The baking thread.~ Bread, pies, cookies , cake and more

Some Christmas Cookies I made this week. Snickerdoodles, Jam Thumbprints, Soft Molasses, and Chocolate Peppermint Crunch Cookies.

Cookie Anyone? by lennycarl08, on Flickr

Cookies and Whiskey. I gotta visit you around Christmas some year.

Wifey made her killer Challah today. Great with dinner, but awesome as French Toast. Wifey is a pro when it comes to Challah.

stein_325i wrote

That is some delicious looking Challah!

It is indeed.

Been learning to make French Bread. True French Bread has only 4 ingredients---flour, water, yeast, salt.

So rewarding to eat it right when it comes out of the oven! Made these yesterday.

dogbone wrote

Been learning to make French Bread. True French Bread has only 4 ingredients---flour, water, yeast, salt.

So rewarding to eat it right when it comes out of the oven! Made these yesterday.

Yum!!!! Incredible looking bread. Well done!

Shortbread Cookies in waiting; Chocolate, Pistachio, Cranberry and Pecan.

JJ 911SC wrote

Shortbread Cookies in waiting; Chocolate, Pistachio, Cranberry and Pecan.

Since I'm snowed-in, I might just bake some peanut butter cookies today. Thanks for the idea.

Kraft's simple three ingredients recipe.

Going in the oven at 250°F for about 60 minutes. Stay tuned.

Old Fashioned Cretons Recipe

Ingredients:

1 pound Pork (minced, more fat than lean)
1 cup Dry Bread Crumbs
1 Onion (grated)
2 cloves Garlic (minced)
Salt And Pepper to taste.
½ teaspoon Ground Cloves
½ teaspoon Cinnamon (or to taste)
1 cup heavy cream (18%)

Directions:

1. Place all the ingredients in a saucepan. Mix together, cover and cook over low heat for 1 hour. Stir once or twice during the cooking period. When cooked, pour into a bowl, cover and refrigerate.

2. This pâté is served cold.

Made five containers. Some will be gifted. Currently baking a couple of French baguettes to complement the cretons.

French baguettes.

Lady Jane wrote

French baguettes.

LJ, you need one of those

JJ 911SC wrote

LJ, you need one of those

Yes, I saw those on Amazon for $20-$25. I might just get me a present. Because I need another kitchen gadget.

Inspired by LJ post

First of the year!

1/3 whole rye
2/3 unbleached white all purpose
salt
yeast
water

Fresh out of the oven.

Some delicious looking baked goods in this thread!

Not to derail it, but does anyone also do pickles / preserves / jams, etc?

Always looking for new ideas

owenscj21 wrote

Some delicious looking baked goods in this thread!

Not to derail it, but does anyone also do pickles / preserves / jams, etc?

Always looking for new ideas

I do jams and green tomato relish (Chow-Chow) in season from my garden. I keep some for myself and the rest I distribute to Seniors' Homes.

My latest attempt at French bread. I got a new baking stone that is 20" long so I can make bigger loaves. This one was slightly longer than 20" because it was the only one I baked and I put it on the stone diagonally.



The dough ball usually yields three loaves of this size. But on this go-around, I took the other two portions of dough and made pizza with them. The crust was awesome!

Baguette with poppy seeds this time around. I kept half the dough to make a pizza based on dogbone idea. And will probably add ground beef as per chassis recipe.

Perfect day to bake a lasagna.
1. Ingredients.
2. Ready for the oven.