Cooking thread, anyone?

[30WCF]

Wow that's great protein based crust! That cake looks great. You have that perfected.

Yes, it’s my healthy dessert option or if you need to boost your protein intake. 😂

 

[ispinwool]

The kid and I are both baking this morning. She’s making an oat bread, I’m doing cornbread again, but using some spelt instead of soft white wheat berries.

I've been really enjoying baking bread with fresh ground wheat. Yesterday I had to experiment and bake in my roaster oven...It actually worked! ...(my regular oven needs a thermometer--ordered it 4 days ago and it hasn't even shipped yet!).

 

[EatenByLimestone]

I’m sold on fresh milled flour! The health benefits make the extra cleanup from milling very worth it. It’s not like there’s much cleanup. I use a paint brush to brush out the mill then call it a day. I think a lot of the benefit for me was from the extra fiber, but the bloodwork taken at my last physical showed a lot of changes too. Im not even going to pretend I understand how all that works together.


Yesterday was another baking day. In the morning I made more cornbread. I’d used up the old popcorn so I opened the bag of yellow corn. I remembered the earplugs so grinding wasn’t as punishing for the ears. I didn’t notice any difference in taste, but the bread was yellower, lol. Spelt was the wheat I mixed in.

In the evening I made some peach cobbler. I decided to try a new recipe where I dumped the fresh milled flour mix (decided to try Kamut) on top of the peaches and then poured a cup of water on top of it. I really wasn’t sure how that would turn out. It didn’t look great. The recipe was called “Grandma’s Best”, I wasn’t sure Grandma wasn’t a bit off. My wife was sure I’d just ruined a batch of peaches, I was pretty sure she was right!

It turned out pretty good! The flour washed mostly down into the peaches and became a filler of sorts. The kid described it best with it became peach flavored apple sauce with peach chunks, lol.

It was really easy to make, even if the flour part felt really wrong while doing it! We cleaned the fridge and found a half bag of apples in the bottom. Maybe I’ll try it with apples, lol.

My Grandma's Easy Peach Cobbler Made With Fresh Milled Flour

My Grandma's fresh peach cobbler made with fresh milled flour recipe is so easy, it comes together in less than 15 minutes! Plus baking time.

grainsinsmallplaces.net

 

[thewoodlands]

Some Baked Ziti I cooked a few days ago.

 

[30WCF]

We made California Rolls for lunch today. The kids made a sushi mat out of kabob skewers and we gave it a whirl.

 

[30WCF]

And a version of Beef Bourguignon. For supper tonight.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

That looks so much better than the cheeseburger I had! Lol

 

[NickW]

That looks so much better than the cheeseburger I had! Lol

Or the pigs in a blanket in the oven right now...

 

[Whitenuckler]

Or the pigs in a blanket in the oven right now...

Or left over chicken legs and sauerkraut..oh well they were hot and it's a cold day here

 

[thewoodlands]

I’ve been in a cheesecake kick.

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What's the drink behind the cheese cake on the table?

 

[thewoodlands]

I made this last week, tater soup.

It called for orange sharp cheddar cheese but we had some regular sharp cheddar so we used it.

 

[30WCF]

What's the drink behind the cheese cake on the table?

Hmmmm, hard to say what that was. Could have been Bulleit 10 or 12 year a few days ago. Tonight I’m trying out some Old Elk Wheated and rather enjoying that one.

 

[Whitenuckler]

It's great to cook bread when it's -6C out and the heats in the basement

As a special treat I bought some flour that I don't normally get. I will be making bread tomorrow.
There is a muffin recipe on the back for Morning Glory Muffins

 

[Whitenuckler]

As a special treat I bought some flour that I don't normally get. I will be making bread tomorrow.
There is a muffin recipe on the back for Morning Glory Muffins

Here is the loaf of bread using the "new" flour. I did notice it seemed to be ground a bit finer than my normal flour. I will post a pic of the inside, and comment on any taste changes in a day or two.

 

[30WCF]

I see some of yall like your natural flours. This place is not far at all from me. I’ve not been there in 30 years, but when I was a kid we were there every week. Mom would get flour there when she wasn’t grinding her own. You could walk inside and watch them grind whatever they were doing that day with the stone wheels under the power of the water wheel.

