Any Home Bakers Here?

[topochico225]

The Nativity Fast for church is effectively over for me tomorrow, so I can have meat again

Going to be up late tonight baking kringles for a holiday party tomorrow.

 

[ronott1]

If there is no difference, why cut them off before roasting?

It makes it easier to slice. It is a mess trying to cut the bones of after they are cooked.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I like a s/p crust on my prime rib. Gonna poke some juniper berries and garlic cloves in it too! Make the house smell like Christmas! Thanks for the tip about cutting off the bones, Ron, I think I will try that. Does sound easier to do before rather than after.

What about carrots, potatoes and onions? Should I roast them alongside? Am also planning mushrooms and broccoli, cooked separately on stove top. No-knead bread, sparkling peach cider and egg nog will complete the meal. There will be a pumpkin cobbler and vanilla ice cream after. Everyone is invited!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Tonight's dinner.

Lasagne, from scratch. Dish was made by late XH, heavy pottery in his own kiln. Is all one piece, very nice.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Tonight's dinner.

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Lasagne, from scratch. Dish was made by late XH, heavy pottery in his own kiln. Is all one piece, very nice.

A beautiful dish .. very pretty !

 

[gtaus]

A few months ago, I bought a Lodge 6 qt Dutch Oven to bake no knead bread. I have tried a number of recipes and have been mostly successful. I really like the thick, chewy, crusts. Anyway, my whole wheat flour and rye flour supply is getting near empty. I went to our local grocery stores and discovered that the shelves are empty on whole wheat and rye! What is going on? I did find some organic Rye flour in a small plastic bag, but it costs maybe $7.00 per pound! Is this a temporary thing, or is it the future?

Anyway, I got a super deal on the Lodge 6 qt Dutch Oven from Amazon. Normally, that Dutch Oven sells for $80.00, but I got a "used" (like new, never used, just a bit dusty, must have been a display model) unit for $40.00! On top of that, I had a coupon from Amazon and used my rewards points to get the final price for me down to $15.00!

It's really not like me to buy cooking stuff, but I knew I wanted to bake bread in the Dutch Oven. I went with the Lodge Dutch Oven because it is oven safe to 500F. The bread recipes I have all bake the bread at 450F. Some of the less expensive Dutch Ovens sold on Amazon are only rated oven safe to 400F.

Anyway, if someone could clue me into what is going on with the empty shelves and no flour in the stores issue, I thank you in advance.

 

[Swiss]

I feel your pain @gtaus I needed powdered sugar because I ran out. I went to the Dollar General down the street, powdered sugar was GONE. We went to the grocery store in town for a small trip, and their big powdered sugar section was EMPTY! I finally found some at Aldi, but was very confused about why powdered sugar was gone and everything else seemed fine.

 

[Sally PB]

@gtaus, that's the same Dutch Oven I got, and yeah, I paid the $80. I saw the exact same thing at some store in the mall for $120!

I've used mine 3 times to bake sourdough, starting at 500, and it works just fine. The red color darkened, but then lightened back up as it cooled.

I also got a pair of "Ove' Gloves" rated for 540 degrees, as I knew my regular oven mitts wouldn't protect my hands well enough.

You can probably make your own powered sugar in a high speed blender. If I can make flour in mine, I bet it'll work making powered sugar. It might not be perfect, but it would do.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Might make a from-scratch lasagna today. Who is the best person to ask how to cook a prime rib?

I have a cookbook with recipe in it.

If you would like I will take a picture of it and send it to you.

Just let me know

 

[Ladies-Eight]

if the bones were not removed, remove them and tie them back on.

Let the roast warm up for about 4 hours. Put olive oil on the out side and rub in salt, pepper, garlic powder and Thyme or rosemary if you like those spices. Be liberal with the salt and then use from a teaspoon to a tablespoon of the other spices depending on the size.

Bake at 500F or as high as the oven goes if less than 500 for 15 minutes. Turn down the temp to 350 and let go for 1 and a half hours to over 2 hours for big roasts.

Use a meat thermometer to get an internal temp of:
115F for rare
120F for Medium rare
130F for Medium

I bake mine in the 200'sF