What have you baked today?

rosy

suki1964 wrote: »

A food mixer is quick but a jar with a lid works just as well

Reduced price double cream ( I got pints for 10p after Christmas ) Bring to room temp and pour into jar. You need a jar that is twice the volume of the cream. Seal it and shake. And shake and shake

The cream will thicken. Then it will lump and then the butter milk will separate. When you have a ball of butter in a jar of sloshy liquid it's done

Tip into a sieve and rinse it well. I pat mine dry with kitchen paper and wrap in grease proof for storing

If left unsalted it freezes well. If you want to add salt I add mine when made just kneading it in after rinsing

1 pint of cream makes about half a pound of butter

I would keep the liquid ( the buttermilk) that separates out. It makes lovely scones or soda bread.

kaya

Best bread recipie ever
250g Plain flour
250g Strong bread flour
15g salt
15g runny honey
11g fast acting yeast
Prove twice ,cook at 225 (200fan) for 25 mins

Frugalsod

kaya wrote: »

Best bread recipie ever
250g Plain flour
250g Strong bread flour
15g salt
15g runny honey
11g fast acting yeast
Prove twice ,cook at 225 (200fan) for 25 mins

How long do you need to prove it for?

Camillia_Chubb

kaya wrote: »

Best bread recipe ever
250g Plain flour
250g Strong bread flour
15g salt
15g runny honey
11g fast acting yeast
Prove twice ,cook at 225 (200fan) for 25 mins

And also how do you measure your runny honey and salt... in teaspoons or tablespoons? Did you miss out the liquid?

Thanks :-)

babyshoes

Looks good!

To make butter, I literally just whisk the cream with an electric whisk until it goes from whipped cream into over whipped cream and eventually turns into a solid mass sloshing around in milky liquid. I then rinse and add salt if required as others have described. The buttermilk is yummy, don't waste it. Be aware though that it is different to bought buttermilk, which is cultured and therefore sour - so won't work for some recipes.

Costco cream can be cheap enough to compare to bought butter, and comes in litre bottles. Otherwise, you have to rely on yellow stickered cream, as it works out more expensive than buying butter if you have to use full price supermarket cream.

Fredula

Is homemade bread supposed to taste really yeasty (in the back of your throat) or does that mean that you've not proved it long enough?

freespirit66

Today i made homemade dog biscuits

Thriftkitten

freespirit66 wrote: »

Today i made homemade dog biscuits

Oh that sounds great, could you share the recipe plz

ArtDecoGirly

Getting busy in the kitchen soon, will report back later, but hoping to do a chocolate cola cake, shortbread and meringues! Should keep son happy for a good few days...

Soworried

I've been up for hours and I've been baking things to use up my cupboard ingredients.
Millionaire shortbread to use up a tin of condensed milk and some cooking chocolate.
A lemon meringue pie using up meringue nests and a lemon pie filling mix.
Peanut butter cookies to use up some brown sugar.