Any Home Bakers Here?

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e custard recipes that use only yolks??

When i am done with the angle food cake i have about 1 - 2 cups of egg yolk.
I just use the recipie that calls for 4 large eggs. It turns out very yellow, rich and delicious.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Anyone got a good recipe for cooking mashed potatoes? I'm just curious.

I really like mine. Cook potatoes, drain, add butter (1 stick), cream cheese, sour cream, whipping cream, salt, and pepper. I use a hand mixer to prepare them. I add the condiments to taste. They are good if you cook them with garlic cloves.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

That is curious. Why cold water? I don't salt potatoes at all so I think I'll skip that part.

The potatoes get hot as the water gets hot. They will cook more evenly.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

I have found that size of cut does not make any difference for mashed potatoes.

I do not peel my potatoes unless they have a very thick skin from being so old.

 

[N F C]

I don't usually peel potatoes for making mashed either, we like the extra texture. (And it's one less thing to mess with at dinner time!)

 

[rjohns39]

Some additional thoughts on excess eggs... Home made pasta, it freezes well and you can dry it. You can, if really creative, dehydrate or freeze dry them. And you can put them in ice cube trays and freeze them.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I had silicone trays dummy here... I donated them still have
one or two lower drawer

 

[bruceha2000]

I don't usually peel potatoes for making mashed either, we like the extra texture. (And it's one less thing to mess with at dinner time!)

I peel for mashed but not for "French Ovens"

And you can put them in ice cube trays and freeze them.

I was going to freeze in ice cube trays but you only get about half an egg in each "cube space" so I freeze them in regular cupcake size silicone "wrappers". Once frozen they are easy to pop out into a freezer storage bag and you then have the wrappers available for the next eggs to freeze.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Ohhh I peel my Mashed have my silicone big jumbo muffin can get big eggs frozen good idea

 

[rjohns39]

Another Winner for cookies. Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies. I took two of the user suggestions and going to try a third next time around.

I Added 1 tsp of Cinnamon
And I Soaked the Raisins in hot water with a shot of Vanilla Vodka (rum and bourbon were also recommendations).
Next time, I'm going to add 1/2 tsp of cloves just to see if I like it.

Also, here's a recipe for really cheap Vanilla Vodka.
1.75 liter bottle of the cheapest Vodka you can find (for me it's $8). Cut a good quality Madagascar vanilla bean in half (not lengthwise) ($3.00) and drop it in. In about a week it's ready and get's better with time. Save the bean and use it a second time. So you can get 3.5L for less than $20.