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  • in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of December 24, 2023? #41424
    Mike Nolan
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      I've always read that overmixing results in brownies that sink in the middle, though some sites say having too much leavening can also cause that. Some sites say doming is caused by having the oven too warm, or using the wrong kind of pan.

      in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of December 24, 2023? #41420
      Mike Nolan
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        We've got 3 entrees, 2 sandwich meats, 3 kinds of bread and multiple desserts, so we'll probably order hoagies from DaVinci's for supper tonight. πŸ™‚

        Nope: Taco Inn. πŸ™‚

        in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of December 24, 2023? #41416
        Mike Nolan
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          I think we'll be eating leftovers of some kind for most of the next week. I did make bagels today so we've got 3 different bread options.

          in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of December 24, 2023? #41415
          Mike Nolan
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            I made a batch of a dozen bagels today.

            in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of December 24, 2023? #41414
            Mike Nolan
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              They've had a few instances of big cats (probably cougars) in trees in suburban Omaha and I think one wandered into a building at the Veteran's Hospital in Lincoln a year ago, but so far we haven't seen any big cats in our neighborhood. We do see coyotes, though not recently. A mile or so from here there's a woods with a resident flock of turkeys, we see them along the side of the road frequently. Down by the middle school I've seen some game birds (probably pheasant) just standing in the road, in no hurry to get out of anyone's way. A neighbor tells me they see ducks and geese in their front yard on their security camera, there are several hundred geese that are full-time residents at nearby lakes and ponds, the Merlin app hears them frequently flying over.

              in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of December 24, 2023? #41410
              Mike Nolan
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                I hope everybody had a good Christmas. We woke up to a white Christmas, with about 5 inches of snow through late afternoon.

                Our day got off to a fun start when we saw the neighborhood fox running through the back yard this morning. My son managed to catch a picture of it.

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                I'm still stuffed from supper!

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                in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of December 24, 2023? #41407
                Mike Nolan
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                  A few years back the Washington Post had an article on what to do with left over egg whites, with separate recipes for when you have one egg white, two egg whites, three egg whites, etc.

                  This includes the Forgotten Chocolate Meringue cookie recipe that I've made several times.

                  https://wapo.st/48xaxJw

                  in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of December 24, 2023? #41405
                  Mike Nolan
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                    Today my wife assembled two trifles (a big one and a smaller one with remains of the pastry cream and fruit.)

                    David is making the potato casserole, the ham will go in the oven around 4:30.

                    in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of December 24, 2023? #41402
                    Mike Nolan
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                      We had our traditional Christmas Eve dinner of oyster stew and chili, with a relish tray and a dessert platter of cookies and candies. Then we opened one present each. (Diane actually got 2 of them, because one was one I figured she'd want to use tonight and the other was one I really wanted to give her this evening.)

                      in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of December 24, 2023? #41398
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                        I'm making a small batch of cinnamon rolls to go with the chili tonight.

                        in reply to: What are you Cooking the Week of December 17, 2023? #41395
                        Mike Nolan
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                          I made a triple batch of pastry cream this evening, so that we can make our traditional Christmas trifle tomorrow. Hopefully that'll be enough to have some left over for snacking. (I made it late enough in the evening that just my son and I were around to scrape the leavings out of the pan.)

                          in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of December 17, 2023? #41392
                          Mike Nolan
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                            I made marbled rye bread, Diane made oatmeal-raisin-date spice cookies.

                            in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of December 17, 2023? #41381
                            Mike Nolan
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                              BA, does the sourdough cheese cracker dough have a best-by date on it? I made a batch over a week ago and what with picking up my son and granddaughter and all the other holiday stuff, it's still in the fridge.

                              in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of December 17, 2023? #41376
                              Mike Nolan
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                                Today's semolina bread, I'm working on making sure my loaves are consistently shaped, these two look pretty similar.

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                                in reply to: What are you Baking the Week of December 17, 2023? #41375
                                Mike Nolan
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                                  I thought the croissants were just a bit overdone, especially on the bottom, but there's only one left after supper tonight, so they must have been OK. It wouldn't surprise me if I make them again in a few days, my son and granddaughter are both here and enjoyed both the chocolatines and the croissants.

                                  I might make bagels tomorrow or Friday, and I'm about out of semolina bread, so I'll probably make that tomorrow.

                                  I was pleased that our granddaughter seemed to enjoy the chicken and mushroom dish I made to go with the croissants, too.

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