The Baking Thread

[leggo PE]

I have a 32oz mason jar full of sourdough discard.

Make some sourdough pie dough! You mainly use it for flavoring. Make a big batch, divide it up into servings for a pie, a whole quiche, or muffin quiches, and freeze in blocks!

 

[leggo PE]

Make sourdough pretzels! That's my favorite thing to do with cold sourdough discard! I can send you the recipe I use, if you'd like.

 

[LyceeFruit PE]

Make sourdough pretzels! That's my favorite thing to do with cold sourdough discard! I can send you the recipe I use, if you'd like.

yes please

Make some sourdough pie dough! You mainly use it for flavoring. Make a big batch, divide it up into servings for a pie, a whole quiche, or muffin quiches, and freeze in blocks!

is there a recipe for this too? 

i made a double batch of discard biscuits. i have enough for another double batch lol

 

[leggo PE]

yes please

is there a recipe for this too? 

i made a double batch of discard biscuits. i have enough for another double batch lol

PMing you!

 

[JayKay PE]

But @JayKay PE, why is it sad? IT LOOKS SO GOOD!

Sad = I thought it was going to rise more/be larger based on the recipe (the recipe actually called for a larger pan and I'm happy I stuck to my normal, 1 lb USA-Pan loaf).

On that thought, I do need to try and get more USA-Pan bakeware.  That loaf pan has always baked things so beautifully and I think they might be my go-to from now on.

 

[JayKay PE]

Also.  I made espresso brownies last night for super bowl.  Still trying to figure out the new temps I programmed into the oven.  Baked a batch in a 9x13" glass pan, forgot to drop the temp by 25, so the outsides were firmer than I would have liked and it took a bit longer to bake through the middle.

 

[leggo PE]

I made these over the weekend. They are beyond fantastic:



It's amazing what a few high quality ingredients can do! In this case, it was mainly just good quality cocoa powder and high quality dark chocolate.

 

[kevo_55]

The begging question is how many are left??

 

[leggo PE]

The begging question is how many are left??

I shared them at the super bowl party I hosted... There were 48 to start, and I think there are maybe a dozen leftover? To be fair, there was also a dutch apple pie that some friends brought.

 

[leggo PE]

You're reminded, once again, that you are a baker when you type "loaf" instead of "load" in your calculations package...

 

[ChebyshevII PE PMP]

I shared them at the super bowl party I hosted... There were 48 to start, and I think there are maybe a dozen leftover? To be fair, there was also a dutch apple pie that some friends brought.

Missed opportunity of the day...you could have made 49 of those for the Super Bowl party.

 

[leggo PE]

Missed opportunity of the day...you could have made 49 of those for the Super Bowl party.

Well, the recipe was only supposed to make 24 and all I did was add 1/2 c finely chopped hazelnuts... I wasn't sure how many it actually made until I counted them out after they baked, as I lost count doing only one pan at a time in the oven...

But yes, missed opportunity nonetheless!

 

[LyceeFruit PE]

Fake thin mints

 

[JayKay PE]

@LyceeFruit PE, uh, those are better than normal thin mints because they have star sprinkles.  Everyone knows star sprinkles are top tier.

 

[LyceeFruit PE]

@LyceeFruit PE, uh, those are better than normal thin mints because they have star sprinkles.  Everyone knows star sprinkles are top tier.

The recipe did actually call for sprinkles so I went with stars & finally finished a jar of sprinkles!

I would totally make these again but add more mint. I added 1/2t but could have added the full 1t the recipe called for.

The blogger also has other versions of these cookies on their site. I might try them with orange extract instead of mint nom

 

[JayKay PE]

The recipe did actually call for sprinkles so I went with stars & finally finished a jar of sprinkles!

I would totally make these again but add more mint. I added 1/2t but could have added the full 1t the recipe called for.

The blogger also has other versions of these cookies on their site. I might try them with orange extract instead of mint nom

Yay!  I actually used way more sprinkles than I expected this last holiday season when I made my batch of cookies with the frosting.

Yeah, with extracts, I get why you'd be leery of adding less instead of more (I've had some recipes that I use oil instead of extract and it's something like 1/2 tsp for over 6c of flour in the recipe and you can still taste it), but mint itself isn't ultra-ultra powerful.  It's peppermint that I've always had trouble with balancing since the extracts tend to taste metallic-like when I've accidentally over-poured?  ORANGE + MINT = THE NUMBER ONE COMBO.

 

[LyceeFruit PE]

@JayKay PE also my extract was also expired but I'm still alive so i'm not gonna worry about it...

and I meant orange instead of the mint so it tastes like those chocolate oranges you can get at Christmas... 

I still have a lot of sprinkles. I almost went with Christmas sprinkles but it was one of those containers with 6 compartments so even if I emptied 1, i'd have 3 more to go. but picking stars meant one whole jar got recycled last night. 

when Boyfriend is back in the office, I think I'll make cupcakes to send with him and get rid of more sprinkles lol 

 

[csb]

  ORANGE + MINT = THE NUMBER ONE COMBO.

"Are these the cookies that taste like when you forget you just brushed your teeth and drink orange juice?" 

 

[JayKay PE]

"Are these the cookies that taste like when you forget you just brushed your teeth and drink orange juice?" 

Lol, I assumed it was going to be the chocolate cookie, but with these added.

As for the OJ + toothpaste combo...that never seemed that bad to me?  Idk.

 

[leggo PE]

As for the OJ + toothpaste combo...that never seemed that bad to me? 

Ew.