Recipes

[dex]

Well now that we are all staying home I am going to be trying my hand at the basics...like baking my own bread.

I was wonder8ng if anyone else was going to be trying things from scratch also.
i need to find a great recipe for hamburger buns and was hoping someone had one to share.

[Witchy Woman]

@dex 

Many years ago, I had a summer off because I lost my job.

I, too, decided to learn how to make bread.  I even tried puff pastry.  An older cookbook, "Favorite Breads from Rose Lane Farm" became my best friend.

It was a glorious few months.  Raisin loaves, rye bread, croissants....so theraputic and fun to learn.

However, the down side was I gained 10 pounds 

There is something so wonderful about the whole process....the feel and smell of fresh bread.  Good for the soul, but not the waistline.

As an aside, I did buy a bread baking machine when they were all the rage.  A wonderful little gizmo that baked tiny loaves.  I think it was called Just for Dinner bread baker.

So much fun, but, again, bread is a weakness so....it sits unused.

Have fun, and come back to tell us what you've baked.

[Eileen in Virginia]

I don't have any recipes for you, just a suggestion on the hamburger buns. If you don't get any hamburger bun recipes, just slice a couple of slices from the bread you made, toast them and use them as an alternative. You can form your hamburger patties to conform to the shape of the toast slices. If you sauté some onions, you can make a patty melt (yum)!

I made blueberry muffins Friday morning and will make banana bread today (both from scratch). 

[dex]

@Witchy Woman @Lol that ten pounds ...hope you found someone else to take them.I guess that could be the reason for the generosity of people who bake and like to share.

[Witchy Woman]

@dex 

Well, I was very young at the time and, when I went back to work, I started running on my lunch breaks.

I did lose the weight, but it continues to try to find me again!

Nothing like fresh bread and butter to make the world seem right!

[dex]

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@Witchy Woman wrote:

@dex 

Well, I was very young at the time and, when I went back to work, I started running on my lunch breaks.

I did lose the weight, but it continues to try to find me again!

Nothing like fresh bread and butter to make the world seem right!

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I think the smell of fresh baking bread has healing properties.Lol.

keep running away from those pounds.I think only  if you slow down they will catch up.

[alicedee]

I have what I need to bake bread...I may do that later this week.  I'm like @Witchy Woman though...I love it so much, I eat too much of it!  So ...maybe I should rethink it!

[Sooner]

@dex 

King Arthur Flour has wonderful recipes!  I'd try there first.  Also Southern Living, Taste of Home and Martha Stewart are good sites.

Ina Garten has some good recipes as well, might try her blog.

Online, books, Beth Hensberger (sp?) in Kindle format, and other popular books can sometimes be down loaded for very good prices.

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@dex wrote:

Well now that we are all staying home I am going to be trying my hand at the basics...like baking my own bread.

I was wonder8ng if anyone else was going to be trying things from scratch also.
i need to find a great recipe for hamburger buns and was hoping someone had one to share.

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[deepwaterdotter]

I found this recipe for hamburger buns in an old issue of Cook's Country.  I have not made these:

20 1/8 oz bread flour

1 tbsp instant yeast

1 1/4 cups room-temperature water

3 eggs

1/4 cup sugar

2 1/4 tsp salt

13 tbsp butter, cut into tbsp-sized chunks and softened

Whisk flour and yeast in bowl of stand mixer, then add water and 2 eggs.  Mix with dough hook on low speed until dough comes together.  Cover with plastic wrap for 15 minutes.

Add sugar and salt, then knead on medium-low speed for 30 seconds.  Increase speed to medium and add butter a piece at a time to mix in well.  Knead until dough pulls away from sides of bowl.  Place in big, greased bowl and cover tightly with plastic wrap for 1 hour.

Divide dough into 12 equal portions.  Roll each portion on counter into tight ball.  Evenly space 6 balls on parchment-lined baking sheet.  Repeat with rest of balls on second sheet.  Grease bottom of measuring cup and press each ball to 3" diameter.  Poke air bubbles in dough with tip of knife.

Cover sheets with plastic wrap for 1 hour.  Beat an egg and brush onto tops of dough.  Bake at 350 degrees until center of buns are 205-210 degrees in center, 18-20 minutes.  Cool sheets on wire rack for 1/2 hour.       

[dex]

@deepwaterdotter @That recipe sounds good.I think all of the eggs might make a nice soft dough.My dh like buns soft not chewy.