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More Bao. Dad is willing to eat these so I guess I will be cooking them for awhile. Steaming seems more forgiving as there is little to no risk of over cooking, and it seems to heat the kitchen less than baking. It takes two batches in the steamer for 20 minutes -- 10 minutes actively steaming and 10 minutes resting in the hot steamer. So 40 minutes for two. Which is comparable to preheating the oven for 15 minutes and baking for another 15.
This bao turned out well and I cooked it before it over rose so it expanded in the steamer. I am basically using KAF Taiwanese Bao but will a little extra water to dissolve the yeast, and more flour to compensate. Also a little more baking powder 1/2 tsp, and salt 1/2 tsp. This time I shaped it into small rolls and cooked it that way.

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I did make the pizza and another batch of bao yesterday. The pizza came out just in time for supper and the bao was steamed as the day started to cool down.

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No Baking. I was "thinking" about pizza but by the time I got moving in the morning it was far too hot. I might start making the dough now to bake in the morning, but then again might just take a nap.

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I did more Bao yesterday. I messed up the ingredients and forgot the sugar and baking powder till after all the other ingredients were mixed. What a mess. I knead it in, let it rise and then tried desperately to rub all the lumps out. A couple extra rises and kneading later all the lumps were out but the dough was rather soft. I need to remember to look at the recipe no matter if I really believe I have it in memory. I am making this a lot recently. My father's appetite has been rather picky but he will slowly eat one bun for a meal and finish it, where he will eat only half a bowl of rice and stop.

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I made potato raisin rolls yesterday. Even with the air conditioning on, I had to wait until night time to bake them/. They ame out wonderfully.

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I haven't made yogurt for a long time. When I did do it, I used a crockpot to heat the milk. After the milk cooled enough to add the starter, I would swathe it in towels and hope it retained the heat long enough for the culture to grow.

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I did chocolate walnut scones. I was planning on making these yesterday but it got too hot too fast. Today I got up earlier in the morning and had these in the oven early. These turned out to to be drop scones instead of kneaded and cut scones as the dough was too soft. I won't be doing much baking while the weather stays this hot.

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I had another batch of pancakes to finish off the strawberries. These were about 3 tablespoons of batter per pancake, 3-4 in a pan about 3 inches in diameter. I've love the idea of Silver Dollar Pancakes since I was a child and these are much easier to flip than a larger size pancake. I fill in a serving spoon/large tablespoon full of batter to make them.
I also did Taiwanese Bao yesterday. I wanted to cook them for lunch but my father insisted on going to the store for Russet Baking potatoes, the Yukon gold potatoes weren't good enough for him. I ate mine with stirfried chicken. They turn out well a little over risen.

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I was very fortunate to run into strawberries at the Farmer's market. Very red and ripe, probably too ripe but I made a batch of pancakes for about 2/3 of the box and they were wonderful. I piled my pancakes with strawberries. Yum. I'll have to make some more pancakes and force myself to finish the strawberries. Maybe I'll try strawberries and icecream on pancakes.

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BakerAunt; Your pizza sauce ideas sound good. I'll keep them in mind for next time. I like the idea of Muir fire-roasted tomatoes.

I did potato rolls with raisins yesterday. Nice and light and the raisins keep it from being too boring.

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I think I should start with the basics. Does anyone have a good tortilla recipe? I might try making small pies in muffin tins.

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I did another pepperoni pizza with mozarella and chedder cheese and pepperoni. No tomato sauce. I can't use up a jar before it spoils and don't have enough room in the freezer. Its making a nice savory snack and meal substitute for hot days.

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I did steamed plain bao ( mantou) from the KAF Taiwanese Bao recipe. I made this drier than previous recipes so it held its shape better instead of just falling over like a pancake. I like the results but a slightly wetter dough would be easier to handle. Maybe I'll add an additional tablespoon of water next time.

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I made more pancakes to go with the last of the strawberries. This might be my only local strawberries this year, there was a lot of rain during the past week. I'll be going to the farmers' market tomorrow but I'm not optimistic.

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I made pancakes topped with strawberries and maple syrup. This has become my favorite way to manage fresh strawberries as it doesn't heat the house as much as using the oven to make biscuits or scones. Also while ripe strawberries are wonderful plain, a not quite ripe strawberry is wonderful with maple syrup. I am using Chocomouse's maple syrup from last year or the year before. I recanned it into pint mason jars and it lasts wonderfully that way. The pancakes were made with half sour cream and half milk and were wonderfully thick and fluffy.

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