Baking

SUMMER! Fruit's finally here - what are you baking?

by LulusMom 19 days ago

Welcome to our DOTM reporting thread for June 2019. Our dish this month is Rhubarb Pies, Crisps, and Crumbles. There are so many variations on desserts made with baked fruit and some sort of pastry...

I want to make nutella. I've looked at some recipes and they tend to differ on whether they call for cocoa powder or chocolate. The two I'm looking at are these two. https://www.latimes.com/style/l...

Just realized I'm out of eggs and need to make hamburger buns. The recipe I use is: ¾ C warm water 4 Tbs whole milk 1 egg (whisked ¾ of the egg into the batter the rest reserved for glaze) 1 t...

by Caitlin McGrath 3 months ago

Welcome to our Baking and Dessert COTM for April through June 2019, The Cardamom Trail: Chetna Bakes with Flavours of the East by Chetna Makan. We’ll use this thread for all reports and discussion ...

Mother's Day and more! Whatcha got in the oven?

For my daughter's upcoming 4th birthday, she has requested an ice cream cake in the shape of a unicorn. It is also to be decorated in the color scheme of her stuffed unicorn, which came in a happy...

I've been searching for over 20 years for an old recipe for White Chocolate Macadamia Nut cookies. If memory serves (sketchy at best! :) it was either part of an article on giving cookies for the H...

I would like to figure out how to turn my favorite cookie recipe into something more like a cake, quick bread, or muffin batter. What is the real difference between cookie dough and a batter? If it...

by Caitlin McGrath 2 years ago

Our Baking/Dessert COTM for March, April, and May 2017 is CLASSIC HOME DESSERTS: A TREASURY OF HEIRLOOM AND CONTEMPORARY RECIPES, by Richard Sax. Please use this thread for all reports. To facil...

by Caitlin McGrath 1 year ago

Welcome to the reporting thread for the Winter BCOTM, CLASSIC GERMAN BAKING by Luisa Weiss. We'll be baking together from this book in December 2017 and January and February 2018. HOW TO POST RE...

by LulusMom 25 days ago

There were some really interesting nominations this month. I’m very appreciative of all the thought that went into them, and of all you home cooks who play along here on DOTM. Apparently a lot of u...

I like making everything from scratch and I have tried and tried to make my tortillas soft and pliable like they are at the store. I understand often when you make stuff at home it tastes different...

My trusty basic hand mixer of about 25 years just broke... Any recommendations for a new one? I have a KA stand mixer, so only use a hand mixer for small volumes etc. Thanks!

by LulusMom 5 months ago

Welcome to our DOTM reporting thread for February 2019. Our dish this month is Citrus Cakes. Lemon poundcake, orange layer cake, clementine cake, some sort of key lime extravaganza, a citrus-y bund...

I just made Smitten Kitchen Thick and Chewy Oatmeal Cookies. But, alas, my cookies are not as thick and chewy as Deb's appear to be. Which of these reasons do you think might be the reason mine l...

Hey everybody! I have an oven issue... Hubby and I love to cook, but we're renting a house with an old electric oven. The house was built in 1999, and I'm sure the oven is original. It smokes no...

I am making aq blackberry cobbler for my wife. The recipe calls for an 11x7 baking dish. I have an 11x7 baking pan, but no glass dish. Can I utilize the pan for this recipe? Thanks!

I made Chicken Parmesan with mozzarella slices and while it was very good, the cheese was very chewy. I browned the breaded chicken in a pan, then put it in an oven dish with the marinara and folde...