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Author :: Dennis R Weaver  |
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| Article Title :: Picture Perfect Bread |
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| The secret—at least most of it—is in the rise. The most common mistake that we see in bread making is not letting the dough rise enough.So how do we know when the bread has risen enough? The dough will double in size. It will be soft and look a bit airy. When you touch it with your finger, it will feel soft and an indention in the dough will remain. If it feels a bit springy and the dough bounces back from the indentation, it hasn’t risen enough.To help you tell when your bread has risen enough, most recipes tell you how long to let the bread rise at normal kitchen temperatures. (The stated time is a guideline but it’s usually pretty accurate if you are using w (read full article) |
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Author :: Dennis R Weaver |
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| Article Title :: The World of Cornbread |
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| We're partial to cornbread. We like its rustic texture and chewy goodness. We like its versatility—it works for breakfast, lunch or dinner. It complements eggs in the morning, a hearty soup for lunch, or a dinner meal such as pork chops or chicken. Cornbread always reminds us of the South and some of the best is the result of wonderful Southern cooking.There's a wonderful world of cornbread to explore. The cornbreads that we have made the most are balanced with equal parts flour and cornmeal to make a lighter bread with a couple eggs to give it structure and hold it together. But cornbread doesn't have to follow this traditional formula. We often make cornbread that has no (read full article) |
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Author :: Dennis R Weaver |
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| Article Title :: How to Make Kaiser Rolls |
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| Want to impress your family and friends at the next gathering? Serve sandwiches on Kaiser Rolls. They’ll look so professional--like they came from the bakery. You don’t have to tell them how easy they were. If you can make dinner rolls, you can make Kaiser Rolls.You can make Kaiser Rolls out of any lean bread dough but if you would like to make your rolls from a mix, we suggest using our Sunday Dinner Rolls. Simply leave the butter out and add another half-tablespoon of water.A Kaiser Roll is merely a lean roll, specially shaped, and baked in a steamy oven to make it crusty. Choose a recipe or mix for a lean bread dough—or leave the butter or oil out of the recipe. Mak (read full article) |
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Author :: Dennis R Weaver |
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| Article Title :: How to Bake: Muffins (with recipes) |
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| Muffins are a mainstay around our house. They are as nourishing as they are good to eat. They are quicker and easier to make than cookies and usually contain much less sugar and fat. We usually eat them for breakfast but like them with any meal. (For Easter, we served cranberry nut muffins with a ham dinner.) They work well for snacks and desserts as well. Extras can be frozen and heated in the microwave for hot muffins anytime.Today we will make muffins using the “muffin method”. (Just as there are two major makeup methods for quick breads, there are two methods for muffins—the muffin method and the creaming method.) In the muffin method, the liquids and the dry ingr (read full article) |
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Author :: Dennis R Weaver |
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| Article Title :: The Perfect Scone: Keys to Make Your Scone Just Right |
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| Ah, there’s nothing like a tender, steaming scone in the morning. (Pronounced “skawn” like “fawn” or “scone” like “tone” –Webster says either is okay.) They’re quick, they’re easy, and with a few tips, they are absolutely delectable.Scones are probably the easiest and quickest of breads. Once you get the ingredients assembled, most recipes only require fifteen minutes of prep time and another fifteen minutes or so of baking time. A mix is even quicker.But there are some keys to making those flakey, tender scones that you’ve been dreaming about.Key #1: Use the right flour. Use a soft, low protein flour—we use a quality pastry flour. Y (read full article) |
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| Category :: Cooking Articles |
Author :: Dennis R Weaver |
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| Article Title :: Troubleshooting Machine Bread |
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| Bread machines—wonderful inventions that they are—don’t think very well. You and I, when we have a loaf of bread percolating on the counter, can look and say, “My bread is rising a little slowly today. I think I will let it be for another fifteen minutes.” Our bread machines go ahead and start the bake cycle anyway. The result is a dense loaf of bread that didn’t rise enough.The only way that we know to compensate for those loaves that aren’t quite right is human intervention. Most loaves and most recipes that aren’t acting right can be fixed to make perfect bread. Many recipes take a little tweaking to come out just right in the individual environments of ou (read full article) |
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| Category :: Cooking Articles |
Author :: Dennis R Weaver |
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| Article Title :: Better Baking Technique: Is it Done Yet? |
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| Are my breads, cookies, or cakes baked and ready to come out of the oven yet?The ability to tell when products are baked seems to cause more consternation than almost any other phase of baking. And of course, it is important. Over baked cookies are dry and hard; under baked bread is soggy. But you can get it right. In this article, we will give you the techniques and pointers for baking your goods to perfection.Yeast breadsThe tendency is to under bake yeast breads. The internal temperature of yeast breads should be 210 degrees and must be at least 185 degrees. The only way to reliably tell what is going on inside that loaf is with a probe type thermometer. Rem (read full article) |
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| Category :: Cooking Articles |
Author :: Dennis R Weaver |
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| Article Title :: The Joys of Refrigerator Cookies |
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| Baking cookies seem to fill the house with a sense of well being and peace. Perhaps it is the smell of butter, vanilla, and spices emanating from the hot oven. Maybe it is the love and caring attention that is evident in cookies. Home, love, and cookies seem to go together.Consider refrigerator, or icebox, cookies for the holidays. They can be made up ahead of time-even months ahead-and stored until ready to bake. Baking up those stored refrigerator cookies is mess free, takes little time, and you only need to bake what you need for the moment. Drop cookies are quick cookies; refrigerator cookies are convenient cookies.Refrigerator cookies are also attractive cookies. (read full article) |
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| Category :: Cooking Articles |
Author :: Dennis R Weaver |
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| Article Title :: Save Time with No-Bake Cookies |
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| Whether you don't want to heat up the kitchen or the demands of getting the kids out the door are upon you, it's nice to have a few no-bake cookie recipes on hand. We thought we would share some of our favorites with you.Cranberry Coconut BarsThis first recipe, Cranberry Coconut Bars, is more of a big kid cookie—it has too much fruit and too many nuts in it to suit most youngsters. But it so scrumptious and easy, we had to include it. If you are making a lunch for a spouse or a teenager, we think this will be a hit. Of course, it doesn't have to go in a lunch pail.This is a microwave cookie that can be mixed right in the baking pan. How's that for conveni (read full article) |
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| Category :: Cooking Articles |
Author :: Heather Dominick |
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| Article Title :: Summer Salads |
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| Green vegetables are the food most missing in modern diets. Nutritionally, greens
are very high in calcium (120 -190 mg per cup!) They're also high in magnesium,
iron, potassium, phosphorous, zinc, and they are a power house for Vitamin A, C, E
and K. Believe it or not, they are also crammed high with fiber, folic acid, chlorophyll
and many other micro-nutrients and phyto-chemicals – you just can’t get any better
than this. Take a look at the following two recipes to help move you into a
sensational summer!Sensational Summer SaladFor a summer snack that will cleanse the kidneys and help the body to unload toxic
wastes from the blood, use the following high (read full article) |
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