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I use a large bread machine to make my dough....You could also use a stand mixer but since I make all of our bread and I'm lazy and like being able to just put the ingredients in the bread machine and letting it do all the work I bought a large one with two dough paddles.

Honey Wheat Bread
Makes 2 loaves

2 heaping tablespoon sugar
1/4 cup oil
1/4 cup honey
4 ounces tub butter – melted
1/2 heaping cup powdered milk
1-teaspoon salt
1-1/2 cups very warm water
1 large egg
3 large egg yolks
3 heaping tablespoons vital wheat gluten
2 cups whole wheat flour
2 cups all-purpose flour
1-tablespoon yeast

2 cups all-purpose flour

Place all the ingredients (except for the last 2 cups of flour) in bread machine in the order listed. Turn machine on just to mix well then turn the machine off and allow mixture to sit in the bread machine for 3 hours.

Dough will rise during this time, so if you are not using a bread machine make sure it is in a large enough container or it will overflow. The dough will take on a sour smell but it is supposed to do that but the finished bread will not taste like sour dough.

Then add the last 2 cups of flour to the machine, select the dough cycle and turn the machine back on. When the dough cycle is finished remove the dough from the machine. Divide the dough into two loaves, shape and place in prepared bread pans to rise 35 minutes.

Then bake in a preheated 350° oven for 35 minutes or until the internal temperature of the bread reaches 180°. Remove bread from the pans to a cooling rack and cool completely before slicing. Store at room temperature in plastic bags of some other airtight container.

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My mom gave me some stale bread tonight thinking I would feed it to the chickens...well I have many more uses for stale bread then chicken food. Call me greedy but I call myself frugal lol. House smells like peaches as I type
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Lazy Day Peach Cobbler
1 quart jar of canned peaches, drained reserve 2-3 tablespoons juice
5 slices white bread, crusts trimmed
1 1/2 c sugar
2 T flour
a pinch or two cinnamon
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 egg

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F

In a 8 inch buttered dish places drained peaches. In a medium mixing bowl combine sugar, butter, flour, egg, and 2-3 T juice. Mix well. Cut the bread in 1inch slices, place on top of peaches. Pour sugar mixture on top.

Place in oven and bake for 40-45 minutes.

If you don't have home canned peaches a LARGE (29oz) can of store bought peaches will do, but they aren't nearly as good.
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This recipe also works great with Apple and Pears.
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Thinking we may have french toast in the morning:)
 
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Yum the french toast sounds really great!

Making dessert pizzas and pumpkin bread with a crumble topping and spiced whipped cream. I'm being lazy this time and just using Newton blueberry & brown sugar wafer cookies for the base on the pizzas though. It's still yummy though.
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I got an Ultimate Brownie Maker for Christmas...just tried it out. It's pretty much amazing...I'll post a link to see what I mean, but the brownies are cooked in a grid so EVERY EDGE IS CHEWY!!!! Obviously, I'm a corner brownie person.
The only downfall is since the brownies can easily be removed from the cooking area, I tried to eat them way too quickly and burned my tongue.

Now, I still have my donut maker, deep fryer and ice cream machine to test out.
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I don't know anything about this website, it's just the first link I found to show the machine.

http://www.meijer.com/s/bella-ultimate-brownie-maker/_/R-203119
 
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Ok, a little cooking lesson 1st. True Bavarian Creme uses gelatin which does not work for eclairs, donuts or pastries well because it is not smooth, it is lumpy. So you probably made the creme perfectly. The problem is the misuse of the term Bavarian Creme. I also used this term for what I now know is actually a Crème Patisserie or Pastry Cream. It is used for all kinds of pastries and is often combined with whipped cream for a lighter filling (try adding a little cinnamon & nutmeg for dessert topping) or cream cheese for cheese danish etc. It is wonderful mixed in with a lemon curd as well. I sometimes use the latter, with cream cheese, for my dessert pizzas.

Our recipe did require Gelatin and it was lumpy! Glad to know that "Bavarian Creme" is a term that is used loosely to describe many different cremes....
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It was our goof, but we are willing to try it again with your help....

Now to find a good doughnut recipe!
 
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Ok, a little cooking lesson 1st. True Bavarian Creme uses gelatin which does not work for eclairs, donuts or pastries well because it is not smooth, it is lumpy. So you probably made the creme perfectly. The problem is the misuse of the term Bavarian Creme. I also used this term for what I now know is actually a Crème Patisserie or Pastry Cream. It is used for all kinds of pastries and is often combined with whipped cream for a lighter filling (try adding a little cinnamon & nutmeg for dessert topping) or cream cheese for cheese danish etc. It is wonderful mixed in with a lemon curd as well. I sometimes use the latter, with cream cheese, for my dessert pizzas.

Our recipe did require Gelatin and it was lumpy! Glad to know that "Bavarian Creme" is a term that is used loosely to describe many different cremes....
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It was our goof, but we are willing to try it again with your help....

Now to find a good doughnut recipe!

When you find one let us know. I have been craving donuts and there is not one decent donut shop in this entire town!
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poor mans beef wellington

1lb minced beef
2 tbs tomato ketchup
2 eggs
1 onion , minced / grated
2 garlic cloves , minced / grated
1/2 packet sage & onion stuffing (this soaks up the juices when it's cooking and keeps it moist)


mix all above really really well (i used a food mixer) shape into a sausage on a baking tray and cook in the oven for 30 minutes @ 350 then let cool.
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1 egg
1 clove of garlic minced / grated
1/8 cup butter
1 1/2 cup mushrooms , finely chopped
pack of puff pastry


add butter garlic & mushrooms to a pan and cook down on low heat till very soft let to go cold.
Roll pastry into a rectangle large enough to wrap up the beef. Beat egg with a little water and brush over pastry.
Spread the mushroom mix into a meatloaf-size strip along the middle of the pastry. Sit the meat on top then cut pastry either side into strips from the meat outwards. Criss-cross these over the meat to enclose and tuck under ends. Brush with more egg, then place on a tray and cook for 40 mins @ 350, covering after 30 mins if going too brown.



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