@cleverogre Try living with a soy sensitivity. Yeah. Soy seems to be in almost every prepackaged thing. I pay for it royally when I don't stick to my modified paleo way of eating.
I try to cook from scratch every chance I get since I love cooking and I include baking with that. I made chocolate banana bread a while ago that I was pretty happy with and a cast iron skillet brownie that was damn good.
@JonT Dang, I was hoping to entice Meh with awesome (can you have awesome at your company?) cupcakes/cakes (my wife has her own business) but it seems there is no leverage!
@JonT try a bannock bread sometime. While its meant to cook on a skewer over a fire you can do it in cast iron too, or fry chunks of it. Awesome stuff with the right recipe
scratch most everything. Sometimes we even make our own flour from wheat berries... Iced lemon cookies, lemon waffles and lemon curd are on the list for this week. The neighbor's lemon tree is overflowing with big ripe lemons.
@tightwad half stick butter, 1.5 c ap flour, 2 tsp baking powder, .25 tsp baking soda, .5 c sugar, juice (.5 c) and zest from 3 regular sized lemons, 1 c milk, 2 eggs, 1 tsp lemon extract.
@tightwad WIth the lemon one, you can play with the amount of milk to lemon juice ratio. I like to mix the zest into the liquid ingredients (except the melted butter) and let it sit in the fridge over night - the flavor from the zest will be more intense. Powdered sugar is a good topping for these.
@Headly Mmm, lemons. Some extended-in-laws live in AZ and they sent me two big boxes of lemons from their tree. Best lemons I've ever had. I see someone already asked for the waffle recipe. If the cookie recipe is easy to share, would you mind? I haven't found any lemon cookie recipes that I like.
@primrosewater Yep - I'm in AZ. DOn't really have a cookie recipe - I'm trawling the internet for a good one. Cookies are probably on hold because we just bought a shitload of Girl Scout cookies.
@Headly Ha, okay. :-D I somehow have managed to not see ANY girlscouts or their cookies. Unless you want one that's more like a biscuit, I recommend that you don't go with any recipes that have British beginnings.
@Headly currently making these waffles...noticed there is no oil in the recipe other than the butter? How do you keep them from sticking? My waffle iron never uses a non-stick spray, it's seasoned like a dutch oven is
@tightwad I spray mine with spray, or I use a pastry brush and some cooking oil to brush the grids. These do have a fair bit of sugar in them and can be a bit sticky. It's a finicky recipe, but SO good when you get it just right.
@Headly I brushed oil on, no sticking issues. The waffles came out very yummy. I wish they were a bit crispier...I prefer my waffles that way. They are currently being consumed with no toppings.
@tightwad Play with the amount of sugar, lemon juice and baking soda. With all the acid from the lemon juice there is a lot going on with these. I'm constantly making tweaks to it. I like crispy on the outside and light ant fluffy on the inside. Sometimes I will finish them in the oven. Warmed lemon curd makes the best topping IMO, particularly a tart lemon curd.
Some form of dough from scratch is always going through some stage at my place. I've been doing it so long that I have no recipes, I just mix it up and set it aside for that day, or more in fridge, and maybe start another different one. I think I rebounded too hard when I fell off the low carb years ago. Yes, it shows.
Cheesecake and Poundcake from scratch. Cookies, about 50/50 scratch/mix (or tube). Pies, mostly scratch, but I have been known to purchase a ready-made crust. Sponge cakes mostly from a mix.
Buy them from the grocery store.
@theco2 yep.
@TheCO2 words to live by.
With a corn allergy in the house. We make EVERYTHING from scratch. Did you know they even put corn in chocolate milk? I mean, really? ... Really.
@cleverogre well, not everything. I've been told a million times not to exaggerate.
@cleverogre this is the best damn hyperbole I've ever heard in my entire life.
@cleverogre Try living with a soy sensitivity. Yeah. Soy seems to be in almost every prepackaged thing. I pay for it royally when I don't stick to my modified paleo way of eating.
@LaVikinga @cleverogre - Wheat, Corn, and/or Soy are in EVERYTHING. It's ridiculous.
I try to cook from scratch every chance I get since I love cooking and I include baking with that. I made chocolate banana bread a while ago that I was pretty happy with and a cast iron skillet brownie that was damn good.
@JonT Dang, I was hoping to entice Meh with awesome (can you have awesome at your company?) cupcakes/cakes (my wife has her own business) but it seems there is no leverage!
@JonT try a bannock bread sometime. While its meant to cook on a skewer over a fire you can do it in cast iron too, or fry chunks of it. Awesome stuff with the right recipe
Eat what someone else baked from scratch.
