Does anyone else here like to bake?

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The discussion revolves around participants sharing their experiences and preferences related to baking, particularly bread, cookies, and pastries. The conversation includes personal anecdotes, favorite recipes, and humorous exchanges about cooking methods, including frying versus baking.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant expresses a love for baking bread, particularly sourdough, and finds kneading soothing, while also enjoying cakes, cookies, and pies.
  • Another participant mentions having baked cookies only once and prefers frying over baking.
  • There are humorous marriage proposals linked to baking, with playful banter about the benefits of baked goods.
  • Some participants argue that cookies cannot be fried and emphasize the necessity of baking them for proper results.
  • One participant shares their specialty in making cinnamon buns and expresses frustration over not being able to perfect chocolate chip cookies despite being able to make a good apple pie.
  • Discussions arise about the time-consuming nature of making cinnamon buns and the temptation to eat them immediately rather than waiting for the dough to rise.
  • Cookie dough is humorously suggested as a quick solution for cravings, with some participants sharing experiences of eating it raw.
  • There are light-hearted comments about diets and indulgence in baked goods, with some participants expressing a carefree attitude towards counting carbs or calories.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally share a love for baking, but there are competing views on the merits of frying versus baking, particularly regarding cookies. The discussion remains playful and humorous, with no consensus on the best methods or recipes.

Contextual Notes

Participants reference personal experiences and preferences, which may be influenced by individual cooking skills and cultural backgrounds. The conversation includes humor and light-hearted exchanges that may not reflect serious culinary practices.

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Readers interested in baking, cooking techniques, and light-hearted discussions about food may find this thread engaging.

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Does anyone else here like to bake? I rarely have time anymore, but this weekend I've gotten myself back into baking bread. I love bread fresh from the oven! Of course it takes all day (two days for the sourdough...though better if I have more time to let the starter ferment longer than overnight). That's why I've been online almost continuously today, just killing time in between rises and while the bread is baking.

Bread is one of my favorite things to bake. Kneading the dough is very soothing. But I also enjoy baking pretty much anything...cakes, cookies, pies, etc., and I enjoy eating those far more than the bread. I have yet to learn to make a good pastry dough.
 
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I've only ever baked cookies once. As I recall, they were quite yummy. I'm just too lazy to bake things now. I'm more of frying pan sort of guy.
 
Moonbear said:
But I also enjoy baking pretty much anything...cakes, cookies, pies, etc.,

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Will you marry me? :-p
 
:biggrin: Say YES Moonbear!
 
enigma said:
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Will you marry me? :-p

Is that all it takes to find a husband? Maybe I should have listened to the advice in those 1950s home economics books afterall! :smile: Ah, but in case you proposed too hastily, I'll let you off the hook. As the folks in my lab know, you don't have to marry me to get those goodies, you can just come work with me...you don't think I keep my "girlish figure" by eating all that myself, do you? :blushing:

PS- If you were serious in your offer of marriage, then we better hurry up and get hitched quickly if we want the honor of being the first PF wedding...I hear Evo and Humanino are contenders now that we've learned Humanino can do electrical work (poor tribdog is crushed at that news). :smile:
 
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check said:
I've only ever baked cookies once. As I recall, they were quite yummy. I'm just too lazy to bake things now. I'm more of frying pan sort of guy.

[shakes head] Oh, no no no, poor misguided check...you can't fry cookies, they just don't turn out right at all! You really do have to bake them. :smile:
 
Moonbear said:
[shakes head] Oh, no no no, poor misguided check...you can't fry cookies, they just don't turn out right at all! You really do have to bake them. :smile:

But it's soo much easier! Plus you can make them on demand! Just keep some cookie dough/mix in the fridge and toss a scoop on the pan as needed. :-p
 
check said:
But it's soo much easier! Plus you can make them on demand! Just keep some cookie dough/mix in the fridge and toss a scoop on the pan as needed. :-p


ANYTHING is better fried.
 
franznietzsche said:
ANYTHING is better fried.

Agreed. That's why for the last couple of year's I've been asking for a deep fryer for xmas. LoL
 
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check said:
Agreed. That's why for the last couple of year's I've been asking for a deep fryer for xmas. LoL
:smile: :smile: :smile: :smile:

Not a bad idea.

Don't boil your noodles,fry them and then add the powder fromthe Macn Cheese box!

Don't microwave the hot pocket, drop it into a deep fat fryer!

I can feel my life expectancy plummet as i type.
 
  • #12
I like baking. I can make pretty good pies and pastries. My specialty though is cinnamon buns. The ones I make are SO good. For all the good things I make, my chocolate chip cookies never turn out right. It's really weird. I can make a great apple pie but I can't figure out simple cookies.

