Any Home Bakers Here?

[pennyJo1960]

From Cookbooks: Units of measurement

• teaspoon (also t or tsp.)
• tablespoon (also T, tbl., tbs., or tbsp.)

guess that stuff I learned back in Wisconsin tblsp and tsp

 

[JanetMarie]

that does sound good!

I prefer cheese cake with cookie crust instead of graham cracker. I use Oreo without the filling usually but have used vanilla wafers and ginger snaps.

Ginger snap crust with pumpkin spice cheese cake would be good! I think I need to experiment...

 

[N F C]

Ginger snap crust with pumpkin spice cheese cake would be good! I think I need to experiment...

That would be a good combination. Let us know how it turns out!

 

[chickmom3941]

Ginger snap crust with pumpkin spice cheese cake would be good! I think I need to experiment...

I made one of those a few years ago! At first, I thought it was good, but nothing special. After a day or two, I thought it was spectacular! I don't know if the flavors melded together better after a few days, or what. Might have to make one again this year sometime during the holidays. I use homemade gingersnaps in the crust.

 

[JanetMarie]

I made one of those a few years ago! At first, I thought it was good, but nothing special. After a day or two, I thought it was spectacular! I don't know if the flavors melded together better after a few days, or what. Might have to make one again this year sometime during the holidays. I use homemade gingersnaps in the crust.

Sometimes flavors on certain things just blend together better after sitting. I thought also I would make homemade gingerbread cookies for the crust.

 

[JanetMarie]

Or a molasses cookie crust!!!

 

[Aria]

Thanks everyone...GREAT RECIPES. Regards, Aria

 

[pennyJo1960]

For recipes with apples and flour or corn starch, wait until you have added the sugar to the apples in a bowl to bring out the liquid. Some apples have more water in them than other apples. based on the amount of liquid, you increase or decrease the thickener.

Sometimes I get it right and sometimes I get it wrong. Something that seems simple like baking an apple pie can be hard. If the recipe said 3 tablespoons of flour and you had very wet apples, adding another tablespoon would do it.

Although one problem may have been that the apple liquid did not get hot enough in the oven to convert the flour. I wait until there is bubbles of apple gel coming out of the steam cuts in the top pie crust. I also reach in to pull out an apple to test for doneness.

I also usually pre cook my apples when I think of it in a cast iron skillet with butter and cinnamon and sugar

 

[Kusanar]

I have a batch of sourdough starter drying. Will mail out two starts next week!

After the top dries over night, I will turn the starter over to let the other side dry

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Do you use a dehydrator? If so, what temperature do you set it at? I have one that can adjust temps from making yogurt to drying beef.... I wouldn't want to set it too high and kill the poor critters...

 

[ronott1]

Do you use a dehydrator? If so, what temperature do you set it at? I have one that can adjust temps from making yogurt to drying beef.... I wouldn't want to set it too high and kill the poor critters...

I dry starter in my dehydrator and using a wax paper method. This time I am using waxed paper.


My dehydrator does not go low enough for yogurt so I use the lowest setting