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I have some semolina flour that I'd like to use so today I made King Arthur Semolina Sandwich bread . I made some changes to it, some out of necessity and some out of preference. I didn't have corn meal so I subbed white whole wheat, I don't have powdered milk so used 2% milk instead of water, I subbed 1 tablespoon of honey for the sugar, cut the salt in half and finally, 2 tablespoons of olive oil for the butter. That's a lot of changes but it worked. One thing I could have done was to reduce the yeast but since this was my first time making this I used the 2 teaspoons called for. Next time I'll cut the yeast to 1 1/4 tsp. The recipe says it might not double in the one hour rise time but mine more than doubled in a half hour. I formed it into a braided loaf and then turned the oven on. The oven was minimally preheated by the time the loaf was ready to go in. I baked it for 35 minutes at 350 which gave me readings of more than 190 degrees.
I sliced it and made a grilled cheese sandwich. It makes a lot of crumbs when slicing. It has a tender but chewy texture. Overall, I'd rate this a 4 on a scale of one to five.
I made a chocolate cake, an oil based cake that uses cocoa powder. I replaced 1/2 cup of oil with Greek yogurt. Topped it with a little ganache. I heated up 100 grams (by weight) of milk and stirred in 200 grams of chocolate chips. After the chocolate melted I poured it over the still warm cake and spread it with a spatula. Other than just dusting it with powdered sugar, that has got to be the easiest way to finish a cake.
All the plants are filling out quite nicely.
Peppers are starting to form,
And this morning I spied my first tomato.