@2many2no yup preferable to me too… except no one much I know bakes from scratch except my mom and she lives 1000 miles away.
scratch most everything. Sometimes we even make our own flour from wheat berries... Iced lemon cookies, lemon waffles and lemon curd are on the list for this week. The neighbor's lemon tree is overflowing with big ripe lemons.
@Headly recipe needed for lemon waffles...I love making waffles
@tightwad half stick butter, 1.5 c ap flour, 2 tsp baking powder, .25 tsp baking soda, .5 c sugar, juice (.5 c) and zest from 3 regular sized lemons, 1 c milk, 2 eggs, 1 tsp lemon extract.
@tightwad use the muffin method to combine the ingredients. waffle iron on high. I make lemon curd to use as a sauce.
@Headly I suck at the muffin method...my OCD kicks in and all lumps must be gone. I don't make good muffins.
@tightwad haha I thought I was the only one with the problem!
@tightwad Just walk away. Nobody likes a tough waffle.
@Headly I have a kick butt waffle recipe I use that makes amazing waffles. Lately I have had the urge to try new ones.
@tightwad WIth the lemon one, you can play with the amount of milk to lemon juice ratio. I like to mix the zest into the liquid ingredients (except the melted butter) and let it sit in the fridge over night - the flavor from the zest will be more intense. Powdered sugar is a good topping for these.
@Headly Mmm, lemons. Some extended-in-laws live in AZ and they sent me two big boxes of lemons from their tree. Best lemons I've ever had. I see someone already asked for the waffle recipe. If the cookie recipe is easy to share, would you mind? I haven't found any lemon cookie recipes that I like.
@primrosewater Yep - I'm in AZ. DOn't really have a cookie recipe - I'm trawling the internet for a good one. Cookies are probably on hold because we just bought a shitload of Girl Scout cookies.
@Headly Ha, okay. :-D I somehow have managed to not see ANY girlscouts or their cookies. Unless you want one that's more like a biscuit, I recommend that you don't go with any recipes that have British beginnings.
@Headly Home ground flour FTW. Popeye arm muscles because your grinder is a small hand turned model..... well...
@duodec Blendtec
@Headly currently making these waffles...noticed there is no oil in the recipe other than the butter? How do you keep them from sticking? My waffle iron never uses a non-stick spray, it's seasoned like a dutch oven is
@tightwad I spray mine with spray, or I use a pastry brush and some cooking oil to brush the grids. These do have a fair bit of sugar in them and can be a bit sticky. It's a finicky recipe, but SO good when you get it just right.
@Headly I brushed oil on, no sticking issues. The waffles came out very yummy. I wish they were a bit crispier...I prefer my waffles that way. They are currently being consumed with no toppings.
@tightwad Play with the amount of sugar, lemon juice and baking soda. With all the acid from the lemon juice there is a lot going on with these. I'm constantly making tweaks to it. I like crispy on the outside and light ant fluffy on the inside. Sometimes I will finish them in the oven. Warmed lemon curd makes the best topping IMO, particularly a tart lemon curd.
@Headly In honor of International Waffle Day I am making the Lemon Waffles as well as my standard Waffles of Insane Greatness for my coworkers.
I only bake things that get me baked in return, brah.
See what I did there?
@pitamuffin Yeah, you hit save.
Make them from scratch, unless they're for other people outside the house.
I don't eat carbs. But, I do drink them.
First, I create the universe.
@substrate
Brownies and cake - box mix
Cookies - scratch
pie - hmm haven't done that in years, mom's pie crust and fruit from the grocery store
Don't fuck with Gino:
Some form of dough from scratch is always going through some stage at my place. I've been doing it so long that I have no recipes, I just mix it up and set it aside for that day, or more in fridge, and maybe start another different one.
I think I rebounded too hard when I fell off the low carb years ago. Yes, it shows.
Have my wife make, or buy already made.
Scratch, it just tastes better than from a mix. And then I can put tasty crack cocaine in it!
Cookies, pies from scratch, brownies, cakes from mixes.
Cheesecake and Poundcake from scratch. Cookies, about 50/50 scratch/mix (or tube). Pies, mostly scratch, but I have been known to purchase a ready-made crust. Sponge cakes mostly from a mix.
This would have been better had a pot brownie joke been included. I'll be spending my shopping dollars elsewhere.
go to Costco....they make the best baked stuff
Let my wife do it
With an uber-mixer I only skimp on icings.
When I make chocolate chip cookies I make the ones that are scientifically proven to be the best. Because I am a scientist.
@SSteve ok now I'm drooling.
... prepare to run an orc and pie adventure, by Monte Cook, which apparently is now found on a site called principia discordia. http://www.principiadiscordia.com/forum/index.php?topic=25551.0
I have some favorite recipes that I follow and, of course, do everything by myself - it tastes better