Baking~ Are you```

[ducks4you]

Those look yummy and Lemon cakes sound wonderful~ with black coffee~ muuuuuuuuuuuuuum```

I AM related to @valleyranch. NO SWEETENER IN MY BLACK COFFEE>>>>E V E R!!!
Sweet stuff tastes GREAT with black coffee.
Black coffee tastes great with black coffee, too.

 

[ducks4you]

My ex loved china. He had 8 cups and saucers that belonged to Martha Washington. 85% of her china was in the Smithsonian with 15% in private collections. The china was monogrammed. One night we heard a crash and breaking glass sound. The shelf above gave out falling on the cups and saucers breaking all beyond repair.

I will cry with you

 

[Nyboy]

The girls and I made pizzelles today. They are not traditionally dyed, but we felt extra festive. We made ours with orange and vanilla extract too. Somebody got a lil' carried away with the powdered sugar...

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My mother put liquor in her pizzelles. They are more fun to make then eat

 

[ducks4you]

My mother put liquor in her pizzelles. They are more fun to make then eat

 

[thistlebloom]

Made my grandmas whole wheat honey butter crust bread today.
We've already pretty much demolished one loaf.

 

[ninnymary]

Post recipe please.

Mary

 

[thistlebloom]

Post recipe please.

Mary

This is from an old thread.

Here you go Cane-

This is from a whole wheat cookbook that my grandma Nathalie gave me when I was 18.

QUICK 2-HOUR BUTTER CRUST BREAD

3 cups warm water
3 pkgs. yeast
1/3 cup honey
3 Tbsp. oil

6-61/2 cups whole wheat flour
1 Tbsp. salt
1 cup powdered milk

Mix water, yeast, honey, and oil.
Sift dry ingredients together and add to first mixture. (sift? I just stir the flour well before I measure)
[Also, you probably know to add flour gradually, stirring well between each addition, and only add enough to make it workable when you knead. More flour is added on the kneading board as you work it.]

Let stand in warm place for 15 minutes.

Knead well for 10 minutes.

Form into loaves and place into 2 well greased loaf pans.
(you can form them into rounds and put them on a baking sheet if you like)

et rise in warm oven15 minutes (80-85 degrees)

*Remove bread from oven and heat to 350 degrees.

Replace bread in hot oven and bake 50-55 minutes. Brush top with butter.

*VERY IMPORTANT! Haha- learn from my experience.
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I use warm milk instead of water because I rarely have powdered milk on hand, and lots of times I use half whole wheat and half unbleached white.

ETA- I think that the amount of flour any bread recipe calls for is variable. It depends on the moisture content of the flour, the type of flour, stoneground, etc. So I just add flour until I get soft workable dough. It's better to add less, than more.

 

[journey11]

My mother put liquor in her pizzelles. They are more fun to make then eat

Probably because the alcohol cooks out when you bake them. I make my own vanilla extract. Buy the cheapest vodka just for that purpose.

 

[journey11]

Made my grandmas whole wheat honey butter crust bread today.
We've already pretty much demolished one loaf.

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Now that's a beautiful sight!

 

[Beekissed]

Made my grandmas whole wheat honey butter crust bread today.
We've already pretty much demolished one loaf.

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Those are just gorgeous!!!! Makes me hungry just looking at them!