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RE: Cookies! - 12/17/2010 6:42:54 PM   
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Status: offline 		Another good website to try is tasteofhome.com. They have amazing cookie and candy recipes that I'm sure would ship perfectly. I've done plenty of baking in my time, and find that a lot of the recipes on there would get there in one piece. And even if some crumble, well crumbs have no calories since they're no longer part of the cookie, makes em perfect.

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RE: Cookies! - 12/17/2010 7:20:54 PM   
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Another good website to try is tasteofhome.com. They have amazing cookie and candy recipes that I'm sure would ship perfectly. I've done plenty of baking in my time, and find that a lot of the recipes on there would get there in one piece. And even if some crumble, well crumbs have no calories since they're no longer part of the cookie, makes em perfect.

lol@ The Crumb Theory

I really fancy making biscotti - I adore espresso, and make it regularly, and biscotti is the thing to have with it, so I'm going to give a "plain" biscotti recipe a go first and see how I get on.

I've mastered bread making now (by hand, not machine) so I reckon anything's possible

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RE: Cookies! - 12/17/2010 8:11:11 PM   
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ORIGINAL: tiggerspoohbear

Another good website to try is tasteofhome.com. They have amazing cookie and candy recipes that I'm sure would ship perfectly. I've done plenty of baking in my time, and find that a lot of the recipes on there would get there in one piece. And even if some crumble, well crumbs have no calories since they're no longer part of the cookie, makes em perfect.

lol@ The Crumb Theory

I really fancy making biscotti - I adore espresso, and make it regularly, and biscotti is the thing to have with it, so I'm going to give a "plain" biscotti recipe a go first and see how I get on.

I've mastered bread making now (by hand, not machine) so I reckon anything's possible
MMMMMMMMM breadmaking.....

About 120 moons ago or so, I made one of those unkeepable New Year's resolutions; to learn how to make French Bread, and to not be an asshole. My bread is pretty good.

I proof my little yeasties in honey-water. I use only organic hard Red Winter Wheat
"Hard Red Winter – Hard, brownish, mellow high-protein wheat used for bread, hard baked goods and as an adjunct in other flours to increase protein in pastry flour for pie crusts. Some brands of unbleached all-purpose flours are commonly made from hard red winter wheat alone. It is primarily traded by the Kansas City Board of Trade. One variety is known as "turkey red wheat", and was brought to Kansas by Mennonite immigrants from Russia.[28]" Wikipedia

Honey, Himalayan Sea Salt, and Gerolsteiner bottled water. I have a convection oven, and I bake the bread with a tray of water on the lower rack (for humidity) and I use a salt-water spray to mist the bread crust a couple times during the baking process.

There are some really nice honeys here in the SE US, but one needs to be aware... much if the so-called "organic honey" sold in the US comes from China. Which really sucks.

WHY DON'T YOU PEOPLE STOP BUYING SHIT FROM CHINA??????



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RE: Cookies! - 12/17/2010 8:20:36 PM   
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WHY DON'T YOU PEOPLE STOP BUYING SHIT FROM CHINA??????

At a guess ... coz it's cheap?

I know all about Red Winter Wheat. I used to spend my summers on a farm in Ca. that grew the stuff (in the winter, obviously). You can grab a handful of the raw grain, chew it, and it's got so much gluten in it that it turns into a sort of wheaty chewing gum after a few minutes

The thing about French bread (and I'm sure yours is lovely) is that I've never found it to be as good as it is in CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeyLand ... the only exception to this are the very dedicated guys who drive to France from London every day, pick up truckloads of the made dough, then drive it back in the dead of night (around now, in fact) so the local bakers around here can bake it in the morning.

But if you'd like to post a recipe I'd be a) grateful and b) only too happy to give it a go; I can't get red winter wheat but I can get Extra Strong Bread Flour, which I would suspect will have the gluten content, if not the same flavour.

I'm currently making more Focaccia than anything else; the smell of the fresh rosemary poked into the bread, and the olive oil, as it bakes, is divine

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RE: Cookies! - 12/17/2010 9:55:49 PM   
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Status: offline 		I tried my hand at home made bagels once, that was enough, you could have used them for hockey pucks.

I then tried to bake my own bread, had a friend who was really good at it try to teach me the secrets of the yeast, yegads, I gave up when it blew up into a bubble in the oven.

I admit yeast based home made products are just beyond my ken, I get frustrated and give up. I sticked to the baked goods I'm a whiz at, cookies, bars, pies, cakes and candy. Although I once tried to make a french canadian recipe, a specialty, "sucre a la creme sure" basically brown sugar fudge. Done in the microwave, left it in too long in a 8" square glass pan. Not even boiling water would melt it. My dad had to throw out the whole thing, including the pan. And I was embarassed as all hell having made it for my dad's g/f and her daughter and b/f.

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RE: Cookies! - 12/18/2010 12:07:23 AM   
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WHY DON'T YOU PEOPLE STOP BUYING SHIT FROM CHINA??????

At a guess ... coz it's cheap?

I know all about Red Winter Wheat. I used to spend my summers on a farm in Ca. that grew the stuff (in the winter, obviously). You can grab a handful of the raw grain, chew it, and it's got so much gluten in it that it turns into a sort of wheaty chewing gum after a few minutes

The thing about French bread (and I'm sure yours is lovely) is that I've never found it to be as good as it is in CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeyLand ... the only exception to this are the very dedicated guys who drive to France from London every day, pick up truckloads of the made dough, then drive it back in the dead of night (around now, in fact) so the local bakers around here can bake it in the morning.

