Any Home Bakers Here?

[sandesnow]

Ah! A thread after my own heart!

My fav. go to bread (Also a fav of the fam!) I use my bread machine just for mixing purposes - Using the dough cycle for the first 8 mins of kneading. You could definitely us a stand mixer on low

(Add in order to bread machine-)

1 Tbsp Sugar
1 1/4 tsp Dry active Yeast
9 oz Luke warm water
1 Egg
1-2 Tbsp Fat (Oil, Marg or Butter)
1 C flour (all purpose)
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp 80% gluten (Optional)
3 to 3 1/2 flour

Mix/Knead 6-10 minutes

Let rise to double in warm location for 60-90 mins.

Oil loaf pan(s). Shape dough, put in pans, turning to coat, cover and raise 45-60 mins.
Bake 350 30 mins (or until internal temp reaches 190)


Go To Pizza Dough (16 inch)

1 C warm water
2 1/2 tsp Dry active yeast
1 1/2 tsp Sugar
2 Tbsp Olive Oil
3 1/4 C Flour

Knead or Mix until smooth Rest 10 minutes, pound out into 16 inch pizza crust.

Create Pizza with toppings, bake 22-25 mins at 415 to 425

 

[sunflour]

Ah! A thread after my own heart!

My fav. go to bread (Also a fav of the fam!) I use my bread machine just for mixing purposes - Using the dough cycle for the first 8 mins of kneading. You could definitely us a stand mixer on low

(Add in order to bread machine-)

1 Tbsp Sugar
1 1/4 tsp Dry active Yeast
9 oz Luke warm water
1 Egg
1-2 Tbsp Fat (Oil, Marg or Butter)
1 C flour (all purpose)
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp 80% gluten (Optional)
3 to 3 1/2 flour

Mix/Knead 6-10 minutes

Let rise to double in warm location for 60-90 mins.

Oil loaf pan(s). Shape dough, put in pans, turning to coat, cover and raise 45-60 mins.
Bake 350 30 mins (or until internal temp reaches 190)


Go To Pizza Dough (16 inch)

1 C warm water
2 1/2 tsp Dry active yeast
1 1/2 tsp Sugar
2 Tbsp Olive Oil
3 1/4 C Flour

Knead or Mix until smooth Rest 10 minutes, pound out into 16 inch pizza crust.

Create Pizza with toppings, bake 22-25 mins at 415 to 425

For the pizza crust, do you use your bread machine to mix and then take out before it goes to rise cycle?

 

[sandesnow]

This is a normal scene at my house, having 2 boys, I bake often and I love knowing what is in the food we consume. A tip: Cover your bread when it comes out (especially for sandwich bread that is going to be sliced) with a damp tea towel. It will keep the crust nice and soft on the top. The recipe I gave makes Large loaves.. 1lb+ 16-18 or so, normal slices. (Using a bread slicer)

Quote: I do.

I purely use my bread machine just to do any kneading for any dough I use. I have shallow shoulder sockets, (having been born with this, at 40, I know my limits. ) so kneading bread manually for me is nearly out of the question. I have used my kitchen aid mixer for kneading as well, but with the bread machine, it is worth it just to do all the mixing. I never use a bread machine recipe or bread machine yeast and so on. All regular recipe as if I were doing it all by hand. I don't let any of the dough 'proof' in the bread machine. I just set a timer and let it knead for 8-10 mins. Or until it looks nice and smooth.

 

[sunflour]

I do.

I purely use my bread machine just to do any kneading for any dough I use. I have shallow shoulder sockets, (having been born with this, at 40, I know my limits. ) so kneading bread manually for me is nearly out of the question. I have used my kitchen aid mixer for kneading as well, but with the bread machine, it is worth it just to do all the mixing. I never use a bread machine recipe or bread machine yeast and so on. All regular recipe as if I were doing it all by hand. I don't let any of the dough 'proof' in the bread machine. I just set a timer and let it knead for 8-10 mins. Or until it looks nice and smooth.

Thanks. I do use my bread machine for rolls in a dough cycle and then all I have to do is remove, punch down, shape and let go thru second rise on the counter. I do use bread machine recipes , but even regular ones work if the amount of flour doesn't exceed the machines max load. But I prefer the shape of a regular loaf- my machine makes tall skinny loaves.

