Any Home Bakers Here?

Back to the grinders - I have the grinder attachment that goes on the KitchenAid mixer. I mostly use it for grinding pork loin to make Italian sausage for pizza, no grease on the pizza that way. I buy Penzies Italian sausage spice mix and it is great. I hate greasy sausage on my pizza. I buy the smaller stick of peperoni to slice for out pizza also, the presliced stuff is so much more greasy.

When we hunted and had venison in the freezer, I froze the burger bits whole and then ground them as needed for burgers. The meat stays a lot fresher that way, as said before - air makes the meat go bad faster, even when frozen. Add an ice cube to the grinder after the last of the meat and it will push out the last bits without too much fuss.

Now - back on topic for pancakes:

I make German Apple Pancakes - which is like a big, single pan-cake, cooked in a skillet with apples sautéed butter. Occationally, I will add blueberries to the apples for something different.

Otherwise, our pancakes are just plain pancakes with butter and real maple syrup. DH has a couple of co-workers that tap their own maples and make syrup. To jazz it up occationally, I will heat 1 cup of frozen blueberries with 1/4 cup of maple syrup to make a blueberry syrup for my pancakes.
 
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This makes one nice sized loaf. Preheat your oven, and Dutch oven for 1 hour at 475*-500*, before baking. I usually bake at 450* for the whole time, but my oven has been acting wonky lately.

Candied orange peel is easy to make.

Cut the peel off a couple oranges (cut orange into sections, and then remove peel), and then slice into thin strips.

Dissolve 200g caster sugar in 300ml of water, stirring constantly until sugar dissolves.
Add peel, and simmer for about 30 minutes.
Strain
Place peel on parchment lined baking sheet, and sprinkle with caster sugar.
Bake at 100*c/212*f for about 1 hour
Peel should be crisp.
Thanks for the recipe!
 
Where do you find your Grade B maple syrup? I can only find grade A, and I do not like it. I've read grad B is more mapley tasting.

I used to be able to get it in our Florida grocery store but couldn't find it here in WY. I had to order it online.

We really prefer the Grade B to the A most stores carry. It does have a stronger maple flavor.

This is the place I ordered from.
http://www.vermontpuremaple.com/buy_maple_syrup.htm

We've been very pleased with it.
 
I made an acorn squash "pumpkin" pie today. It was lumpy, but that's my own fault. It tasted just like a pumpkin pie though! Needs whipped cream, but I don't have any
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I made an acorn squash "pumpkin" pie today. It was lumpy, but that's my own fault. It tasted just like a pumpkin pie though! Needs whipped cream, but I don't have any
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That sounds interesting. Did you just substitute the mashed acorn squash for the same amount of pumpkin puree?
 
You had me at fudge!!! What was your recipe?
I believe it is:

1 stick butter
2 cups granulated sugar
2/3 cup evaporated milk
1 bag any variety (your choice) chocolate chips

Combine butter, sugar, and evaporated milk in a pot. Heat at a high- medium heat, constantly stirring. Once it begins to boil, drop the temp to 130- 150 Fahrfenheit (the temp will need to be on the higher end of that if you're at a high elevation) and stir for about 5 minutes or until the sugar has melted completely. Take it off the heat, and add the chocolate chips and stir well again. Feel free to also add nuts, fruits, candies, or whatever you'd like to experiment with.
 

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