Any Home Bakers Here?

[ronott1]

Ron.... You are a wizard. ,,,, Now I know,,, I was multitasking, and had other things going on,,,,, and the great banana bread just didn't get to oven soon enough.

Nice!

 

[Sally PB]

The eggs here are still $5.00 and more per dozen.

WOW!

As I said, the ones I bought are the cheap brand, not organic or anything special, for $1.09/doz. At $5/doz, I'd be going without and leaving them for DH's weekend breakfasts. I wouldn't be using 2-3 for fried rice.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

No, you use fat reduced milk together with certain milk bacteria and a bit of rennet to thicken it, but it is the best substitute, in my opinion

Thanks. I see I need to research and educate myself. I love this thread! So much to learn and do.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Bakers good morning one and all!

Temperature is in the 70s.

Have a great day!

 

[bruceha2000]

But we are now in the slack time of eggs, and my recipe takes 3. I might have to -- gasp! -- buy a dozen eggs.

Plan ahead next year and start freezing eggs before the girls knock off work. I have 6 dozen frozen now for the winter, have more to do.

My process:
- Put silicone muffin cups in the muffin pan
- Quickly break up the eggs with a stick blender. You don't want them whipped.
- Pour into the muffin cups and put the pan in the freezer
- Once frozen, pop them out of the cups and place in a freezer bag.
- Repeat

I find that for my girls' mix of egg sizes, it takes 15-16 eggs to fill 1 dozen cups so I guess the resulting eggs are XL. Not useful for hard boiled, sunny side up, over easy, hard fried or poached Great for anything you would wisk a fresh egg to make like baking, scrambled, omelets, etc. I was still using frozen eggs in the spring, they seem to last quite well in the chest freezer.

 

[Happy Novogens]

Plan ahead next year and start freezing eggs before the girls knock off work.

My girls are just starting to lay more eggs after their summer respite, lol! Here, it's not the winter that slows them down but the weeks of 110F plus!

I'll have to remember next Spring to try freezing eggs to hold me over during that summer down time. Thanks for the info!

 

[ronott1]

My girls are just starting to lay more eggs after their summer respite, lol! Here, it's not the winter that slows them down but the weeks of 110F plus!

I'll have to remember next Spring to try freezing eggs to hold me over during that summer down time. Thanks for the info!

When do your hens stop laying eggs? I suspect I am a bit north of you and mine stop in the middle of October and start up again close to mid February.

The timing depends on the amount of daylight and the chicken breed.

 

[BullChick]

Of the four dozen cookies, this is what was left when I saw them again the next day.

That is one. Lone. Cookie.
After dreaming I was being attacked by angry old ladies who wanted my cookies, I made a double batch today, and gave a plate to each of the two neighbors.
I now know just how big my KA is.

 

[Happy Novogens]

When do your hens stop laying eggs? I suspect I am a bit north of you and mine stop in the middle of October and start up again close to mid February.

The timing depends on the amount of daylight and the chicken breed.

Last winter was our first winter. We got our pullets end of the prior July. They started laying in September and continued laying all through the winter. The only slowdown was during our heatwave in mid-summer.

 

[Happy Novogens]

Those of you who use Dutch Ovens for bread... do you always put the bread in the pot portion or do you ever put it in the lid and then put the pot on top like a lid? I saw this online...