Any Home Bakers Here?

[igorsMistress]

Do the duck eggs make better cookies?

I don’t think you can improve those cookies Ron We didn’t notice any difference but I’m going to use a few in a cake and see if there’s any difference.
FWIW. We didn’t taste much difference between chicken and duck eggs, although the duck eggs have a milder taste and the whites are much fluffier when cooked.

 

[igorsMistress]

That is such an easy, tasty recipe...glad your family enjoys them!

Are you noticing any difference baking with the duck eggs?

These were the first thing I baked with them and no difference. I’m going to try a chocolate mayonnaise cake and see how that comes out. It can tend toward the dense side so maybe the duck eggs will fluff it up more.

 

[Floydie]

Melonpan, these smell sooo good... We have to wait till the kids are home from school to eat them...

Yes I noticed the stray hair... Now removed.

 

[N F C]

Melonpan, these smell sooo good... We have to wait till the kids are home from school to eat them...

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I had to look those up...so they're a sweet bun?

 

[Floydie]

I had to look those up...so they're a sweet bun?

Sweet bread with a cookie topping, never tried them before.
Heres the recipe
https://www.chopstickchronicles.com/japanese-melon-bread/

 

[N F C]

Sweet bread with a cookie topping, never tried them before.
Heres the recipe
https://www.chopstickchronicles.com/japanese-melon-bread/

Looking forward to hearing how they taste. Thanks for sharing the recipe!

 

[Floydie]

Ok, so NO1 son just came back and has to go out.. so we have got one each (just waiting on DD to get in, she can have one when back). Still warm.. they are light and fluffy inside, yeasty but sweet with the crunchy topping. Over all yum!

 

[ronott1]

I don’t think you can improve those cookies Ron We didn’t notice any difference but I’m going to use a few in a cake and see if there’s any difference.
FWIW. We didn’t taste much difference between chicken and duck eggs, although the duck eggs have a milder taste and the whites are much fluffier when cooked.

With duck eggs, It likely depends on what they are eating.

 

[ronott1]

Sweet bread with a cookie topping, never tried them before.
Heres the recipe
https://www.chopstickchronicles.com/japanese-melon-bread/

Thanks for the Recipe!

 

[Sequel]

I think I’ve heard the term “stuck starter” before. Now I know what it means because I think it happened to me this week. Last time I baked sourdough I left the starter on the counter instead of popping it in the fridge. I started feeding it the day before I needed it and it just never really took off. I mixed the dough last night anyhow, fed the starter again and this morning the dough is giving me the stink eye with very few bubbles but the starter seems to be back in good form.
My kitchen is pretty cold but that didn’t seem to be a problem before. Other than leaving the starter out, the only other thing different was the flour used for feeding the starter. I got a bag of el cheapo Safeway signature flour. I bake with the organic from Costco but couldn’t resist a one dollar bag! Has this happened to anyone before?