2023 Edition - What are you baking?

[Aunt Bea]

I had mountains of it!) I made two thirds of the recipe and still ended up throwing half of it away. Deeply frustrating and wasteful.)

Next time you have leftover meringue, plop it or pipe it onto parchment paper, place the meringues in a slow oven, 200f-250f, for an hour, turn the oven off, don’t open the door, let them continue drying for several hours or overnight. If the gods are with you the meringues should be dry and crisp.

If the meringues are small you can sandwich them with jam or melted chocolate after they cool.

 

[KatyCooks]

LOL, yes the swirls are perfect!

I was also thinking about the size. Is it not larger than the smalls but smaller than the large? I've always been a middle of the road gal.

Ha ha, no, it looks like that, but I can confirm it was the same size as the smaller ones. (blame it on the poor photography, which, as it happens, was me.)

 

[GinnyPNW]

Next time you have leftover meringue, plop it or pipe it onto parchment paper, place the meringues in a slow oven, 200f-250f, for an hour, turn the oven off, don’t open the door, let them continue drying for several hours or overnight. If the gods are with you the meringues should be dry and crisp.

If the meringues are small you can sandwich them with jam or melted chocolate after they cool.

Or, make Eton Mess!! Always a hit...

 

[KatyCooks]

Next time you have leftover meringue, plop it or pipe it onto parchment paper, place the meringues in a slow oven, 200f-250f, for an hour, turn the oven off, don’t open the door, let them continue drying for several hours or overnight. If the gods are with you the meringues should be dry and crisp.

If the meringues are small you can sandwich them with jam or melted chocolate after they cool.

Aunt Bea, can't you just be at my shoulder? I actually thought about this. And then I thought it would take so many hours in the oven (and the expense). If I thought it would only have been an hour, I would have done it.

 

[KatyCooks]

Or, make Eton Mess!! Always a hit...

I love Eton Mess, and when I was looking at the bowl of (really quite delicious) meringue, that is exactly what I was thinking of. I think I have been getting a bit too obsessed about not using my oven. Throwing away food (okay Meringue) is wasteful. I thought it would take many hours to dry out the meringue in the oven, which would have outweighed any benefit. The oven was already hot. A mistake on my part.

And this is why forums exist!

 

[Kaneohegirlinaz]

I have been down and out again, but I'm up swingin' for the fences!

Banana Nut Muffins, in two sizes

Corn Bread, which I have been ono (that's Hawaii speak for, 'I'm really hungry for') for. We had it for breakfast, toasted and topped with Maple Syrup (my plate had loads of Butter and Honey, how I like it best).

ATK's Chewy Oatmeal (and Craisins) Cookies ... they're HUGE and oh so tasty!

 

[dragnlaw]

Katy, you can freeze egg whites. I used to freeze them in ice cube trays. Then pop them in a zip bag. Frozen they are still good for making meringue.

I have a dozen or more recipes to make various things with meringue. LOL only done a couple of them. All desserts... duh...
Cute at Christmas/Easter time are mushrooms.
(picture from Anna Olsen)
My pics

 

[Kathleen]

Next time you have leftover meringue, plop it or pipe it onto parchment paper, place the meringues in a slow oven, 200f-250f, for an hour, turn the oven off, don’t open the door, let them continue drying for several hours or overnight. If the gods are with you the meringues should be dry and crisp.

If the meringues are small you can sandwich them with jam or melted chocolate after they cool.

Mom put a light mint taste in them and chocolate shavings with a bit of sugar. SOOO good and crispy.

 

[msmofet]

Homemade Mocha brownies (with chopped pecans in the brownie, and the frosting).
Baked, and frosted.

Cut

 

[Aunt Bea]

A recent post from Andy M. In the breakfast thread inspired me to mix up a small six muffin batch of banana walnut muffins.

I’m trying to do a little more baking and a little less buying but I’m having trouble limiting myself to one muffin per day.

All I can do is practice, practice, practice!