But if you'd like to post a recipe I'd be a) grateful and b) only too happy to give it a go; I can't get red winter wheat but I can get Extra Strong Bread Flour, which I would suspect will have the gluten content, if not the same flavour.

I'm currently making more Focaccia than anything else; the smell of the fresh rosemary poked into the bread, and the olive oil, as it bakes, is divine

here's my best shot, Tovarich:

approx 6 cups flour
1 packet Red Star yeast (or your local equivalent)
approx 2 Tbs Himalayan sea salt
approx 1/4 cup honey + about 1 Tbs for growing the yeast in warm water (approx 105F)
enough gerolsteiner bottled water to make the dough (this is probably superstition on my part - the first time I made French bread, I used Gerolsteiner, and it was my best batch so far, so I stick with the Gerolsteiner.

I'm not inclined to convert to ISO/Metric right now. Normally I use metric, but I didn't for this.

I have a big rosemary bush out front, so I usually use some leaves chopped very finely, and also some good Parmagiano. There are all sorts of variations, though. I think maintaining a high humidity level in the oven is paramount.

Here's a brand of flour I like: http://www.bobsredmill.com/

You might have the same problem getting it as I do getting Haribo Troppi-Frutti Gummis.

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RE: Cookies! - 12/18/2010 12:12:18 AM   
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RF.. I demand proof of your baking skills..

I already know that HK has mad kitchen skillz!!

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RE: Cookies! - 12/18/2010 12:13:42 AM   
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someone mentioned a monkey?

RF.. I demand proof of your baking skills..

I already know that HK has mad kitchen skillz!!

Smoochies!!!!


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RE: Cookies! - 12/18/2010 12:23:18 AM   
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btw.. I'm planning to move back to the area....

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RE: Cookies! - 12/18/2010 12:33:15 AM   
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Status: offline 		Mama's "Whirl-aways" ship better than anything else I know.

I'll just tease DarkSteven and Termyn8or ... and the rest of you.  Said recipe is locked in a file cabinet that I don't have access to. BOOOOOoooooo.....!  Soon, boys and girls, soon.  <insert mad cackle by sadist here.>

Anyway, it's an oatmeal refrigerator cookie.  Make a stiff dough with oatmeal; roll into long cylinders; wrap in plastic and refigerate <I seem to remember min. of 2 hrs.>  Lay down sprinkles, sugar sparklies or chocolate shot.  Roll each cylinder in one decoration.  Of course, for XMAS - one in red sugar, the other in green,  slice and bake.

Shipping?  Make a stack, wrap in foil and you are "Good to go."

And another problem..... I don't think Mom wrote it down correctly.  She always made it out of her head.  "EEWWwww, Mom.  Please, please use regular ingredients."  <Family joke - evidently doesn't transfer well to 'net.>

Might be needing altitude adjustment, but I don't think so.

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RE: Cookies! - 12/18/2010 12:35:56 AM   
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RE: Cookies! - 12/18/2010 12:39:37 AM   
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*smoochies backatcha*

btw.. I'm planning to move back to the area....


Cool! Be happy to have a new close-by friend! I need friends... I've been "isolating" as my bud Betsy calls it.


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RE: Cookies! - 12/18/2010 12:54:30 AM   
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RE: Cookies! - 12/18/2010 1:32:35 AM   
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{{{{{huggles}}}}} Lance, how ya doin friend?

"Better if I could get to 'Whirlaway' recipe," Lance says, preventing thread-drift. LOL!

HMmmmm..... maybe sister has a copy.

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RE: Cookies! - 12/18/2010 1:41:17 AM   
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Status: offline 		If sister has a copy I wouldn't mind it, if you don't mind sharing. I can always use my landlady's kitchen to bake, once it's back in shape from being painted.

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RE: Cookies! - 12/18/2010 4:58:14 AM   
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I'm not inclined to convert to ISO/Metric right now. Normally I use metric, but I didn't for this.

It's fine; I'm poly-systemic

Thanks for that recipe! ... I'm going to see what some of the ingredients are that I'm unsure about and then give it a whirl, thanks.

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RE: Cookies! - 12/18/2010 5:05:32 AM   
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RE: Cookies! - 12/18/2010 5:09:47 AM   
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RF.. I demand proof of your baking skills..

Baking bread is currently the thing that I do the worst of all my cooking skills. I can prepare virtually any meal, from Italian to Chinese to Sushi to whatever, but baking bread has always been a blind spot for me. My previous attempts produced "loaves" that would have done sterling service to our boys in Iraq and Afghanistan, as defence against IEDs

I think it's the fact that it's rather variable, in terms of temperature, proving, kneading, etc ... it strikes me that you don't so much assemble the bread from a recipe, but the recipe guides you to make the bread, and until now I haven't been comfortable and experienced in knowing what a good dough looks, feels and smells like to produce good, consistent results.

However, I've finally found a recipe for Focaccia that seems to work, and I'm branching out from there. As I'm currently snowed in (roads are very slippery and although I enjoy driving in the snow I do find that everyone else seems to morph into a fuckwit, so best left I think) I may very well give a "normal" loaf a go later. I fancy trying something in the wholemeal/grain department.


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RE: Cookies! - 12/18/2010 5:11:21 AM   
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*waits to taste test cookies*

That was the French bread recipe, not the cookies

At least I hope it was

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RE: Cookies! - 12/18/2010 5:14:36 AM   
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Status: offline 		hey. cookie taste test from Steven.. bread from you/..

it's all equal opportunity...


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