Have tried using dough hook on my Kitchenaid mixer, never does as well as letting the bread machine do it's thing. But have usually done pizza dough by hand, next time, I'll use the machine!

 

[wyoDreamer]

I liked my bread machine when I first got it. It made a wonderful loaf of bread. Then I moved to Wyoming and it wouldn't mix the ingredients properly and wouldn't rise right. So now I use the Kitchenaid mixer for all the mixing and kneading.

 

[sunflour]

Gonna make chicken poop cookies this week for my office. My office staff have been celebrating halloween week. Thinking about sneaking them into the break room with a sign.."free chicken poop cookies"..do you think anyone will try?. Of course, I'll try to make sure they are tasty before taking them for others to eat!

Recipe is on my pet chicken:

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Chicken Poop Cookies

• 1/2 c butter
• 1/2 c sugar
• 1/2 c brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/2 c peanut butter
• 1-1/2 c flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 c rolled oats (I used a combination of spent grain and oats)

Preheat oven to 400. Cream the butter and sugar, then add the egg. Beat until light and creamy, then beat in the vanilla and peanut butter, again until creamy.

I used a combination of spent grains and rolled oats.​

Beat in flour, baking soda and salt, then fold in oats (or spent grains). Refrigerate for 2 hours or so, until dough is chilled enough to hold its shape. Pipe coiled poop shapes onto a parchment lined baking sheet.

You can use a pastry bag to do the piping for your chicken poop cookies— but I just used a plastic baggy and snipped the corner.​

Bake about 12 minutes (depending on the size of your chicken poop cookies). Let cool on cookie sheet for two minutes, then transfer to cooling rack to finish.
Delicious Urate Glaze (ugh) for Chicken Poop Cookies
The chicken poop cookies are not overly sweet, because a glaze goes on the outside to make them look more disgusting–I mean, more realistic. The glaze sweetens them up nicely.

• Powdered sugar
• Vanilla
• Cream

While the chicken poop cookies are cooling, mix about 1/4 c powdered sugar with a dribble of vanilla and a few drops of cream, until you get a slightly goopy consistency. Dip the cookies at one end of the coil into the glaze, then dip again into a little dry powdered sugar. Set back on rack to dry. Enjoy! (Just close your eyes.)

 

[N F C]

This is a normal scene at my house, having 2 boys, I bake often and I love knowing what is in the food we consume. A tip: Cover your bread when it comes out (especially for sandwich bread that is going to be sliced) with a damp tea towel. It will keep the crust nice and soft on the top. The recipe I gave makes Large loaves.. 1lb+ 16-18 or so, normal slices. (Using a bread slicer)

What a wonderful picture. I can almost smell your bread! Glad to have another baker here, thanks for the recipe!

 

[RattleCan]

Gonna make chicken poop cookies this week for my office. My office staff have been celebrating halloween week. Thinking about sneaking them into the break room with a sign.."free chicken poop cookies"..do you think anyone will try?. Of course, I'll try to make sure they are tasty before taking them for others to eat!

These are absolutely adorable (for being poop that is!) This seems like such a simple recipe, I might just have to try this myself. It's nice to have a not-so-sweet cookie recipe every now and then!

 

[sunflour]

These are absolutely adorable (for being poop that is!) This seems like such a simple recipe, I might just have to try this myself. It's nice to have a not-so-sweet cookie recipe every now and then!

Made mine tonite…and they are very good. Could not get them to squeeze out of a ziplock with corner cut out…very stiff, but DH rescued me and shaped them by hand. I'm taking them to work on a rooster platter with a card that says " Hens may lay the best eggs... But the Rooster lays the best poop< lined thru poop > dessert? The glaze/sugar dip doesn't look real but think I over did it, but boy do the cookies look like a coop clean out.

This is a good recipe. I was worried about the 400 degree bake , but used an air cookie sheet , 12 min and they're perfect.

 

[N F C]

Those are hilarious! You'll be the hit of the Halloween treat table, lol.

So how do they taste, are they good?