|
|
 |
|
 |
 |
|
|
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 2,093
BellaOnline Editor Koala
|
OP
BellaOnline Editor Koala
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 2,093 |
Good morning/afternoon wherever you may be!
What's cooking this weekend guys? I'm not sure what's for dinner yet today, but it's the weekend and I promised myself that once a week at least, I'd brush up on my baking skills.
The thing is - what to make? Cookies, cake, muffins....What's your favorite sweet?
|
|
|
|
 |
 |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 2,093
BellaOnline Editor Koala
|
|
OP
BellaOnline Editor Koala
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 2,093 |
I'm kinda leaning towards a really good cookie.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2014
Posts: 1,500
BellaOnline Editor Chipmunk
|
|
BellaOnline Editor Chipmunk
Joined: Apr 2014
Posts: 1,500 |
I'm more partial to bread, which I haven't yet learned to bake, even with a bread machine. What's the prob? 
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 2,093
BellaOnline Editor Koala
|
|
OP
BellaOnline Editor Koala
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 2,093 |
My grandad used to bake bread all of the time.
I just acquired a bread machine...again! Still haven't used it and I love fresh bread...Maybe, me thinks I'm afraid to use it because of what I'll eat! LOL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 1,629
BellaOnline Editor Chipmunk
|
|
BellaOnline Editor Chipmunk
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 1,629 |
I'm late on this one but we had homemade chicken soup, homemade bread, and a blitz torte (also from scratch). The only thing I use the bread maker for now is to mix and knead the bread. I find that cooking it in the machine makes the bread rubbery due to condensation.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 6,240
BellaOnline Editor Tiger
|
|
BellaOnline Editor Tiger
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 6,240 |
In the very near future I'll be baking a birthday cake (my mom turns 72) and it will be gluten free - which means I'm using coconut and almond flour. It's an amazing, and decadent treat
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 2,093
BellaOnline Editor Koala
|
|
OP
BellaOnline Editor Koala
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 2,093 |
That sounds delish Deanna - where do you find your coconut and almond flour. I don't think they sell that over the street here at Stater Bros. lol
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 11,948 Likes: 30
BellaOnline Editor Renaissance Human
|
|
BellaOnline Editor Renaissance Human
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 11,948 Likes: 30 |
Jana, I find bread easy to make - and kneading the dough can be very therapeutic. A bread machine was purchased (NOT by me), but its purchaser didn't have much luck with it, and I was quite happy to do it by hand when I was at home.
What I can't do well is pastry. I've been known to manage something that was edible, but it sure seemed a different species to what Grandma used to make!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 2,093
BellaOnline Editor Koala
|
|
OP
BellaOnline Editor Koala
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 2,093 |
Mona I agree entirely with the pastry thing. My mother and nanas would whip it up and it would be all nice and flaky, but I just can't get it down - not like that. Some days are a hit and some are not!
After I came to the U.S. I had a hard time with my Yorkshire puddings because of the ratios, and ingredients being called different things. Do you know how unsettling it was for me when my Yorkshires were a flop and I grew up there! lol I finally got it though, and probably will with the pastry in time!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 6,240
BellaOnline Editor Tiger
|
|
BellaOnline Editor Tiger
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 6,240 |
Allyson, they actually DO sell it at Staters! It's in the baking isle, but it's like in the "special" section. I buy the Bob's Red Mill brand - it's in a clear package/bag. Yup - right there in the baking isle.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
We take forum safety very seriously here at BellaOnline. Please be sure to read through our Forum Guidelines. Let us know if you have any questions or comments!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
This forum uses cookies to ensure smooth navigation from page to page of a thread. If you choose to register and provide your email, that email is solely used to get your password to you and updates on any topics you choose to watch. Nothing else. Ask with any questions!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
