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  • in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of January 3, 2021? #28104
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      For the first time, I baked KABC's Classic Sandwich Bread. I had 2 slices with blackberry jam for dinner. There's milk in the bread, and milk has protein, so I had protein, starch, and fruit. Well-balanced meal in some universe.

      Something happened during the baking that has never before happened to me. My finished loaf had 4 baked air bubbles on the top crust and one small divot, also on the top crust. Everything looked normal when sliced. What did I do wrong to make the air bubbles above the crust?

      in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of December 27, 2020? #28103
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        Thanks, BakerAunt, for the Eggnog Cake oil-based information. I'm going to copy and paste it to your recipe.

        cwcdesign, I wish you a speedy and full recovery without range of motion problems.

        in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of January 3, 2021? #28102
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          Mike, I looked at the Aerogarden website trying to find this answer but didn't find it. Before Cbristmas, I saw online a hydroponic parsley grown in a jar. Is Aerogarden hydroponic or soil-based?

          in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of December 27, 2020? #28074
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            I made a buttermilk yellow cake with chocolate frosting. I sliced it and 3/4 of the cake went into the freezer.

            BakerAunt, I had planned to make your Eggnog Cake today. Using homemade eggnog. My husband forgot the whole milk and half n half, so no eggnog. Recently, you posted you had made your oil version of this cake. The recipe I printed uses butter. How much oil do you substitute for the butter?

            in reply to: What are you Baking the week of December 20, 2020? #28008
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              Bev M has a recipe for Canned Peach Cobbler on this site. I baked that today. I prefer making my dad's cobbler using frozen peaches, but this will work great for those times I don't have the frozen product.

              in reply to: What are you Baking the week of December 20, 2020? #27931
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                You are right, cwdesign, they're called Command by 3M. Your post jogged my memory.

                You've probably looked there for your ruler, BakerAunt, but my thought is that it slid down into the crack of the chair between the cushion and arm.

                in reply to: What are you Baking the week of December 20, 2020? #27908
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                  BakerAunt, my husband thinks he remembers that's the hook is advertised as a picture hook. He may be wrong -- we've had it for quite some time.

                  in reply to: What are you Baking the week of December 20, 2020? #27907
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                    BakerAunt, you mentioned that you had lost your cracker-baking ruler. I mention what my husband did for my ruler, in case yours has a hole on the end -- when you find it. He bought a hook with a white background. He remembers it as being a 3M brand. It adheres to the wall, but it's advertised to be removed without damaging the wall. He can't remember whether he bought it at Walmart or a box store that has grocery and many different departments. He doesn't remember which department he bought it from. Neither of us remember the hook's name. Most of this isn't much help, but I wanted to let you know there is a product from keeping track of a ruler. If it has a hole on the end for hooking.

                    in reply to: What are you Cooking the week of December 13, 2020? #27854
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                      Your cherry pie looks wonderful, Mike. It's my favorite type of pie. Happy Birthday to your wife.

                      in reply to: Sourdough in Pasta #27853
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                        I think the hard part of making pasta is to figure out how to utilize the space needed for the project. It has been different for every kitchen we've had. I think you'll have fun with pasta. It's really not hard once the kitchen space is figured out. The taste and texture makes it all worthwhile.

                        in reply to: Article on Cakes #27852
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                          My husband worked in a bakery when he was in high school. He said they made their cakes the day before they frosted them. Thanks, BakerAunt, for sharing this article with us. I want to also say I greatly enjoy the comics you share with us. It's nice to have a good laugh during this pandemic.

                          in reply to: What are you Baking the week of December 6, 2020? #27807
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                            cwdesign, thanks for all the interesting information about Log Cabin. As a lifelong Log Cabin fan, I figured I was eating corn syrup, but had no clue about any of the other details you shared with us. Thanks for the education!

                            in reply to: What are you Baking the week of December 13, 2020? #27806
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                              cwdesign, thanks for sharing your experience. I'm sure I'll try that, too.

                              in reply to: What are you Cooking the week of December 13, 2020? #27805
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                                Len, your chicken makes a pretty picture and looks delicious. Did you put a dry rub on it? Or butter or olive oil the skin before roasting?

                                in reply to: What are you Baking the week of December 13, 2020? #27794
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                                  Great tip, BakerAunt. Thanks. I didn't know that. I can now see where mixing my cake with the stand mixer probably was what caused the toughness. I creamed the oil, butter and sugar together, but forgot to add the eggs until the flour was in. I'm going to adopt your hand mixing technique next time I do half oil and half butter. It's disappointing when all the work doesn't net the result I want.

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