Junie's Baking

An experiment in rolls. I was going to roast sausages, peppers, onions and potatoes, but forgot to buy potatoes. So I threw together a quick bread dough and made these rolls.

Bake for 20-24 minutes if you’re using a stone, longer if a baking sheet. In either case keep an eye on them and bake until golden

My newest thing is making my own cottage cheese. I read that it’s good to save the whey for bread making. So I used it in pizza dough. Much nicer than water. Last night I defrosted a pint of whey and warmed it slightly to use in baking bread in my Pullman pan. The loaf is pretty, tasty, and makes great toast! I made more cheese today and replenished my whey supply. Next project - cream cheese.

My pie for pi day, with a rather wobbly pi symbol. Cherries and blueberries.

Yesterday’s Pi Day pie. Apples, with a pecan/crumb topping, and lots of cinnamon.

Upside down apple/pecan pie.

I tried baking pizza on my Roc griddle. It was like having a pizza oven. Since it had to preheat, transferring the pizza to the griddle was a little tricky. Transferring it to a pan to,take to the table was much easier. I wonder how long it will take for the griddle to cool? I turned a slice upside down for you to show the browned crust. Homemade dough and sauce.

I’ve always wanted a Pullman pan for bread, and finally treated myself to one. This is the pan, and the first loaf.

Cherry cheesecake pie.

Bialys. Recipe from King Arthur Flour. They look wrong, but taste wonderful. I’ll keep trying.

Another bread. I found the recipe on the Fleischmsnn’s yeast website. It’s their challah loaf, which I made using my stand mixer and didn’t bother braiding.

Recipe https://butterwithasideofbread.com/homemade-bread/

For pi day, a caramel apple galette.

No recipe for this all-chocolate cake. Both the cake and buttercream were recipes I found online. I was invited to a brunch today, and volunteered a cake.

Just to let you know that I’m still around. I got the urge to bake this afternoon, and this resulted in a vanilla layer cake filled and covered with ganache. Guess I am still not as well as I would like to be, because I’m flat on my back now and had to get takeout for dinner. But I baked, and we loved it.