Mike Nolan
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We're having a light meal again tonight, lunch at the seminar tends to be our big meal of the day.
The Challah Prince's website is apparently being revised; previously, you'd see a number of his loaves are quite dark. He uses an egg yolk wash and the protein in egg yolk adds a lot of color. Plus, challah is something that is better a little overbaked than a little underbaked.
It is an issue that comes up on the BBGA forums a lot, some customers will take the darkest loaves they can get, others only want the palest of them.
I wonder how some candied slivered almonds would work? I find that ramps up the almond flavor quite a bit.
I did some baking on the old grill some years ago, some things came out pretty good, some looked like they had inconsistent heat. I know I tried baguettes and honey wheat bread, maybe a few other things.
I might try Hamelman's semolina bread on the grill. Bread won't be among the first things I try, I need to figure out how hot it gets, where the hot spots are, and how well I can control the temperature first.
Aaron, have you tried making Dutch Baby pancakes? When we lived in the Chicago/Evanston area, we tried to get to Walker Brothers Original Pancake House every few months for a Dutch Baby. There was always a long line.
I am making semolina bread today, since the last of the previous batch got tossed a couple of days ago.
I also plan to make two batches of my mother's oatmeal chocolate chip cookies this evening, one using a gluten-free flour mix. These are to go to a party Thursday evening where several of the participants are gluten-free. (At least one is mostly vegan, but I've never made these cookies with an egg replacement.)
When I took my pastry course at SFBI, they served breakfast every day. One of the things they made was bread pudding made with day-old croissants.
It was so good we had them include the recipe in our notebooks. I haven't made it yet because I never have enough day-old croissants to do it.
Our new gas grill will be delivered on Monday, I'm already making a mental list of things I want to try on it, including baking some bread.
I am planning to make a kouign amann on Sunday, as my father's day present to myself. It always seems like it is a grown-up version of what I do with scraps from laminated dough projects, throwing them in a baking pan with some additional butter and sugar.
There's been a thread on this recipe on the BBGA forums, it sounds like one of those recipes where things work out great even if it looks like a total mess going into the oven.
Happy Birthday, Caspar!
I may have to go pick something up for supper, the last of the semolina bread is gone. But after breakfast at McDonalds and lunch at the university cafeteria, I don't want a big dinner.
I think your challah look great, even the darkest of them.
I haven't made challah in a while, not sure I could do a 7-strand braid right now without some practice, even a 3-strand can come out lopsided if you don't pay attention. One of these days I'm going to make another attempt at a 6-strand, I'd still like to figure out how the one in 'Deli Man' was done!
I wont' be doing much baking the next week, it's time for the annual Barstow Alexander Institute, which is back to being in-person after last year's online version. And it's supposed to be in the 90's most of the next week, too, rather hot for baking. I might have to try some baking in my new grill when it comes next week, though. (For sure I will be trying pizza in it!)
We had burgers on the grill tonight. Might be the last time for this grill, I've got a new one coming in a week.
June 9, 2022 at 8:53 am in reply to: Is King Arthur thinking of having some kind of member forum again? #34260I see 670 reviews/comments on the Rustic Sourdough Bread, sounds like an issue with your computer, try clearing the cache/temporary files in your browser.
June 8, 2022 at 10:12 pm in reply to: Is King Arthur thinking of having some kind of member forum again? #34257I just looked at several 'bakes of the week', including a recent one, and they all had comments, though you have to scroll down a lot to find them, below a block of ads.
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