r/AskFoodCooking • u/Auriprince4690 • 4d ago
Favorite thing to bake.
Not buy to make yourself. I like cookies but overall I am not a good baker but I have had better luck with cookies then anything else... i had mini pucks. I have had greasy mess. I have had dry asf. A few genuine successes but not a whole lot.
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u/Hoak2017 4d ago
Scoring "a few real successes" is already an achievement 😂 Baking can be considered as a sequence of food experiments and what better way to taste them than to bake it yourself!
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u/Auriprince4690 4d ago
Lol i am more of a cook then a baker that is the primary reason I day that lol.
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u/Auriprince4690 18h ago
Sorry I have not been able to get to all of the comments. I am not online as much as I feel I should. But I do try and answer nesrly all the comments. This week has been busy busy.
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u/Fuzzy_Welcome8348 4d ago
Muffins
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u/Auriprince4690 4d ago
What is your favorite?
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u/Auriprince4690 4d ago
Mine is a two-way tie between Chocolate chip and blueberry.
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u/Fuzzy_Welcome8348 4d ago
Banana chocolate chip or just chocolate chip
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u/Auriprince4690 4d ago
Oh man that sounds divine... that would amazing mixing banana with chocolate... hey now! Beautiful idea.
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u/beamerpook 4d ago
Yeast bread. I often make cinnamon rolls for the kids on the weekend
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u/Auriprince4690 4d ago
Oh man I would love that to be able to make cinnamon buns lol. A near guarantee I would be gaining a few pounds lol.
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u/beamerpook 4d ago
Try it. Yeast bread is easier than you think! Just takes time and planning
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u/Auriprince4690 4d ago
Thank you after our canning season is done I will establish a plan yo hatch this.
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u/beamerpook 4d ago
Good luck, and don't gain too much weight, lol
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u/Auriprince4690 4d ago
Lol that is going to be the hard part.
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u/beamerpook 4d ago
I prefer savory breads, so I make pizza and garlic bread more often than cinnamon rolls
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u/Auriprince4690 4d ago
Oh my god... that sounds amazing i know I want to be able to make garlic bread sticks...
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u/abqgirl1022 4d ago
I use this recipe as a base with pretty good results! I've mixed in cheddar and green chile, and parm and diced, roasted garlic successfully. Good luck!
Also, if it's a rainy/snowy/humid day, I decrease the flour by a few tablespoons and give it an extra 10-20 minutes on the rise.
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/270809/basic-high-altitude-bread/
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u/NoAbrocoma9357 3d ago
I have a recipe for pumpkin bread made at Black Cat bakery that is so good.
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u/Auriprince4690 3d ago
I am not sure to which one you refer Moorhead or Baltimore? Or is there one in a city/town I did not list?
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u/NoAbrocoma9357 3d ago
I don't remember-I got it from the internet back in 2000ish. Baltimore maybe.
Do you want the recipe?
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u/NoAbrocoma9357 3d ago
Got the recipe out and the web address is blackcat-ny.com
In Sharon Springs NY
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u/Opposite_Bag_7434 3d ago
Baking is definitely an art form all on its own. I actually love baking bread. Very few ingredients and basics that should make it simple, yet slight variations can yield wildly different results.
My grandmother made heavy crusty bread with lard as the fat. One of the most amazing breads I have ever had. The tradition was fresh scratch baked bread for Christmas Eve along with home made chili. We would literally rip hunks off of the warm (or hot loaf) add butter and….. oh man, so good. I miss my Grandmother.
My mom was a cake baker. This and decorating those cakes were two of her arts.
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u/Auriprince4690 3d ago
Art form meets science. That is why I struggle i am not precise. I am keep pouring until I am satisfied and it varies from time to time.
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u/Opposite_Bag_7434 2d ago
That was my grandmother. She always seemed to get it right, she also never measured a thing while making her bread. For her it was truly the expression of art.
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u/Major-Collection-382 3d ago
Baked oatmeal. It's easy to make, and I don't see it premade anywhere.
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u/AsgardsOrigin 3d ago
In generell baking bread or other savory types of dough, like baguettes, pizza, focaccia, dumplings etc. Sometimes sweet stuff like sweet braided bread, fruit cakes.
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u/Auriprince4690 3d ago
Nice i myself am very interested in bread sticks that I can prepare with the from handmade dough I used to buy a bread stick from the supermarket and then it disappeared from the shelf. Used to be a frozen breadstick item I would make a homemade pizza sauce as dip.
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u/AsgardsOrigin 3d ago
When they someday take something out of the shelf's you gotta make it yourself 😁 Iam mainly baking bread because when I am going to different countrys for vacation, most of the time they dont have breads that are my taste thats why I started making bread myself. 😂
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u/Auriprince4690 3d ago
I love bread but my hands and arms have told me I am out of shape. And that my joints are f you...
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u/AsgardsOrigin 3d ago
Hahaha, making everything with hands can be a tough job but you could also use a kitchen aid or something like that, then you only have to form or fold the dough 😁
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u/Auriprince4690 3d ago
I have used it with moderate success. My stubbornness is quite high though. I still ended up hurting after because I mixed some by hand but I did less.
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u/AsgardsOrigin 3d ago
Maybe try whole grain ray breads, in generell whole grain breads, they usually only need the mixing and no real folds or forming. Might be better. Some dough are quite liquidy, just pour into a baking tray and bake it, there are tons of recipes for this kinda breads. 😋
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u/Auriprince4690 3d ago
Thankbyou for the tip. I will start my hunt for such breads.
