Any Home Bakers Here?

[Happy hen lover]

Is lemon creme or lemon meringue pie better?

Lemon meringue for me.

 

[Happy hen lover]

Outside today building a chicken coop and found a little… former friend in my shed.
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Outside today building a chicken coop and found a little… former friend in my shed.
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Former is an understatement !! Lol

 

[bruceha2000]

Out in Wyoming, when I made bread a lot, the rises took about 45 minutes, maybe 1/2 hour in a warm kitchen. I would set a timer and check at 45 minutes for the first rise, then 30 minutes for the second and third rises. Never took more than an hour for the dough to double in the bowl.
But, it will rise faster at a higher elevation than it will closer to sea level - thin air and all that.

I made the honey wheat bread again today. The recipe says 45 minutes for the first rise to double so I set the oven on the proof cycle at 80°F and the timer for 45 minutes. Pulled it out at 45 minutes, it was doubled so I put it in the loaf pans and back into the oven. When they were decently over 1" over the top of the pans I took them out, set the oven to bake at 375°F then baked them for 30 minutes when it got up to temp.

They came out looking like proper bread! I guess the moral of this story is "don't set it out for first rise and just check every now and then to see if it has doubled".

 

[Grammy60]

Had to make a second loaf of banana bread since we had more bananas and the first one didn't last very long.

I couldn't wait

 

[pennyJo1960]

Made a egg, cheese bacon on toasted sourdough muffin for breakfast.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Bakers good afternoon one and all!

Seems like a lot of you have been baking.

Have a great day!

 

[Sally PB]

Does anyone here grind their own flour? What do you use to grind it?

 

[MTKitty]

I have a small grinder that I’ve used a few times. A Victorio 1024. If I were grinding more often or larger batches, I would probably look for a larger grinder or one that could be equipped with a motor.

I use the small one for grinding cream of wheat. After using it once to make bread flour just for kicks, it was easier to buy bagged flour at the grocery.

 

[wyoDreamer]

I have a Country Living Grain Mill with motor and a friend of mine has the Wonder Jr. with hand crank - but he is looking at getting a motor for it since his last son is going to start college next summer.

They use their grain mill all the time - they make all their bread and were feeding growing boys at the time they got it. It was one of the chores for the boys to work together to grind enough flour for bread baking.

I love my grain mill, but it is currently living on the top shelf in the laundry closet because I don't have a place to put it. Hopefully, DH will be making another cabinet for my kitchen this winter and it will have a home where I can use it. I will be guying the parts for grinding corn meal and making nut butters with it.

 

[wyoDreamer]

@MTKitty When you grind cream of wheat, is it the whole wheat berry?
like you would do for flour, but just a coarser grind right? I love cream of wheat but have never thought to grind my own, lol.