Baking ~ Foodies Wanted

[Novelafemme]

Originally Posted by yotlyolqualli

Ok... I have tried making bread in the past, and have failed ... miserably lol

SO... I am going to try ONCE more! Ive been baking most of my life. I baked my first pie, totally from scratch, crust included... when I was 7 or 8 years old. I baked my first cake from scratch when I was 10 years old. The pie was easier lol Now people love my apple pies, my whoopi pies and of course, my cookies (cookies are strictly a Christmas treat and I make 17 different kinds, about 85 dozen in all) and the one fruit bread that I can never seem to ever make enough of, is my banana nut bread. I actually stumbled onto a recipe, that with a few tweaks, is the best I've ever made or eaten. However, I just could never seem to get the hang of baking yeast risen bread. I think I know, now, what I was doing wrong. I was not allowing the yeast and water to rest for a bit before throwing in the flour. So.... the dough is a-rising. However, instead of making two loaves of bread, I will make one loaf and then make the other half of the dough into cinnamon rolls. So, we shall see what we shall see. If nothing else, it's been fun.

I'll let you all know how it turns out!

The BEST homemade bread instructor out there <besides Jo>

[yotlyolqualli]

Well THAT was a collosal failure! LOL

The dough did not raise very well... although it WAS disturbed.. growling... but still.. this is exactly what happened before. I do not have the "light" bread touch, apparently lol

[yotlyolqualli]

OK, it wasn't AS bad as I thought, but it could have been MUCH MUCH MUCH better. The bread was so heavy if I dropped the loaf on my foot I would have broken toes. On the other hand, the cinnamon rolls turned out pretty good. (Saying that with the full knowledge that when you throw cinnamon, sugar and brown sugar on ANYTHING, it tastes better!) lol


I WILL NOT GIVE UP!!

When cooler weather gets here, I plan on purchasing 25 lbs of flour, 20 envelopes of dry active yeast and I will NOT leave that kitchen (metaphorically speaking) until I have perfected the art of making light bread, darn it!!!

Yeah!

[LadyRain]

I make a rockin mean angel food cake! Everyone requests it when we are asked to make something to bring !!

[yotlyolqualli]

Originally Posted by LadyRain

I make a rockin mean angel food cake! Everyone requests it when we are asked to make something to bring !!

I start getting requests for cookies around October (I give them to my family as Christmas gifts). When we have a family gathering I am ALWAYS asked to bring potato salad... gets very boring , but I never bring any home, so I must be doing something right! As for desserts? My apple pie. My secret is using 6 different kinds of apples, from gala to gold delicious and all the colors in between lol

For covered dish events, they like my chicken casserole and my ham or chicken "pot-pie", in quotations because Amish/Mennonite potpie is NOT a meat pie! lol

I LOVE cooking and baking. I just need to figure the whole bread thing out

[Bèsame*]

I've added Asian pears to my apple pies...the texture is a great mix! (it's all about the texture!)

Originally Posted by yotlyolqualli

I start getting requests for cookies around October (I give them to my family as Christmas gifts). When we have a family gathering I am ALWAYS asked to bring potato salad... gets very boring , but I never bring any home, so I must be doing something right! As for desserts? My apple pie. My secret is using 6 different kinds of apples, from gala to gold delicious and all the colors in between lol

For covered dish events, they like my chicken casserole and my ham or chicken "pot-pie", in quotations because Amish/Mennonite potpie is NOT a meat pie! lol

I LOVE cooking and baking. I just need to figure the whole bread thing out

[femmennoir]

Originally Posted by yotlyolqualli

OK, it wasn't AS bad as I thought, but it could have been MUCH MUCH MUCH better. The bread was so heavy if I dropped the loaf on my foot I would have broken toes. On the other hand, the cinnamon rolls turned out pretty good. (Saying that with the full knowledge that when you throw cinnamon, sugar and brown sugar on ANYTHING, it tastes better!) lol


I WILL NOT GIVE UP!!

When cooler weather gets here, I plan on purchasing 25 lbs of flour, 20 envelopes of dry active yeast and I will NOT leave that kitchen (metaphorically speaking) until I have perfected the art of making light bread, darn it!!!

Yeah!

May I say: Artisan Bread in 5 minutes a Day ?

Elle*

[LadyRain]

funny about the apple pie, mine has pears in it too. Try it, give a nice flavor !!

[sylvie]

i have avoided this thread, probably for obvious reasons lol...
Sugar addiction - and lots of inner struggles..But i find myself so much more comfortable around baked goods these days.
And it feels like a blessing, truly... i would love to get myself to the point that i could bake again, because i do soo love to cook & bake.

i could bake, make it all pretty and colorful, and then gift it to those who enjoy baked goods..
i can handle the smell of baked cookies and pies again, those two were the hardest for me...
i used to bake my own homemade bread, bagels and biscuits all the time for my family. And i had the best pizza dough recipe in town.

And cupcakes, how cute are the decorated cupcakes these days?
i want to concoct some yummy blended flavors and top them with pretty icing! i love, love, love decorating..And i love, love, love gifting! (since We're not sweet eaters at all!)

[yotlyolqualli]

My niece, mother of two (it's still hard to grasp that concept lol) makes cupcakes and a large cake for her two little one's birthdays.

This year, for her son's 1st birthday, she made cupcakes and a larger cake with a bug theme. She had beetles and bee's and grasshoppers... all made out of candy and or icing. The girl even had pretzle sticks with little green icing inch worms on them! I was IMPRESSED! I'd never have the patience... lol