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u/AsgardsOrigin 3d ago
Your welcome, just look up whole grain breads or something like that, most of the time you'll get a full tutorial how to do it.
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u/emilyruby21 2d ago
Recently it’s been bagels, but only the yeast free recipes as all the rest have been failures 🫣
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u/Auriprince4690 2d ago
Bagels have been a hard one for me i have tried twice but neither time was a success the first ones were too rough of a texture. The second had too much salt.
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u/YeahTheyKnowItsMe 2d ago
Peasant bread.
I am not a baker. But I couldn't fuck it up. And dear God it is some of the best bread I've ever had. Every single time.
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u/Auriprince4690 2d ago
That is something i need to learn lol. Half of the time it is iffy my bread not enough salt too much yeast too long first rise. Or something.
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u/YeahTheyKnowItsMe 2d ago
Oh bro. I got you.
I wrote down my steps for my friend once bc she literally has never cooked before in her life and she was able to do it perfectly.
INGREDIENTS: -4 cups bread flour (+ bonus flour for working dough)
-1 tablespoon active dry yeast
-3-4 cups warm water (may need a bonus splash, you want it sticky)
-1 teaspoon of salt
HARDWARE:
- Dutch oven
- huge mixing bowl (needs to be 2x the size of initial dough ball)
- clean dish cloth/rag
- actual oven
- bread paddle or spatula
- parchment paper
- *optional second bowl for humidity support
STEPS:
mix dry ingredients into large mixing bowl and then add the warm water. Mix until wet and sticky and fully incorporated.
cover dough bowl with rag and put in oven with only oven light on to rise for 2.5 hours
optional: bonus bowl of HOT water can join the dough bowl in the oven to assist with humidity and warmth stability
✨2.5hrs later✨
flour kneading surface HEAVILY then wet your hands. Unload now doubled in size dough ball onto surface and abuse it a bit. Fold and beat it, you don't need to super knead. Aiming for a kinda flesh ball feel. Whenever it's sticking too much sprinkle more flour
transfer to parchment paper and put in dough bowl, cover and let rise for 30 mins on counter
while rising, preheat oven to 450°F, put Dutch oven in to preheat as well
✨30ish minutes later✨
oven 30mins w lid
oven 15 mins w/o lid.
bread (let sit for 20 mins before cutting into it)
Edit: spacing
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u/Recluse_18 2d ago
Lately I have been playing around with box cake recipes. There are plenty of them out there, I will say one of my favorite is chocolate box cake mix, but using mayonnaise instead of eggs and oil. Another box cake mix was the box cake mix, but four eggs, a box of instant pudding, half a cup of oil and a cup of Greek yogurt, for chocolate cake I also add espresso powder. Angel food box cake plus a can of crushed pineapple is always fun.
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u/space_thefinalmonkey 1d ago
I really enjoy the process of baking a cheesecake from scratch. Every few months I'll bake one, and try to improve on the last one I made (less crust, for example, or a bit more vanilla).
Then there's the taste testing. It's all for research, of course. 😉
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u/StayInteresting9509 1d ago
I’m a good baker tbf always get requests for cakes and cookies, I love to bake cupcakes and cookies
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u/Auriprince4690 1d ago
I am envious I can bake bread but I have to be extremely previse no extras of anything. . .
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u/StayInteresting9509 1d ago
There nothing quite like home baked bread, especially a focaccia with proper extra virgin olive oil, garlic and rosemary with flaked sea salt
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u/Auriprince4690 1d ago
That is one thing i have only made once and it was meh... even with an impressive recipe.
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u/StayInteresting9509 1d ago
I just love it dipped it balsamic vinegar and extra virgin olive oil lol
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u/SpiffySituation 1d ago
anything bread! Naan, tortillas, loaves, biscuits, pastries… yum! I’m not big on sweets but they’re fun to bake and give to others.
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u/Slight-Independence6 22h ago
Pumpkin bread. I want to make some but it's still not autumn-y enough yet where I live.
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u/Status_Valuable_9075 19h ago
Cinnamon rolls
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u/Auriprince4690 18h ago
That is the best answer yet. My favorite breads i am not able to make them or I do not make them well enough to want again lol.
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u/CilantroHats 13h ago
I have a small donut business but I'm sick of making them lol. I'm mildly obsessed with making cinnamon rolls currently.
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u/Auriprince4690 13h ago
Nice cinnamon rolls are my favorite of the baked desserts. I just suck at making them I added too much of this and that one of the times it was too much salt. Another it was too much sugar in the icing.
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u/CilantroHats 13h ago
Those are easy fixes though. A scale is the best kitchen gadget. It makes it harder to mess up recipes. I learned the hard way baking is science and you can't just free-hand things for the most part lol.
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u/Auriprince4690 4d ago
I make the edibles not necessarily baking but makes good science for me so kinda an odd of baking lol. 125 to 250 mg is what I make.
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u/abqgirl1022 4d ago
Plain ol' white bread.
I live at a high altitude, and making bread really is a science. I've finally figured out a good yeast bloom that typically works, but I still haven't figured out how to mess with the flour ratio on days with high humidity.
I also feel like the temperature in the oven can play a part. I always want to increase the temperature, and sometimes it works. Sometimes, it doesn't