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Whole Wheat bread recipe
I'm looking for a recipe for whole wheat bread that I discovered over 20 years ago while I was in college. I've googled like crazy and haven't found it yet. I thought I might try the group and see if...
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Making Cheesecake without water bath
Yesterday I made a cheesecake -- this is only my second cheesecake, but the first one turned out delicious. I used the same recipe. However, at the end of baking +3 hours in the oven, when I took it...
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Bread STICK pans ???
Hello all. I'm trying to find a pan for breadsticks. The result I'm looking for is along the lines of the breadsticks at Olive Garden. I'm just not seeing anything like that anywhere. Does anyone know...
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NYT No-knead bread
Well, this was a guarded success! First, the negatives: I use spelt flour, which tends to be slack and not raise as well as I'd like - but I can eat as much of it as I want. I'd probably use a smaller...
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French Baguettes
Has anyone used King Arthur's French-Style Flour for making baguettes? How was the crumb? I've been trying to make lite and tender baguettes for months now. I've tried all-purpose and bread flour. I...
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No-knead bread
The recipe: The science and story behind it: Pastorio
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Thanksgiving Cake ideas
Hi all, I'm looking for some ideas for a cake for Thanksgiving. Last year we made a turkey cake, basically looked like a uncooked turkey full of stuffing. Some of the things we're thinking about now...
 
Dry Active Yeast
Three questions please. 1. Can you freeze dry active yeast and still get good results? 2. Is the use of dry active yeast and rapid-rise yeast just a matter of personal preference, such as in sweet...
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Kitchenaid Mixer Question
I have a small Kitchenaid mixer (250 watts) and have used it for preparing many one and two loaf bread/flour dough batches. The recipe I would like to try calls for 5 lbs of flour and it seem that...
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kaiser rolls recipe any good?
Im using this recipe trying to make rolls. Twice ive tried the recipe and both times im extremely frustrated. The first time i thought i overworked the dough. The second time i made sure i didnt over...
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electric versus gas ovens?
I am moving from a house with a gas oven to a house that has an electric oven (normal, not convection). Is this going to require a big change of baking technique? I bake mostly european style artisan...
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Jiffy White Cake Mix
I once made dinner rolls with a recipe that used Jiffy White Cake mix and they were the best rolls I've ever had. I've lost the recipe. Does any one happen to have it? I would really appreciate it if...
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The Flour Treatise - Changes and Addendum
Hello All: We have updated The Flour Treatise, and added an addendum on the newly available Harvest King Flour from General Mills. Data garnered from Prof. Calvel's book "The Taste of Bread" have been...
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future pastry chef
Hello fellow bakers, I love to cook, and I really love the dessert part of it all. So in consideration of going to culinary school, I was thinking of focusing on becoming a pastry chef. There is a...
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Deutschelinne?? recipe request
I'm looking for a German recipe my mother-in-law described to me. She wasn't sure of the name: Deutschelinne or Deutschelinte??? Made with frozen bread dough, thawed and part put in bottom of pan,...
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