Mike Nolan

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  • in reply to: Mummy Hand Pies #9553
    Mike Nolan
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      I just posted my banana nut bread/muffin recipe, which is pretty similar to many other recipes, except that I almost always add raisins and often add cinnamon.

      in reply to: Mummy Hand Pies #9545
      Mike Nolan
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        Here's one of the 6 banana nut bread spiders I made using a mini-bundt pan,
        Banana Nut Bread Spider

        in reply to: Cinderella Pumpkins for Baking #9544
        Mike Nolan
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          So serve him the juice at breakfast. πŸ™‚

          in reply to: usa pans #9539
          Mike Nolan
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            I have wondered about that as well, all those grooves seem like places for things to stick. They
            might increase the rate of heat transfer between the pan and your dough, I suppose.
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            Mike Nolan

            in reply to: What are You Baking the Week of October 29, 2017? #9533
            Mike Nolan
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              I peeled, cored, cut up and pre-cooked about 11 pounds of Winesap apples today, the 2nd half of the ones I picked at the orchard two weeks ago. Made about 12 pounds of pie filling. (We finally had a killer frost Saturday morning, so the orchards are probably closed for the season, they usually close around November 1st anyway.)

              I'll make 2 apple pies tomorrow for the Halloween buffet lunch at my wife's office on Tuesday, the rest will go in the freezer. (Depending on the size of the pie pan and how 'deep dish' it is, it takes between 36 and 48 ounces of pie filling per pie.)

              I think I've got enough pie filling to last me until next fall, even if I make an apple pie every month.

              in reply to: Aluminum foil #9532
              Mike Nolan
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                I buy 18 inch x 500 foot rolls of aluminum foil at Sams Club. I also buy 18 inch wide plastic wrap in the big box at Sams. I bought a 1000 count case of full sheet pan size parchment paper at the restaurant supply store several years ago, since the half-sheet size ones are too small for my 3/4 size sheet pans. I've used less than half the box, so it'll last me quite a few more years.

                in reply to: Mummy Hand Pies #9523
                Mike Nolan
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                  Ooh, I've got a six mini-bundt pan, that might be worth trying. My wife has been asking for some banana nut muffins, maybe banana bread spiders with a cream cheese frosting?

                  in reply to: Mummy Hand Pies #9514
                  Mike Nolan
                  Keymaster

                    I think I like the Spider Bundt Cake better.

                    in reply to: What are You Baking the Week of October 22, 2017? #9505
                    Mike Nolan
                    Keymaster

                      It's in this thread:
                      BC thread - vienna bread

                      I suspect there are dozens if not hundreds of recipes lurking in those old BC threads, adding them to the recipe area might make them slightly easier to find, but we really need a better search tool that searches only the recipes area, and some kind of recipes subject index would be helpful, too.

                      That's in my roadmap for the future, but I'm not sure when that'll happen. The WordPress/BBPress structure this site currently uses was something I could put up quickly when KAF gave notice about the imminent death of their BC, I'm not sure how much work it would be to give it the features I want.

                      in reply to: What are You Baking the Week of October 22, 2017? #9502
                      Mike Nolan
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                        Am I correct that the Vienna bread recipe from Antilope you're using is the 'Vienna Baguette' dough recipe in a thread from the old KAFBC?

                        in reply to: What are You Baking the Week of October 22, 2017? #9487
                        Mike Nolan
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                          Last year I made a batch of my mother's oatmeal crisps chocolate chip cookie recipe using a GF flour, they were excellent and it was not easy telling them from the batch of regular flour ones I made. And they appeared to have this recipe's tendency to taste better a day or two later, which is unusual in a GF product.

                          I've never tried to make a vegan version of it, though, and it does call for eggs.

                          in reply to: What are You Baking the Week of October 22, 2017? #9483
                          Mike Nolan
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                            Keep in mind real butter is anywhere from 15% to 25% water, with most brands around 20%.

                            I haven't cooked with margarine in over a decade, so I don't remember if it is supposed to be a 1-1 replacement for butter. We do use one of the high-omega tub margarine brands as our table spread, mostly because I don't like the taste of unsalted butter on bread, and I don't like using salted butter when cooking.

                            in reply to: Hearth Bread Pan #9468
                            Mike Nolan
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                              Sometimes I wish I had the old VegeMatic my mother had back in the 60's. Worked perfectly, no risk to fingers, easy to clean.

                              I've had 3 mandolins, one of them had several interchangeable blades and kept falling apart when using it, which led to a couple of nasty cuts, so I got rid of it. Then I bought a super-fancy $150 one at a restaurant supply store, it works very well but is a lot of effort to set up and clean afterwards, so I only use it for large volume tasks. The fancy one didn't include the keep (it is sold separately), so I bought a Sharper Image one for under $30. It has IMHO the best 'keep' for holding things so you aren't risking your hands, but the thickness setting tends to slip as you use it, so slices get thicker and thicker. (I did later on buy the keep for the fancy one, I've used it exactly twice.)

                              in reply to: What are You Cooking the Week of October 22, 2017? #9467
                              Mike Nolan
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                                Yeah, always a good idea to read the ingredients list, though as I get older that gets progressively harder to do. Recently I tried to read a label that had tiny black print on a red background, I gave up and bought something else.

                                in reply to: What are You Cooking the Week of October 22, 2017? #9462
                                Mike Nolan
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                                  What do you use for broth to keep it vegetarian?

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