold. I bought back the last 4 to give away. I also baked another Irish Chocolate Cake for a dinner party.

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I wonder if you could use regular dried milk from the grocery store.

Len, I believe that since the dried mil has been through all kinds of processes to make it shelf stable, it woudon't not revert back to milk as you would get from a carton. Have you ever tasted milk made from that ?

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