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  • in reply to: Merry Christmas! #14390
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      Merry Christmas to you too, and a Happy New Year to come!

      in reply to: Anxiety Baking? #14389
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        I was going to refute this but A) I don't know many millenials B) Fads are fun. If everyone in your social group are baking the same cookies, you have funny stories to share. Like I would have had the biggest, bestest cookies but my SO came through the kitchen and they disappeared. C) Does Colbert know many millenials? Perhaps its just this one group that took to cookie baking and there are oodles of support millenials who just take pictures, offer support and disapper Beta versions ( millenials don't have mistakes they have beta recipes )

        in reply to: What are You Baking the Week of December 16, 2018? #14388
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          Saturday I did a pan of gingerbread in a cast iron skillet with candied orange peel and candied ginger peel and regular and black strap molasses. It was very tasty but I gave much of it away.

          in reply to: What are You Baking the Week of December 23, 2018? #14387
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            On Monday I baked two loaves of buttermilk whole wheat bread with cinnamon spirals. One of them had currants kneaded into the dough and the other one had dates kneaded into it. These were shorter and denser than I had hoped. There are a couple of reasons that could have caused this perhaps having fruit in an all whole wheat bread weighed it down, perhaps the sponge had fermented too long, perhaps it was just too cold to rise well.
            I also made two more pans of gingerbread. In honor of the season I had 1/2 cup of candied orange peel as well as 1/4 cup candied ginger. I gave 1 1/2 pans away but I kept the rest for myself.
            I hope to bake cookies today -- I really shouldn't I've eaten enough cookies this holiday season but it would be good to use up the almond flour. I plan to add substitute 1 cup of almond flour for 1 cup of whole wheat flour in a regular biscotti recipe. Is this likely to cause problems? My normal recipe has 3 cups of whole wheat flour so this is only 1/3 almond flour.

            in reply to: Merry Christmas! #14386
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              Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

              in reply to: What are You Baking the Week of December 16, 2018? #14372
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                I did a carrot quick bread with no sugar. Its flavored with dried thyme and had fresh rosemary on top. Its very pretty but I gave it away whole so I don't know what it will taste like. The sweet versions of this bread were quite good. This went to a neighbor who is avoiding sugar.

                in reply to: What are You Baking the Week of December 16, 2018? #14362
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                  BakerAunt;
                  The buttermilk scallion flatbread looks interesting. How big are these when they are cooked? Is the texture anything like Chinese scallion pancakes?

                  I did a cheese pizza on Sunday with Mexican Oaxaca cheese as a mozarella substitute and Vermont Cheddar for more flavor. I should have put on more cheese. The pizza puffed up into a dome and sent the melted cheese running to the edges.

                  in reply to: What are You Baking the Week of December 9, 2018? #14361
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                    On Friday, I mixed up two loaves of buttermilk whole wheat bread, enhanced with a little tiny bit of cardamon and some dried dates. I had it all kneaded and shaped and into normal bread pans on Friday night but ran out of energy and left it to rise overnight. On Saturday morning they were both beautifully risen and high and ready to bake. However I had to try to donate blood, go to martial arts practice, take a friend shopping and then check on another friend, so they didn't get baked till 8:00 pm and had fallen a bit. The resulting loaves were rather sour and dense. It went great with cream cheese. I cut them in thin slices and took one loaf to a party with a brick of cream cheese, and gave another half loaf away, and finished the rest of the loaf myself.
                    It was quite tasty but it would have been just perfect if I could have baked it Saturday morning instead of Saturday night.

                    in reply to: What are you baking the week of December 2, 2018? #14327
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                      I have been going for years too! I go both days and visit friends and buy things and admire the sheep. What is your booth? I'll stop by and say hello this year. I knit and spin although I've done more cooking and less fiber arts for the past several years. We could have met in person ages ago.
                      I love the lamb burgers and used to buy sheep's milk cheese.

                      in reply to: What are you baking the week of December 2, 2018? #14325
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                        Chocomouse;
                        Do you come to the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival or any others in the Virginia/Maryland area?

                        in reply to: What are You Baking the Week of December 9, 2018? #14324
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                          I baked a carrot raisin quick bread yesterday, with rosemary as the seasoning instead of thyme. This is basically the same recipe as I put on its own thread only I measure everything more carefully having 1/2 cup of raisins instead of what was easily available, and a nearly 1 cup of grated carrots.

                          in reply to: Flax seeds #14315
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                            I've used this when baking quick breads for vegans.

                            in reply to: What are you baking the week of December 2, 2018? #14312
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                              Chocomouse:
                              How did the farmer's market go? The Maple Pecan Scones sound especially good.

                              in reply to: What are you baking the week of December 2, 2018? #14259
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                                I baked whole wheat pumpkin scones with cranberries. This is my muffin like recipe that is baked in a cast iron frying pan -- its main claim to be scones is that I insist its a scone.

                                in reply to: Vegetable Oil Pie Crust #14253
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                                  The top crust would turn out nice and crisp as it doesn't have a heavy moist filling weighing it dow. I've made pot pies with only a top crust and they always had a good texture.

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