I've always liked cooking. Amidst all the physics, chemistry and math in high school I managed to take seven cooking classes in five years.
 
  • #13
Oooh, yummy, I love cinnamon buns, but never have the patience to make them from scratch! I don't think you can go wrong with the Tollhouse cookie recipe on the package of Nestle's chocolate chips. I've tried other recipes, but they are never as good.
 
  • #14
Moonbear said:
Oooh, yummy, I love cinnamon buns, but never have the patience to make them from scratch! I don't think you can go wrong with the Tollhouse cookie recipe on the package of Nestle's chocolate chips. I've tried other recipes, but they are never as good.

I usually make the cinnamon buns when I have a day where I'm doing nothing all day (VERY rare). It takes a long time but I make a lot of them so me and my family can pig out. I'll start them in the morning then just forget about the dough as it rises until the evening when I actually bake them. It's a long process, but definitely worth it.
 
  • #15
ek said:
I usually make the cinnamon buns when I have a day where I'm doing nothing all day (VERY rare). It takes a long time but I make a lot of them so me and my family can pig out. I'll start them in the morning then just forget about the dough as it rises until the evening when I actually bake them. It's a long process, but definitely worth it.

I can do that with bread, but with cinnamon buns, when I get to craving one of those, I can't wait a day to eat it.
 
  • #16
Moonbear said:
I can do that with bread, but with cinnamon buns, when I get to craving one of those, I can't wait a day to eat it.

But waiting makes it taste ten times better.

It also makes you foam at the mouth and go insane though...Is there a compromise?
 
  • #17
Yeah, it's called cookie dough.
 
  • #18
Smurf said:
Yeah, it's called cookie dough.

Problem solved.
 
  • #19
Cookie Dough is a miracle cure.
 
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Except first time i ever ate it, i got sick and threw it up on a throw rug. That was a fun christmas eve.
 
  • #21
I hate christmas
 
  • #22
franznietzsche said:
Except first time i ever ate it, i got sick and threw it up on a throw rug. That was a fun christmas eve.

You're not supposed to eat the whole bowl of it! :eek: Gotta be careful with those raw eggs too.
 
  • #23
I love baking, especially bread. There is nothing that smells more wonderful than the smell of bread baking. Then eating it warm from the oven with fresh butter... :!)
 
  • #24
Moonbear said:
[shakes head] Oh, no no no, poor misguided check...you can't fry cookies, they just don't turn out right at all! You really do have to bake them. :smile:

But on a camp out, you can make a pretty decent batch of donuts in a frying pan.
 
  • #25
BobG said:
But on a camp out, you can make a pretty decent batch of donuts in a frying pan.
Mmmmmm, yeast donuts. My mother and I used to make them all of the time when I was little. :approve:
 
  • #26
To hell with this stupid low carb diet, tonight I am going to binge on fresh bread, pasta & pastries! I can't take it anymore! :cry:
 
  • #27
I've never counted a carb in my life. I've always been skinny, but we are starting to run into a problem. In High School I was the 98lb weakling, I've filled out quite a bit but I'm still slender, however, there is a definite pinch-an-inch (or two or three) roll around my middle.
I once had a girl who was fishing for compliments say, "I think your roll is cute."
I said, "Really? I can't stand it, but at least its not as bad as yours."
Oh that reminds me, I've got a couple of stretch marks on my back, right near the top of the butt. How did that happen? I didn't stretch, neither did my butt. At least not that I remember. Do alien anal probes have a stretching effect?
 
  • #28
Who needs to count carbs? Or calories for that matter, just eat well! I think now I'll have to make cookies or something when I get home.
 
  • #29
tribdog said:
I've never counted a carb in my life. I've always been skinny, but we are starting to run into a problem. In High School I was the 98lb weakling, I've filled out quite a bit but I'm still slender, however, there is a definite pinch-an-inch (or two or three) roll around my middle.
I once had a girl who was fishing for compliments say, "I think your roll is cute."
I said, "Really? I can't stand it, but at least its not as bad as yours."
Oh that reminds me, I've got a couple of stretch marks on my back, right near the top of the butt. How did that happen? I didn't stretch, neither did my butt. At least not that I remember. Do alien anal probes have a stretching effect?

:smile: i like your way of not putting up with any crap!

i love to bake...i haven't mastered bread yet, but hope to someday...cookies are a lot of fun, especially chocolate chip cookies...
 
  • #30
Kerrie said:
:smile: i like your way of not putting up with any crap!
i can't afford to put up with other people's crap. I have enough trouble with my own.
 

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