What are you baking now?

[elizabethbinary]

MANGO SEASON!!!!!!!!!

I made a deal with mother in law... 3 ducks for as many mangoes as I can carry!!! (that's a joke, I'm always allowed mangoes and I always give her ducks, hahahaha).

She has like 8 mango trees (or more, we're not actually sure) and definitely not enough people to eat them all. So a 4 hour drive usually ends with a CARFUL OF MANGOS! (OMG the organic mangos at my co-op are $3.50 A PIECE! EFF THAT)

Mango mango mango! Mango mango mango!

I'm gonna can like a million jars of it (Can you imagine if I paid full price for this? $4.50 for the jar + $3.50 per mango x 3 mangoes in a jar x 24 jars) and then I'm gonna freeze a whole giant pile of them in easy managable smoothie-hit sizes. THEN I'm gonna make a pie. THEN a crumble. THEN i"M GOING TO EAT A MILLION MANGOES AND GET COVERED IN MANGO JUICE.

And my chickens will eat a pile of gooey mango flesh off the skins and love me forever and return the favour with mango-flavoured eggs.

I'm easily excited.

 

[vfem]

Got a fabulous loaf of italian bread in the oven to make sandwiches for dinner

Then a loaf a baked in garlic bread is next.

 

[SunnyDawn]

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Oo, oo, oo! Apple fritters! They are one of my favorites! Roll them in cinnamon sugar while still hot and YU-UM! Call me when they're done, I'll be right over!

Here's a recipe for them I've been dying to try (replace the 1/2 cup dates with more apples if desired)... http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/apple-date-fritters-with-lemon-curd-cream-and-candied-ginger-recipe/index.html
One hint: Don't over mix the batter. Fritters are a little like muffins that way.

I'm making merengue cookies again. I tell myself that they are better for me since they have very little sugar per cookie but I think I just eat twice as much!

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[breezy]

Yesterday it was cinnamon rolls,dinner rolls,and Gump bread. Today it was no bake cookies and brownies.
Just had 2 days of icky weather and spent it baking

 

[Dragonfly Ranch]

Sometime back I posted something about a new book that I had bought called Sophie's Sweet and Savory Loaves - $25.00 at local gourmet kitchen store. Another BYCer emailed me the other day and made me aware that this book is out of print and sells for well over $200.00 and there are some on Amazon that are as high at $3,000. WOW!! I had no idea. I have made a couple of the recipes and have not been that impressed - which could just be me - but guess I better cook my way through it and see what I get from other recipes.

For now think I just hang on to it and consider it my own private 401K plan!! LOL

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-list...w?ie=UTF8&qid=1296667387&sr=8-1&condition=new

Sandee

 

[SunnyDawn]

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Wow! What a find!

 

[elizabethbinary]

Holy chicken! That's incredible!

 

[ams3651]

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Oo, oo, oo! Apple fritters! They are one of my favorites! Roll them in cinnamon sugar while still hot and YU-UM! Call me when they're done, I'll be right over!

Here's a recipe for them I've been dying to try (replace the 1/2 cup dates with more apples if desired)... http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/apple-date-fritters-with-lemon-curd-cream-and-candied-ginger-recipe/index.html
One hint: Don't over mix the batter. Fritters are a little like muffins that way.

I'm making merengue cookies again. I tell myself that they are better for me since they have very little sugar per cookie but I think I just eat twice as much!

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I got a big basket of apples from a friend and I cored, peeled, sliced and put in water with Fruit Fresh and then froze in gallon bags for pies, smoothies, etc. they froze very well.

 

[KatyTheChickenLady]

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I am soo jealous of you! have you had dried mangos??? very yummy too! I will send you Idaho potatoes if you send me mangos!

 

[Jen4]

I Baked THIS today...

(click here & follow link for recipe )