tigereye
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Fri Dec-18-09 10:46 AM
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Anyone baking? The nut breads for teachers and friends are in the oven. |
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but someone ate all the chocolate chips so I had to use cinnamon chips and white chocolate chips.
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Fri Dec-18-09 01:57 PM
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1. No, but thanks for bringing up the subject |
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I bought some flour to bake some bread, but never got around to it. Today's a perfect day for it--cold and rainy.
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Fri Dec-18-09 02:01 PM
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I start the sugar cookie bakathon tomorrow though....:hi:
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Fri Dec-18-09 04:38 PM
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8. hey, how the heck are ya? |
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sugar cookies sound very good - my son and I are going to make some and some p-butter blossoms, I think.
:hi:
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Fri Dec-18-09 02:46 PM
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banana bread for the family
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Fri Dec-18-09 05:34 PM
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18. Good idea. I have 2 or 3 pint yogurt containers in the freezer |
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each with three strange-looking, dark, sweet, overripe peeled bananas within. Last time I used a banana bread recipe that called for first browning the butter gently in a saucepan. It turned out even better than usual. :9
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Fri Dec-18-09 03:06 PM
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4. Making french bread right now. |
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Dough is in oven (off) to rise, and I'm on my way to store to get spaghetti fixings.
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Fri Dec-18-09 04:39 PM
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9. my husband bakes french bread this time of year, and nutrolls |
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I don't do the yeast- type baking...
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Fri Dec-18-09 05:23 PM
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16. Alley is the baker, I just try to make edible bread. |
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She makes fantastic cookies, cakes, cinnamon rolls, all kinds of goodness. I married way over my station. :loveya:
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Fri Dec-18-09 03:07 PM
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5. Thanks to ZombyWoofs thread, I made fudge last night |
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Fri Dec-18-09 03:14 PM
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Fri Dec-18-09 04:40 PM
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:hi: A colleague gave me some pistachio fudge and chocolate concoction - scrumptious!
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Fri Dec-18-09 03:14 PM
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6. I want to be baking, but I can't until we get some food coloring so we can |
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frost those Christmas sugar cookies.
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Fri Dec-18-09 04:40 PM
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10. Starting this weekend: biscotti, Pecan Chew, other candy |
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Fri Dec-18-09 04:41 PM
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12. husband also makes biscotti - so good! |
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Fri Dec-18-09 04:44 PM
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13. And it's really no more difficult than other cookie recipes. |
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Just a little extra work cutting and rebaking, but I use a technique I've seen others point out, that of standing the slices on edge so you don't have to turn them halfway through the second baking :)
The most popular flavor in our house is the Orange-Almond recipe :D What flavors does your husband make?
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Fri Dec-18-09 05:11 PM
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15. let's see, mostly the standard kind, but with almonds, currants, chocolate |
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and cranberries. I think he's made them with raisins, too.
I don't think he's tried varying the batter itself for diff. flavors...
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Fri Dec-18-09 05:31 PM
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17. I use the recipes I've had for years from Cooks' Illustrated. |
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So, there were plenty of variations, though simple. The Orange-Almond only uses the zest of the oranges, so you still get a good flavor without adding extra liquid.
Mine are thin and teeth-cracking hard. Does your husband make them that way or the softer kind? I would think adding currants would make them softer. Some people prefer them that way, but I've always liked the hard ones. They're great with tea (or coffee) :)
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Fri Dec-18-09 11:26 PM
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20. softer I think - although I like the teeth-cracking hard ones, myself.. |
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I wonder if it's a function of the flour, or what...
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Fri Dec-18-09 05:07 PM
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14. MrsCoffee is. I'm on dish duty. |
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There are a lot of dishes these days.
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Fri Dec-18-09 06:08 PM
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19. No, but I am the offical taster for the teachers union, |
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so if you would be so kind as to get one loaf of each type in the mail to me, I would be most appreciative!:evilgrin:
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Fri Dec-18-09 11:27 PM
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21. I'l get right on that! |
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the teacher's round here were most appreciative.
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Sat Dec-19-09 12:13 AM
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and even more important, my stomach and tastebuds thank you!
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Sat Dec-19-09 01:51 AM
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23. no but that sounds yummy |
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