Month: November 2016

  • Preparing Bread for Thanksgiving Turkey Stuffing

    Preparing Bread for Thanksgiving Turkey Stuffing

    I’m prepping for roasting my turkey tomorrow, ahead of Thursday. This allows me to make the gravy and slice the turkey, get all the turkey packaged and into the refrigerator, only having to re-heat turkey in gravy for Thursday’s dinner. That means having all the other time on Thursday to make the rest of the…

  • November 2016 Smokey Conditions

    It’s been cooler of late, and since yesterday rather a smokey smell to the air. I looked at alerts yesterday, but I only saw one for NC but assumed it had to be associated … there is an alert today for us today, FWIW. Wildfires.

  • Pans; Cookware

    My older cookware is what I mostly use now. It had been in storage, but has a few pieces that work well for our current stove, thick disc flat bottoms. I’d gotten that cookware, Sitram, in the 2000’s, but got NEW cookware when we got this Electrolux glass top stove. The new stuff was OK, good,…

  • French Bread Baguettes using Dough Function of Bread Machine

    Crisp and chewy french bread baguettes from bread machine dough, and shaping and baking manually.

  • White Spelt Large Loaf in Bread Machine

    1 1/4 Cups Water (additional liquid, as needed at around 5 beeps) 1 1/2 Teaspoons Salt 3 Tablespoons Butter, cut into small pieces 1 Tablespoon Sugar or Honey 4 Cups Spelt Flour (addition flour, as needed at around 5 beeps) 1 1/2 Teaspoons Active Yeast Put ingredients into bread machine pan in order of recipe.…

  • French Bread

    Crispy light crust and soft center make this easy french bread style in your kitchen by hand or machine and enjoy