Comments on: Baking Day Round-Up

By: Aims

Aims — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:07:03 +0000

Yumm……….the kitchen smells just wonderful. I went downstairs to tend to the laundry and came back up to the delicious aroma. I mixed up the Banana Bread and put it in the oven. I had the PERFECT amount of time to finish the Bread (inc. rising times) to slip it in the oven when the Banana bread was done. No wasted oven time here. Yummmm! Thanks for all of the ideas. Say, you should put baking day as one of the categories on that side bar. I want to follow you along past adventures too!

By: Abby

Abby — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:19:22 +0000

I used your banana bread recipe last night and it is absolutely delicious!!!!

By: Tonya

Tonya — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:17:04 +0000

I made the bread today. YUM! No bread machine, but I slapped the dough hook on my Kitchen Aid and baked it in the oven. (The dough, not the Kitchen Aid I only did one loaf to make sure it was going to turn out. Minus the little setback where it fell when I knocked the risen loaf on the counter trying to “carefully” move it, it was easy and turned out great! Thanks!

By: Stacia

Stacia — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:27:09 +0000

Never mind Crystal I see the link for pita pockets further down, I just missed it. Thanks so much!

By: Stacia

Stacia — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:25:52 +0000

Crystal,
If you get a chance sometime please post your pita bread recipe. Thanks!

By: Denise C.

Denise C. — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:04:33 +0000

Hi Crystal,
I was wondering, when you have your baking days, do you have more than one loaf pan (for breads), or more than one muffin pan? I have one of each and would love to have a an extra one of each, but at the same time don’t want to spend the money on them!

By: Emelie

Emelie — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:36:32 +0000

I’m in the same situation you are right now. I’ve a 5 yr old, 4 yr old and 9 mo old. It is tough. But it’s worth it. Those trusting, loving little faces are so wonderful. Your site is so fun though ad I enjoy it in my small breaks of time. Keep up the good work. And you’re even getting me motivated to try a baking day myself. Might have to be in the night time though as to not heat up my house too much (I live in Las Vegas – so it’s already too hot all day!)

By: Kristen

Kristen — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:24:42 +0000

I’m so excited to hear that grilling them works. The ones I made yesterday were SO good – but with a RF of 104 degrees outside today, I couldn’t justify heating the oven to 500 again today! Sweet. We are going to grill EVERYTHING!

By: Carol S.

Carol S. — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:05:04 +0000

Yay! I too was able to make the pita pockets, and they turned out great! It’s hot here as well, so I fired up our outdoor gas grill which has a thermometer indicator on the front so I could tell when it was up to 500. Kept the cover closed and they cooked right up in less than 4 minutes.

By: Becky

Becky — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:33:08 +0000

Have you considered making the pita pockets on the grill? I made naan on our gas grill the other day and was very pleased with the result- especially since it meant I didn’t have to get my kitchen hot.

By: Eden

Eden — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:21:41 +0000

I just made the pita pockets & they turned out GREAT! Thanks so much for sharing. Hubby will be so happy when he comes home. This is what we are planning to use them for as well as just tuna:

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Buffalo-Chicken-Wraps/Detail.aspx

This is one of our favourite dinners EVER & we will really be loving it using our free salad dressing & free BBQ sauce & chicken breasts from Stop & Shop this week for less than $1 (for a HUGE family size package of 8 chicken breasts.)

By: Tammy L

Tammy L — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:08:55 +0000

Thank you for the mention; as usual you are too kind. I’m glad you liked the muffins! Your baking day posts are inspiring to ME this week especially!! The full bags of food give a nice feeling of accomplishment.

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:06:05 +0000

Yum. I can’t wait to try some of these.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:45:30 +0000

I know you probably have pancake recipes you like, but if you want to try a new one, I love this recipe from King Arthur Flour: http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/light-n-tender-wheat-oat-pancake-mix-recipe They are almost entirely whole-grain (but still have a good texture somehow), and I know you like to make healthy things for your family.

By: Tammy

Tammy — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:24:08 +0000

You have been busy.

We make Pumkin Chip cookies.I will have to try making the muffins.

By: Aiming4Simple

Aiming4Simple — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:21:32 +0000

Anyone with a bread machine can avoid heating up the whole kitchen by baking with it in the summer months. My machine even has a program for sweet breads. Stay cool!

By: Rochelle

Rochelle — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:59:26 +0000

I was thinking about when I made waffles again that I would separate them into the triangles and then freeze them. Maybe would make more room in the bag with less air. We’re having trouble keeping those fresh in the freezer. My two little ones usually share a big waffle anyway.

By: Alison Armstrong

Alison Armstrong — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:20:31 +0000

I thought that sounded like a lot of things to do w/ little ones. On a good day it is fine but on an average day- only like 2/day is manageable in my house. Glad you got it all done and the house cleaned!

By: Ellen Drake

Ellen Drake — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:11:37 +0000

You go, girl! What a successful day!

By: Jen @ScarlettDancer

Jen @ScarlettDancer — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:03:00 +0000

I was a bit inspired by your baking day. While at the store I noticed the discount bananas. The recipe I use for wheat bread is sugar and fat free and calls for 1/2 cp mashed banana (I think so the yeast have something to eat). I bought a bunch on “ripe” bananas and went home and mashed them. I put 1/2 cup servings in freezer bags and froze them. Now when I make bread I can just nuke a banana until it is mushy again.
I also used 1 cup to make banana muffins. Nowing my husband could eat all 12 at once, after we each had 1, I sat out 2 for breakfast and out the rest in the freezer so they would be good in a few days.