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  • in reply to: What are you Baking the week of November 10, 2019? #19221
    skeptic7
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      Baker Aunt;
      Is Ellen's buns a recipe that is available on this site?

      Riverside Len;
      The bread looks beautiful.

      Yesterday I made pumpkin corn muffins, Yankee style. This was for a vegan friend so I used up the rest of the gluten free flour, and a Tablespoon of ground flax seed, and maple syrup -- so I didn't have any eggs, buttermilk, or honey. This recipe is so different from the original cornbread recipe I might as well give it all

      < 1 cup Bob's Red Mill Gluten free flour
      1 cup Indian Head white corn meal
      4 teaspoons baking powder
      1 teaspoon cinnamon
      1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
      1 cup pumpkin puree, this was especially rich and tasty
      1 tablespoon flax seed ground
      3 tablespoons oil
      1/4 cup maple syrup
      water
      Mix all the dry ingredients except the flax seed together. Mix the pumpkin, flax seed, oil and maple syrup together. Combine the dry ingredients with the wet ingredients, add a couple of tablespoons of water if the batter seems too dry. Scoop with 1/4 cup icecream server into parchment lined muffin tins. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes until done. Makes 11 with the last one a little small. This doesn't rise very much but its tastes good.

      in reply to: Daily Quiz for November 13, 2019 #19220
      skeptic7
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        I got it! This was an easy question for me.

        in reply to: Stupid Designs for Kitchens #19200
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          I have a cheap formica counter top, and am relatively happy with it. I use cutting boards for cutting and trivets for hot pots. Marble seems like a good idea but it does scratch and burn and is hard to care for and replace. A nice slab would be great for pastries and easier to clean. Supposedly the artificial quartz counters have enough silicon to be a hazard to the people who cut and polish it so that rules that out. Slate would make the kitchen look like a chemistry lab.
          Can you put up a clock on the wall somewhere? I use the oven clock a lot but that only works when the oven isn't in use because then it shows the temperature.

          in reply to: Zojirushi BBCC-X20 #19199
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            Its 39 degrees here and going to get down to 22 degrees. Thats cold for the Washington DC area, but nothing compared to points north.
            Mike, electrical standards have changed since my house was last rewired and my kitchen is rather outdated. I'd like to have dedicated circuits for refrigerator, and oven, and microwave and dishwasher which I was told is now standard. While I am dreaming, I'd like a cabinet that can hold cookie sheets and half sheet pans easily. I can get them in the cabinet by inserting them at an angle before lying them flat on the shelf.
            Baker Aunt, I'm sorry that all the work is now done, and things are NOT in the right place. I remember admiring a counter at a kitchenette at work that simply had outlets every foot.

            in reply to: Daily Quiz for November 12, 2019 #19195
            skeptic7
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              Missed this.

              in reply to: Daily Quiz for November 10, 2019 #19147
              skeptic7
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                I missed this too. I had no idea of the true answer and guessed wildly.

                in reply to: What are you Cooking the week of November 3, 2019? #19143
                skeptic7
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                  I just did pumpkin macaroni and cheese. No real recipe I just started heating up 1/2 cup or so of leftover pumpkin puree, added cheese and peas and then after the chees was melted stirred in the cup of cooked macaroni. Beautiful color and had the comforting quality peculiar to mac and cheese.

                  in reply to: What are you Baking the week of November 3, 2019? #19128
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                    I think brownies are best unfrosted. I like a cakey type brownie preferably with pecans. I do wish I lived close enough to Aaron to try his English Muffins.

                    in reply to: Daily Quiz for November 9, 2019 #19122
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                      I missed this.

                      in reply to: What are you baking the week of October 27, 2019? #19109
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                        Last week I did a low fat chocolate buttermilk cake from 'Have your cake and Eat it Too' by Susan G. Purdy. I had made this last year as a two layer cake and I liked the flavor and texture but thought that it made a very thin cake. Also I still had the dark karo corn syrup I had bought for this cake and wanted to use it.
                        This year I again baked it in a half sheet pan, but this time I cut it into 4 quarters and layered strawberry jam between the layers. This was frosted with Chocolate Fudge Frosting from King Arthur Flour 200th Anniversary cookbook. This made a reasonably high cake, and nicely chocolately. The frosting covered the top well, but the sides were hard to frost. I took it to a party and it was well received.

                        in reply to: What are you Baking the week of November 3, 2019? #19102
                        skeptic7
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                          Aaron;
                          I bake my English Muffins all the time and they often turn into little rolls. I enjoy them like that especially when they are little mushrooms.
                          I am sorry about the brownies.

                          in reply to: Zojirushi BBCC-X20 #19096
                          skeptic7
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                            Congratulations on a good find. I think you should just continue with the active yeast. You can add it to part of the liquid before adding it to the bread machine.

                            in reply to: What are you Cooking the week of November 3, 2019? #19093
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                              Baker Aunt;
                              What does your black bean pumpkin soup taste like? The recipe looks fascinating.

                              in reply to: What are you Cooking the week of November 3, 2019? #19091
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                                I did Maple-Rum pudding but left out the rum. This was from "The Cookbook Decoder", it was a very simple recipe 2 egg yolks, 2 cups milk, 6 tablespoons cornstarch and 1/2 cup maple syrup. I had the egg yolks left over from a low fat cake recipe and needed to find a use for them. This was very good and simple. I was stirring constantly but its still slightly lumpy.

                                in reply to: Daily Quiz for November 8, 2019 #19090
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                                  Missed that.

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