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  • in reply to: King Arthur Shipping Special #10412
    Italiancook
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      BakerAunt, thanks for this tip. I took advantage of it. I'm curious: How did you know about it. Before I read your post, I had checked the KAF website looking for a shipping special and didn't see it at the top of their home page. At any rate, I appreciate you letting us know.

      in reply to: Thanks 2 BakerAunt #10411
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        This morning I made cinnamon pancakes substituting cream of tartar and baking soda for baking powder. I felt like a chemist measuring out the substitutions! Yes, the tartar/soda combo work good as a leavening. Even the last batch of pancakes rose satisfactorily. Normally, I make one skillet of pancakes & put the remainder of the batter into the refrig for another day. I don't think I could do this with tartar/soda. The batter developed bubbles while I was waiting for pancakes to cook. I think that if I refrigerated the batter, the soda would have lost it's potency overnight. I didn't want to experiment to find out for fear of losing the batter. It's just a guess.

        Now that I know this works, I'm going to order cream of tartar in bulk. Thanks, again,, for the online tip, Mike.

        in reply to: What are You Baking the Week of December 17, 2017? #10358
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          BakerAunt, when I read your post about not having a family baking student, I immediately thought of the Boys & Girls Club (Big Brothers/Big Sisters). If you want to search for baking/cooking prodigies, you may want to see if there's a Boys and Girls Club in your area, or a nearby city. If they have a kitchen, they may be interested in having you teach the children with their Big Brother or Big Sister. Probably don't have money to pay you, so think volunteer work. You'd probably have to carry your own pans, and maybe the ingredients. But the Club may be willing to pay you for the ingredients.

          Another thought that came to mind is The Salvation Army. They have programs for children after school and in the summers. The one I'm familiar with has a full kitchen.

          RiversideLen, your Stollen looks beautiful. I'm curious: Is that real powdered sugar or KAF's non-melting powdered sugar? Whichever, it looks scrumptious!

          in reply to: What are You Baking the Week of December 17, 2017? #10348
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            For the first time, I made pizza. Since I didn't have semolina for Mike's dough recipe, I used a KAF recipe, "The Easiest Pizza You'll Ever Make." It made dough for 3 or 4 pizzas, depending on crust thickness. I made 4 for medium-thick crusts. I froze 3 of them and made one 12" pizza (ok, approximately 12").

            I used Valerie Bertonelli's (Food Network) Marinara that's in her deep-dish sausage pizza recipe. I put on too much sauce, which made the finished product runny, but not soggy. I added cooked sausage & sautéed mushroom. Probably the oil in the mushrooms added to the runniness. Next time, I'll use fresh, uncooked mushrooms.

            I'll buy semolina to try Mike's recipe, because I'd like a better tasting crust. I'm also thinking I'll try the KAF thin crust that BakerAunt likes. I told a 6-year-old niece that I'd teach her how to make pizza when her family comes for a visit. So I'm under pressure to perfect my pizza-making.

            in reply to: What are You Baking the Week of December 17, 2017? #10297
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              My husband's favorite pie is Lemon Meringue. I baked one for him this morning to thank him for mowing the grass all season and the leaves in the fall. I didn't bake it from scratch, but I don't believe that saved me any time! I used a lemon pudding mix. I added half a cup of fresh lemon juice in place of that amount of water. That makes it taste homemade. Of course, the meringue is fresh. I read the ingredient list on the pudding mix while I was stirring. I told my husband this is the last lemon meringue pie I'd ever make. He thinks I make it from scratch, so I didn't tell him an ingredient list brought his pie to an end.

              in reply to: What are You Cooking the Week of December 17, 2017? #10283
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                Before breakfast, I made a pot of The Neely's (Food Network) Broccoli Soup. It's for the freezer & lunch. Sirloin steak with veggies (no potato) is on dinner menu.

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                in reply to: What are You Baking the Week of December 17, 2017? #10276
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                  I made Cherry Yeast Coffee Cake from "Taste of Home" online. Tastes good, but next time, I'll divide the glaze in half. The full recipe of glaze made it too sweet for me.

                  in reply to: What are you Baking the week of December 10th? #10260
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                    Happy Belated Birthday, Mrs. Nolan.

                    in reply to: recipe addiction #10259
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                      My printer is the culprit in my recipe addiction. I own only 11 cookbooks that I use and 2 I don't use. Someday, I may toss the latter 2. My problem is that I check Foodnetwork's site everyday and frequently check KAF blog and site. I print everything that looks good, which are way too many to use.

                      I started the year with the resolution to make one new recipe each week. I didn't keep that resolution. I think I've made a new one every 4-6 weeks, on average. So I'm not making a dent in my pile of recipes, because I keep printing off more.

                      Then there are the tangents. I went on a path of wanting a sweet treat for breakfast once a week. Because I have a health issue with baking powder, I went in search of yeast coffee cakes. Turns out there are a lot of them online, and they've all been added to my pile. But I keep the ones I've baked or cooked separate, so I have 2 piles. I'm sure when I die, someone will pitch them all and wonder, "What was she thinking!?"

                      in reply to: What are you Baking the week of December 10th? #10243
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                        Maybe I'll try that idea in November next year, luvpyrpom. I could make the doughs and freeze them. Even the dough for cut-out cookies can be frozen. So I don't see a downside to this. I'm hoping, though, that I develop . . . something . . . to make cookies next week for the families who are used to receiving from me at Christmas.

                        in reply to: What are you Baking the week of December 10th? #10236
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                          luvpyrpom, I admire your ability to make so many different kinds of cookies. You, BakerAunt & others are so busy with holiday baking. I still haven't decided if I'm going to bake cookies before Christmas.

                          in reply to: What are you Cooking the week of December 10th? #10235
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                            RiversideLen, you chicken is beautiful! With what did you season the outside?

                            in reply to: What are you Cooking the week of December 10th? #10211
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                              RiversideLen, I don't know if the link below will help you but thought I'd offer it.

                              https://www.leaf.tv/articles/how-to-know-when-a-cornish-game-hen-has-finished-roasting/

                              in reply to: What are you Baking the week of December 10th? #10204
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                                It's official: I baked 32 Butterhorn dinner rolls for the first time! I don't have a camera to post a picture, but they look gorgeous. Taste good, too. In the end, I liked working with a refrigerated dough. I roll dough slowly, probably because of the rolling pin, so the cold dough kept the butter cold enough to live with my slow rolling. I think I'll buy a marble rolling pin if the vendor has free shipping today. I would definitely make butterhorns again, but I will find a recipe that doesn't use as much flour. Probably, I'll refrigerate the dough overnight even if the recipe doesn't call for it.

                                in reply to: Butter horns — Probably a Disaster #10202
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                                  Have any of you worked with a refrigerated dough to troubleshoot, if there's a problem?
                                  A few hours after I put the dough in the fridge, it had nicely puffed up over the edge of the bowl. It looked full and lively. Now, it has shrunk down to the edge of the bowl. We were opening & closing the refrigerator to put away groceries, so I don't know if that caused the dough to collapse a little. Aare refrigerated doughs supposed to collapse a little after they puff up? Or, was opening and closing the refrigerator door a no-no?

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