The Historic Old Mill of Guilford - Oak Ridge, North Carolina

A fully operational, formerly water-powered, 18th century Grist Mill listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The Old Mill of Guilford was founded in North Carolina on Beaver Creek in 1767 to grind grain for the early settlers of what is now Guilford County. Today, the mill continues...

oldmillofguilford.com

 

[stoveliker]

I went with my mom to a windmill where they ground grain into flower.every few weeks.
That's what we baked our bread with.
And then a stop to a cheese farm,.where you could see the big tubs with the stirrers, presses, and shelves of cheese aging.(No cheese smelling tho, instead the smell of yesterday's meals of the cows that provided the milk..)

Still there to this day.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

Very cool mill! I love to see things like old mills still running!

I found some old apples in the bottom of the fridge last week when I did a little cleaning. Rather than throw them out I decided to try an apple cobbler using the peach cobbler recipe. I mixed the flour and water before pouring it onto the apples. A much better looking result!

I didn’t take a pic until after we got into it, lol.

Kamut (khorasan) was used. It has 30% more protein than regular wheat and has a buttery flavor.

 

[Whitenuckler]

I see some of yall like your natural flours. This place is not far at all from me. I’ve not been there in 30 years, but when I was a kid we were there every week. Mom would get flour there when she wasn’t grinding her own. You could walk inside and watch them grind whatever they were doing that day with the stone wheels under the power of the water wheel.

The Historic Old Mill of Guilford - Oak Ridge, North Carolina

A fully operational, formerly water-powered, 18th century Grist Mill listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The Old Mill of Guilford was founded in North Carolina on Beaver Creek in 1767 to grind grain for the early settlers of what is now Guilford County. Today, the mill continues...

oldmillofguilford.com

Cool. I had one that I've been to where I used to live. It was not running the day I was there though.

Welcome to Tyrone Mills - Circa 1846

This is a traditional water-powered mill, built in 1846. It serves as a historical attraction with scenic views, local products and warm atmosphere.

www.tyronemill.net

 

[Whitenuckler]

Here is the loaf of bread using the "new" flour. I did notice it seemed to be ground a bit finer than my normal flour. I will post a pic of the inside, and comment on any taste changes in a day or two.

I had a taste and it's great. I can tell the difference. It has more of that whole wheat taste, kinda tangy and of course sour. I didn't pamper the bread when I made it. I mixed it up with a spoon, let it sit for 30 minutes of so, then added the salt by hand. I stretched and folded it by hand for as many times as I could, then let it sit for 60 minutes. The formed the dough and into my proofing bowl. Then let it sit for 8 hours or so.

 

[Whitenuckler]

Dinner tonight - Donairs
Not home made - I've made my own meat and sauce before though. Still have the recipe (somewhere).
These are part of a fresh kit my Sobeys have.
If you ever go to Halifax you must have one.

 

[Dieselhead]

With the cold and snow some home made chicken corn chowder seemed like a great idea

 

[30WCF]

With the cold and snow some home made chicken corn chowder seemed like a great idea

I love a good corn chowder.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

I went to the orchard last week and picked up a half bushel of apples. My thought was to make a bunch of apple pies and freeze them so we could pull one at a time over the year. I found steel pie plates for $1.25 each at the dollar store.

But I also found a recipe for apple crumb coffee cake. The coffee cake sounded more interesting.

Made with soft white wheat berries. The kid likes it better than the cobbler I made with the apples.

 

[Whitenuckler]

I went to the orchard last week and picked up a half bushel of apples. My thought was to make a bunch of apple pies and freeze them so we could pull one at a time over the year. I found steel pie plates for $1.25 each at the dollar store.

But I also found a recipe for apple crumb coffee cake. The coffee cake sounded more interesting.

Made with soft white wheat berries. The kid likes it better than the cobbler I made with the apples.

That's when I give up my carnivore diet and want ice cream with it !

 

[EatenByLimestone]

I can’t buy ice cream until the end of February/wrestling season. I don’t want to hear about the kid not making weight, lol. It does sound good though!

Things made with FMF don’t seem to hit like regular pastries. It must be all the fiber or something.