What are you baking today?

[bethzaring]

it is chilly and wet here today and I need to fire up the oven....thinking of chocolate chip cookies, with a cold glass of milk

 

[kadesma]

Making my first Pain De Mie, Thanks Katie E Katie, I've made breads many times and in all that time I've never had a dough as wonderful to work with as this one..It's almost like working with velvet..What a joy

kades

 

[meshoo96]

Here 'tis:

From The New York Times: (with my notes added)

No-Knead Bread

3 C all purpose Flour (I alway use unbleached),
1/4 tsp instant yeast,
1 1/4 tsp Salt,
cornmeal or wheat bran as needed,

In a large bowl combine flour, yeast and salt. Add 1 5/8 cups Water and stir until blended; dough will be shaggy and sticky. Cover bowl iwth plastic wrap. Let dough rest at least 12 hours, preferable about 18, at warm room temperature, around 70 degrees.
Dough is ready when the surface is dotted with bubbles. Lightly flour a work surface and place dough on it; sprinkkle it with a little more flout and double it over on itself once or twice. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and let rest about 15 minutes.

Using just enough flour to keep dough from sticking to work surface or to your fingers, gently and quickly shape dough into a ball. Generously coat a cotton towel (not terry cloth) with flour, wheat bran or cornmeal; put dough seam side down on towel and dust with more flour, bran or cornmeal. Cover with another cotton towel and let rise for about 2 hours. When it is ready, dough will be more than double in size and will not readily spring back whem poked with a finger. (BETTER WAY: line a basket or bowl the same size and shape as the baking vessel with parchment paper, place dough in and cover with plastic wrap and raise as above.)

At least half an hour before dough is ready, heat oven to 450 degrees. Put a 6 - 8 uqart heavy covered pot (cast iron, enamel, pyrex or ceramic) (I use a "Romertopf") in the oven as it heats. When dough is ready, carefully remove pot fron oven. Slide your hand under the toewl and turn dough over into pot, seam side up; it may look like a mess, but that is O.K. (LIFT parchment paper holding dough and place in baking pot) Shake pan once or twice if dough is unevenly distributed; it will straighten out as it bakes. Cover with lid and bake 30 minutes, then remove lid and bake another 15 -30 minutes, until loaf is beautifully browned. (LIFT loaf out of pot using parchment and place on oven rack to finish baking for the last 15 - 30 minutes)

Cool on rack.

The parchment and basket idea was developed by member JoeV and is a real trouble (read cotton towels) saver and makes everything work much more easily. One variation I employ is to substitute one cup of the regular flour with a cup of white whole wheat flour. Delish!

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. We are all here to help one another.

Dave

Thanks! I'll have to try this. Haven't been able to cook in the last week. Stuck in bed with a hurt back again...

 

[merstar]

I'm making this - 10 more minutes to go:
ORANGE MARMALADE COFFEECAKE
Mimi's Recipe Exchange Board - Recipe Requests - Great coffeecake recipe

 

[ChefJune]

I think it's going to be Scotch's Lemon-Coconut Chess Pie! Don't you think I need one?

 

[ChefJune]

I'm making this - 10 more minutes to go:
ORANGE MARMALADE COFFEECAKE
Mimi's Recipe Exchange Board - Recipe Requests - Great coffeecake recipe

I just saw this link and followed it. HAD to copy this recipe. I am a new convert to Orange Marmalade. As a kid I always turned my nose up at it. Now it's just abour my favorite spread for toast! That cake looks so good.

 

[babetoo]

things coming to room temp. for a chocolate banana cake. i have a milk choco cake mix. going make subbing banana for the water. or least part of it. making in bundt pan choco frosting or just a glaze. will report on outcome.

 

[PattY1]

things coming to room temp. for a chocolate banana cake. i have a milk choco cake mix. going make subbing banana for the water. or least part of it. making in bundt pan choco frosting or just a glaze. will report on outcome.

That sounds YUMMY!!. I can't wait till you review it.

 

[babetoo]

it is a very tasty cake. not what i thought but tasty nevertheless. had expected a denser cake. i used four bananas, not enough banana flavor for me. will try using banana extract next time. did do a milk chocl store bought frosting. maybe that overwhelmed the b anana taste. it is a dirty job but someone has to do it. so will make again with a few changes. worth making this way but not what i was aiming for.

 

[kadesma]

just finish a large batch of parmesan crisps to serve with my salad tomorrow
Now, i'm off to make a blackberry cobbler.
kades

 

[fahriye]

I have been baking 'Simits' today. It is a kind of bagel with lots of sesame seeds on them.

 

[meshoo96]

Not sure if baking is the term I'd describe to explain what we did today, but DH and I have been making fondant roses for the last week or so... If I see any fondant roses in the near future, it will be too soon....

 

[LPBeier]

Not sure if baking is the term I'd describe to explain what we did today, but DH and I have been making fondant roses for the last week or so... If I see any fondant roses in the near future, it will be too soon....

So how many are you doing and what colour? I am working on 130 red rose buds and a spray of about 2 dozen roses in different stages with white flowers and greenery. When I am done that, it is on to sunflowers in three sizes! Also, are you using fondant or gumpaste? I am interested to know how fondant works in staying hard.

 

[les]

So how many are you doing and what colour? I am working on 130 red rose buds and a spray of about 2 dozen roses in different stages with white flowers and greenery. When I am done that, it is on to sunflowers in three sizes! Also, are you using fondant or gumpaste? I am interested to know how fondant works in staying hard.

oooo...I like to see these LP

 

[toni1948]

I'm baking an Apple Cake today, and yesterday I made a Beer Batter Pizza bread.

 

[Loprraine]

I made Double Chocolate Almond Biscotti, and Glazed Lemon Cookies. For this non baker, they turned out great.

 

[babetoo]

nanda today, to danged hot to fire up oven.

 

[dave the baker]

Too hot and windy today to do much but stay inside and stay cool. So that's what I'm doing. Supposed to cool off towards the end of the week and get back to normal springtime temps, I hope. Stay cool, Babe!

 

[Katie H]

I'm baking an Apple Cake today, and yesterday I made a Beer Batter Pizza bread.

Oh, please post the Beer Batter Pizza Bread recipe. Sounds wonderful. If you can't post give us a link or PM me with it. I'd love to try it.

 

[iamallthatiam]

Oooh, i'm planning on making pizza sometimes this week. I'd like the recipe too.

Today I baked a yellow cake with glazed apple toppings.