Any Home Bakers Here?

[pnw_urban_chix]

Okay, they're in the oven. I preheated the ramukens, set the oven to 325°f instead of 350, weighed my eggs and mixed with a spoon this time. Turns out my quail eggs are a bit shrimpy and 2 eggs came out to 27 grams insteads of the 28-31 I was looking for. So I took the three smallest ones I had that came to 34 grams and removed 3 grams of egg white to equal 31 grams.

I actually just finished another batch that went perfectly. I got some advice to preheat my ramukens, weigh my eggs, bake at a lower temperature and stir with a spoon instead of beaters. They didn't sink at all and even have a bit of that shiny crust on top like boxed mix. I haven't gotten that shiny crust with homemade brownies before so I am quite pleased.

Those look good!

 

[kattabelly]

They didn't sink at all and even have a bit of that shiny crust on top like boxed mix. I haven't gotten that shiny crust with homemade brownies before so I am quite pleased.

Not sure what boxed mix brownies look like but lots of sugar will give a crisp, glossy crust.

 

[Shadow-Kitty]

Not sure what boxed mix brownies look like but lots of sugar will give a crisp, glossy crust.

Oo... Maybe I can try a little extra sugar to see if I can get some more of that glossy crust.

 

[kattabelly]

Oo... Maybe I can try a little extra sugar to see if I can get some more of that glossy crust.

I'd post my recipe but it's by weight rather than volume and also contains a lot of chocolate in addition to the cocoa powder, so probably not all that helpful.

I generally use a mix of white and light brown sugar though.

 

[Shadow-Kitty]

I'd post my recipe but it's by weight rather than volume and also contains a lot of chocolate in addition to the cocoa powder, so probably not all that helpful.

I generally use a mix of white and light brown sugar though.

I can bake using weights. My favorite matcha checkerboard cookies use grams rather than volumes. My kitchen scale doesn't work great with small measurements so I haven't made them in awhile. Most recipes I use measure by volume.

 

[WhatsUpDuck]

Peanut butter cookies
And the experiment raspberry cake that everyone actually enjoyed!

 

[ShrekDawg]

Peanut butter cookies
And the experiment raspberry cake that everyone actually enjoyed!

Yummy!

 

[Cloverfluff]

I tried to make some yeasted hamburger buns. They turned out pretty great. I used my rice cooker for a proofing oven. The first batch I had set to cook before turning it down to warm, but that was too hot. I halfway cooked a portion of the bottom. For my second batch, I used my meat thermometer. I also used my oven for the second proof, again the first batch it was too hot. The second batch I was way more careful and it turned out great!!

 

[Rambling Iris]

Thought I'd post this here for those with cast iron enameled pots, and might find this useful. It may be common knowledge, but wasn't to me. We have a large 8 quart Dutch oven pot that I use for pretty much everything. I make a lot of soups and sourdough bread, and cook beans and chicken in this pot, so it has suffered almost daily usage since we got it two years ago. Because of this, when I noticed that the sides were stained and the bottom was seemingly pitted, I assumed it was no good for anything other than baking bread in. So I did that for a few weeks, while contemplating purchasing another for my usual cooking. Hadn't pulled the trigger yet thankfully, when I saw a hack somewhere on the internet and cross checked it against Lodge's care instructions. Turns out, you can gently scrub your pot with a little bit of baking soda, warm water, and dish soap, and it will lift pretty much every stain or stuck on piece of food out with a little time and elbow grease. It worked like magic! I had been washing this pot for probably a year, thinking I got everything out, when this entire time the "pitting" was burned on food! (Keep in mind, this was also extra cooked on from baking bread. It's a miracle it even came out!) Anyway, no before, but here's the after. It took probably 45 minutes to get to this point. Sill a bit stained from black beans, but no more residue!View attachment 4311089

Thanks for the tip. I have used the baking soda, dawn dish soap and water on my glass cook top but it never occurred to me to use it on the enameled pot.

 

[R2elk]

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!​