Any Home Bakers Here?

[SnapdragonQ]

Me too!

 

[Bonkerelli]

Well if you use salted butter in Alton browns buttercream don’t add the salt!

Never head of of Altons.

 

[Sally PB]

Alton Brown is/was in the show Good Eats. He also wrote the book, I'm Just Here for the Food.

The book is very interesting; gets into some of the science behind cooking.

 

[SnapdragonQ]

I had to look up quark too!
It's been a long time since my cheese making days. Pretty sure I have forgotten everything I used to know.

I used my GF sourdough discard today to make a pancake in my new favorite pan, the cast iron skillet

I'm intrigued. Which flour did you use to get it started? I've got recipes for making GF sourdough but they need a lot of flour to start one and I've had to pinch pennies recently.
Given how much more spendy our flours are I've been holding off on trying that.

That cheese making catalog can't get here soon enough! I might have to get stuff and try making quark AND mozzarella.

I used to pour over my cheese catalogs. Somewhere I still have some good cheese making books too.

Never head of of Altons.

 

[bruceha2000]

Well if you use salted butter in Alton browns buttercream don’t add the salt!

I only buy unsalted butter. There is already too much salt in everything, I'd rather add a little than have it included. Seems like the same concept as peanut butter and jelly in the same jar. Just because you can do something unnecessary doesn't mean you should

 

[Show Sebright]

Alton Brown is/was in the show Good Eats. He also wrote the book, I'm Just Here for the Food.

The book is very interesting; gets into some of the science behind cooking.

Yeh that’s why I like his cooking it cool to see the science behind it.

 

[Show Sebright]

I only buy unsalted butter. There is already too much salt in everything, I'd rather add a little than have it included. Seems like the same concept as peanut butter and jelly in the same jar. Just because you can do something unnecessary doesn't mean you should

Yeh I guess. We do love out salt sticks here though. Anyone who called salted butter salt sticks? She’s famous in the south.

 

[MotherofOrpies]

I make a similar cheesecake as what you posted. It is a recipe from my mom. Did you use quark for your cheese??? That is what I make mine from,,, and I make my own quark.

I use a mixture of about 50% quark, 25% double cream and 25% cream cheese, quark is easy to make, just strain plain ( reduced fat) yogurt throug a coffee filter ( takes a few hours, just let the liquid drain away) and there is your quark or just gently warm 1 liter 2% fat milk add some lemon juice, let stand over night and then strain through a coffee filter , use untreated milk, not the one which has been heated to a boiling point

 

[Blooie]

I used my GF sourdough discard today to make a pancake in my new favorite pan, the cast iron skillet. I fell more in love with that thing. I want to move from acquaintance to steady!

I want to get one of those handle covers to put on the handle so I don't accidentally grab it and burn my hand. (I know that they are not for oven use.) I'm hoping that the local grocery has them. Or maybe Lowes... I have a $50 gift card there that is burning a hole in my wallet.

I have 14 pieces of cast iron, including cast iron pie pans, loaf pans, a grill pan, Dutch oven, and a biscuit pan. In addition to those, I also have 2 sizes of enameled cast iron Dutch ovens and 2 different sizes of braisers. And I use every single piece almost exclusively. I have a set of non-stick pans but they have limited uses around here. Once you learn to love it (and as a kid I hated it when Ma cooked in her cast iron skillet) it seems like you’ll reach for it again and again!

 

[Blooie]

Yeh that’s why I like his cooking it cool to see the science behind it.

One thing I learned from Alton Brown was something I still remember from the early days of “Good Eats”. He was talking about cooking vs baking and said that the ideal combination for the home cook is a gas stove (for the instant heat control) and an electric oven. He said a gas oven tends to add some humidity to whatever you’re baking. I’ve always had a gas range in every house we’ve ever had but when I designed my new kitchen, I went with a gas cooktop and an electric wall oven. I’ve been so pleased with both!