Any Home Bakers Here?

[thecatumbrella]

SO MUCH TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT. Just be very careful

The newest one seems fine so far (different model), but I’ll never trust a microwave again.

 

[Aria]

The newest one seems fine so far (different model), but I’ll never trust a microwave again.

I hear you. And computers???? Right now I am having a problem...deleting
incorrect email in contacts
and inserting correct email address?????

 

[Sally PB]

Once it granulates enough, use a mixer to whip it into creamed honey.

How do you tell if it's granulated enough? Will it stay creamed at room temp, or should it be refrigerated?

Thanks for the information!

I use a lot of honey...I do not have bees ...but a friend who does and I buy it
from her. I put the jar in water and warm it to get back to smooth. Works great
...I always use HONEY to bake...and in all my BREADS.

I love honey. I use it for most sweetening uses. If we start getting enough from our bees that I don't have to buy it, I will convert my kombucha to honey sweetened.

It takes a while to do it, as you have to "train" the culture to work with honey. The bacterias in a kombucha scoby and honey need to "learn" to get along.

 

[R2elk]

How do you tell if it's granulated enough? Will it stay creamed at room temp, or should it be refrigerated?

It doesn't take much. You should be able to tell by looking at the container and you will notice the change as it no longer looks liquid.

It will keep at room temperature.

 

[The Welch Chickens]

We don't make it! The bees make it!

They get the nectar from a flower that makes it "cream honey" bees are very interesting to learn about

Yes, we got our first hive last May. We didn't take any honey, we left it all for the ladies. About a week ago, I put my ear down by the opening, and I could hear the "cluster hum."

We got our first hive last April. I love all bees; they are amazing. We got 7 pounds of honey this first year. It's delicious! We are planning to get another hive next year so we can sell honey at the farmer's market. Eggs too. Our tiny farm is called Blueberry Acres
I have never heard of cream honey before!

 

[Aria]

We got our first hive last April. I love all bees; they are amazing. We got 7 pounds of honey this first year. It's delicious! We are planning to get another hive next year so we can sell honey at the farmer's market. Eggs too. Our tiny farm is called Blueberry Acres
I have never heard of cream honey before!

thank you for sharing. Always nice to learn more about HONEY and the BEES Aria

 

[The Welch Chickens]

thank you for sharing. Always nice to learn more about HONEY and the BEES Aria

 

[ronott1]

I didn't do any baking today, but I did finish my sweater (finally!)
Tomorrow I'm making a coffee cake.
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Nice job on the sweater!

 

[ronott1]

Put the sealed jars of honey in a pot of water and bring the temperature up to 120⁰F. Leave them there until every crystal is dissolved. They will stay liquid for a long time as long as every crystal is dissolved.

Never heat honey above 160⁰F. It will change the composition of the sugars.

We did this with crystalized honey too!

Microwaving is not good since the honey will get too hot.

 

[ronott1]

When not using a bread machine.
Rise time does not need to be timed precisely. General guideline. First rise is complete when dough doubles in size. The time will vary depending on ambient temperature. When you deflate, and shape into loaf. Start preheating your oven. Second rise is usually done when bread loaf starts to look somewhat bigger. Again, all dependent on ambient temperature. Not good to over-proof on second rise. Can lead to collapsed finished-baked bread. I learned the hard way when I over proofed some yeast raised cakes. (quite some time ago)
Then when all is going correct, there is oven spring. That is what determines final size of loaf.
Above is for yeast raised bread dough.

Microwave ovens emit microwaves, That is somewhat different from EMR. The early models of microwave ovens did leak some microwave radiation. There were these meters that were available for sale at those times. (maybe still available now )
More modern microwaves am sure are much improved to be more safe. I did see warning labels on Microwave ovens that stated. MAY BE HARMFUL TO PACEMAKERS. So I'm in understanding with your grandmothers' thinking.
Just recently, I read some article, that suggested avoiding standing directly in front of microwave as it is heating. If you have health concerns,, it is best to take all precautions.
BTW,,, we use our microwave oven constantly. Still alive. I do avoid standing directly in front of it waiting to finish the time cycle.

BigBlueHen53​

Since it is a relatively new oven,,, I have some questions. and a suggestion.
When you first got the oven,, did it bake differently than recently??
If the temperatures are somewhat lower than when oven was first new,,, the baking times would also get longer.
Get an Oven thermometer, and determine if oven is heating to temperature you set on dial. If not in close range/value ,,,,, then drag the Mr Appliance Joker over and show him the results. Anytime there is a warrantee request,,, the Store or Manufacturer try to weasel out of it. Warranties are GREAT,,, when they are trying to sell them to you.
I just found this one, as a good starting point. A worthwhile investment of $7
You may be able to correct things yourself, by adjusting the setting to match your desired oven temp on your Oven thermometer.
Simply explaining,,,,,,, (example) you may need to set oven knob to 380°F, to have a oven temperature of 350°F
My oven temperature is adjusted Digitally, so you may have same style of control.
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I have an oven thermometer and two refrigerator and freezer thermometers, one for the fridge and one for the freezer.

I have to adjust the settings between winter and summer here, especially in the Garage. It gets very hot in there when temps get over 105F. Two summers ago we hit 117 for two days.