 

[pepperhead212]

Made something similar to that last one, this time starting 2 days earlier, and making a little larger one, in the clay pot.
A 43 oz loaf of rye/whole wheat bread, ready to go into the oven. by pepperhead212, on Flickr

Baked loaf of rye/whole wheat bread. by pepperhead212, on Flickr

 

[dragnlaw]

Man, that looks really good pepper!

 

[Cooking Goddess]

CG I have never heard of putting lemon curd in or on a scone! I did make "proper" lemon curd one time, many, many years ago, and my general memory is that it was nice....

My apologies, @KatyCooks. I thought it was a British thing. Lemon curd is one of the "props" that show up in a cozy mystery series I read that is based in Charleston, SC. The tea shop that is the main setting for the protagonist often mentions clotted cream and lemon curd offered as toppings for the scones. Jams, also, are offered frequently. All I know is that I wish Theodosia Browning's tea shop really existed. In our several trips to Charleston, I have yet to find any tea shop.

 

[Cooking Goddess]

Baked loaf of rye/whole wheat bread. by pepperhead212, on Flickr

Silly me, I imagined two eyes and a nose above the "mouth" that is in the middle of the loaf.

Looks good! It would look better with slices of ham between two pieces of bread. Meet you half way?

 

[dragnlaw]

CG - There was a tea shoppe here in Waterdown! I put that on my list for checking out local things after I got settled in. But that very fall it closed before I ever got there! Evidently had been there for many years, looked very popular as I passed by, but sadly the owner just wanted to retire.

 

[msmofet]

My apologies, @KatyCooks. I thought it was a British thing. Lemon curd is one of the "props" that show up in a cozy mystery series I read that is based in Charleston, SC. The tea shop that is the main setting for the protagonist often mentions clotted cream and lemon curd offered as toppings for the scones. Jams, also, are offered frequently. All I know is that I wish Theodosia Browning's tea shop really existed. In our several trips to Charleston, I have yet to find any tea shop.

Now you all got me wanting lemon curd. LOL I have a great recipe I make in my Instant Pot. I'll have to do that soon. And make some biscuits.

 

[dragnlaw]

My mom and grandma used to make Lemon Curd. I also had it at tea with the British kids while in Europe. I've always thought of it as British. It was on the 'chalk board menu' but only clotted creme was available for the scones that day. It was at a little place in Cornwall.

 

[pepperhead212]

Silly me, I imagined two eyes and a nose above the "mouth" that is in the middle of the loaf.

Looks good! It would look better with slices of ham between two pieces of bread. Meet you half way?

That's how I ate most of that loaf! Ham and cheese on rye is one of my favorite sandwich combos.

 

[pepperhead212]

Today I made another loaf of rye bread - something I'll pair with that braunschweiger, in these next few days of even hotter weather we're supposed to have. I started it early today, with a small rye sponge, then I made a version of my Russian black bread, using some buttermilk as the liquid, instead of a tb of vinegar with water, and I used WW flour, instead of white flour, with the bran. Otherwise, pretty much the same, and I just made a single, 2 lb loaf. And, ohhhh that smells good baking, as always! I didn't run out of caraway, but came close, and I have another lb of seeds coming tomorrow! That's one spice that they don't have in the Indian market - what they sometimes have labeled "caraway", is actually another seed - shah jeerah - so I have to order regular caraway.

Single Russian black bread loaf, almost ready to go into the oven. by pepperhead212, on Flickr

Finished loaf of Russian black bread. by pepperhead212, on Flickr

 

[Aunt Bea]

I was poking around looking for Fall/Thanksgiving recipes and stumbled on to this sweet potato casserole.

Sweet Potato Meringue Bake

This sweet potato meringue casserole is a slightly sweeter variation of the original, minus the extra sugar. It's simple enough to throw together even after the holidays. For more sauce, you can add extra water, butter, brown sugar or maple syrup to the filling before baking. Rum, brandy or...

www.tasteofhome.com

I’ve never noticed it before but there are several variations.

It makes me wonder which came first the marshmallows or the meringue.