Any Home Bakers Here?

[jroberts]

Yes.

 

[Alice28]

Here is my Focaccia recipe. Well the one I use - it comes form the "Fleischmann's Yeast Best-Ever Breads" cookbook. I usually just put olive oil on the dough and sprinkle it with Italian Herbs and parmesan cheese. Oh, and I use regular dried yeast and it just takes a little longer to rise to double. We like thin and crispy pizza so our pizza dough would not work for focaccia.
[COLOR=2E74B5]Focaccia[/COLOR]

· 2 ¼ c flour
· 1 pkg Rapid Rise Yeast
· 2 ½ tsp dried oregano
· ½ tsp salt
· 1 c. very warm water (120 to 130 degrees)
· 2 Tbsp olive oil
· 1 egg
· TOPPING
In a large bowl, combine 1 ½ c. flour, undissolved yeast, oregano and salt. Stir in very warm water and oil into dry ingredients. Stir in egg and enough flour to make a stiff batter.
Cover and let rest 10 min.
With lightly oiled hands, spread batter in oiled 13x9-inch baking pan. Spread with selected topping. Cover loosely with plastic wrap; let rise in warm, draft free place until almost double in size - about 15 to 30 minutes.
Bake at 400*F for 25 min. or until brown. Let cool in pan on wire rack or serve warm.
PARMESAN AND PECAN TOPPING
Drizzle ¼ cup olive oil over batter. Sprinkle with ¾ c. chopped pecans and ¼ c. grated parmesan cheese. Press nuts into batter.
ONION AND HERB TOPPING
Combine ¼ c. olive oil and 1 ½ c. thinly sliced onion in large skillet. Cook over medium heat, 3 to 4 minutes, stirring occasionally, until onion is soft but not browned. Spread onion mixture over batter. Sprinkle with 1 teaspoon dried rosemary leaves (crushed) and 1 teaspoon coarse salt (optional).

Thank you! I'm going to make this when we get back from vacation! Last night we went crazy cooking and trying to use up as many veggies as we could from the farm share! Haha. We cooked a whole chicken over a bunch of veggies (beets, zucchini, carrots, dinosaur kale... I had never heard of that one before.. Cabbage and onions... I'm sure other stuff was in there) and then I made a shepherds pie, but we do it different, no gravy, more veggies and some cheese then a yam mashed up in the mashed potatoes on top. So I think we have lunch and dinner taken care of for a few days

. Now I have blackberry muffins in the oven to use up the blackberries we haven't eaten before we leave. I will have to post the recipe later. I didn't see it in the index, so must not have posted it yet.

 

[ronott1]

General mills has expanded their recall of contaminated products. Some mixes are now included:

http://www.generalmills.com/flour?ftag=MSFd61514f

 

[cmom]

I love to make pizza.

 

[Alice28]

I love to make pizza.

I might have upped you, I just picked up the phone to "make mine"

. I feel bad, I have all the stuff to make it, but it's been a rough day with the boys and daycare, so I'm making my life easy and everyone will be excited when pizza gets here and I get to be the best mom/daycare mama for the rest of the day. Hoping the listening skills start improving

 

[cmom]

Quote: But it only takes 30 minutes.

 

[Alice28]

But it only takes 30 minutes.

Yes, if you have one in the house! I always make pizza, but today all my kids decided to be monsters and if I stepped away someone was screaming and crying. By the end of the day I might be screaming and crying

Hopefully not! Hahaha! They will be better after nap. This might be wishful thinking. Something is in the water today!

 

[Alice28]

Okay, I was lazy with pizza for lunch, but I did make blackberry muffins this morning! Here is the recipe (finally naptime!!!!!!

) so I can post it!

Sour cream Blueberry Muffins
(I used blackberries this time and I use plain yogurt instead of sour cream)

2 cups flour
1Tbs baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries (or blackberries)
2 eggs slightly beaten
1 cup sour cream (or plain yogurt)
1 cup sugar
6Tbs butter, melted, cooked slightly
1Tbs sugar for sprinkling on top

Preheat oven to 350. Grease muffin pans.

Combine flour, baking powder and baking soda in medium bowl. Mix well then add berries.

Combine remaining ingredients except 1Tbs sugar in another medium bowl and mix well.

Add egg mixture to flour mixture. Mix until just moistened. Fill muffin cups and sprinkle tops with the 1Tbs of sugar that's set aside.

Bake 30-35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center will come out clean. Cool in pan 5 minutes before removing. Makes 12 muffins.

**if you are doing mini muffins, bake 15minutes. Makes around 30 mini muffins***

 

[cmom]

They must be youngsters.

 

[Alice28]

They must be youngsters.

Five of them nap, one doesn't. None napped well today. Not sure what's up, maybe just an off day for everyone. All but one is three or under. They just like to keep me on my toes! Hahaha. I try to remember they are just little, but some days they just all want to make a test in patients! Ahhhh! So I escape to backyard chickens! I will be very happy when my husband comes home and I can lock myself in my room for 20 minutes

Wishful thinking...