Understanding the portion of water in bread baking, helps guide the baker in knowing how to shape the dough, proof the dough and bake it.

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I know a long title, but I wanted you to pause on passing on this amazing recipe because it is both gluten free and vegan. I'm neither and this is one of the few pastries I eat on a regular basis due to the flavor, texture and how it makes me feel afterwards.

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GLUTEN

1. CREATE THE FLAX EGG MIXTURE. GRIND 1 CUP OF FLAX SEEDS IN A VITAMIX BLENDER ALONE BEFORE ADDING IN THE WATER.

2.    PUT GROUND FLAX SEEDS IN A LARGE PASTRY MIXING BOWL AND ADD 2 1/2 CUPS OF WATER, MIX TOGETHER WITH YOUR HAND.  LET SIT FOR 15 MINUTES.

3. CREATE WALNUT BUTTER.  PUT 6 1/2 CUPS OF WALNUTS ON A SHEET PAN.  BAKE FOR 10 MINUTES.

4. PUT 1/2 CUP OF CANOLA OIL AND 1/2 CUP OF WATER WITH WALNUTS IN A FOOD PROCESSOR. MIX TOGETHER.

5.    

ADD THE FOLLOWING INGREDIENTS TO THE BOWL. MIX ALL INGREDIENTS TOGETHER UNTIL

VANILLA      1 T                                                                    BAKING SODA      ¾ T                                                                

7.    ADD 4 CUPS OF GLUTEN FREE FLOUR THAT HAS XANTHAN GUM.  WE RECOMMEND BOBS RED MILL ONE TO ONE FLOUR.

 8. ADD 1 CUP OF BLUEBERRIES AND PUT IN A WELL SPRAYED SHEET PAN.

 9. MAKE TOPPING. USE THE REMAINDER OF THE WALNUT BUTTER AND ADD 1/2 CUP OF OATS AND 1 CUP OF BROWN SUGAR.  COMBINE FOR A STREUSEL TOPPING THAT YOU PUT

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What's with the funny name and how to make one of the most popular cookies in the US.

SNICKERDOODLES

In a bowl mix the flour, salt

5 1/2 cups of flour-pastry or

1 tsp of salt

1 Tablespoon + 1 tsp of

In the bowl of your electric

2 cups of butter softened

3 cups of white sugar

4 eggs add one at a time

2 tsp of pure vanilla, beat

Coating:

1 cup of white sugar

2 Tablespoons of ground

Bake at 350 degrees for 10-15 for smaller sized cookies and 15-20 minutes for larger sized cookies.  Should take out when the cookies are slightly golden around the edges. 

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· 2 cups all-purpose flour

· 2.5 teaspoons baking powder

· 1/2 teaspoon salt

· 5 Tablespoons butter or 1/4C plus 1T butter, frozen·      

· 3 Tablespoons honey

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Next to flour of some type, salt is in all baking recipes. While extremely important, the type to get depends upon what type of baking you are doing. That being said, there is no reason to spend $12.95 on 15 oz of table salt unless you really like the jar.

Happy Baking,

Sheila McCann

Show Notes. In this episode,

I previously did an entire episode on King's Cake. This one offers tips from the McKinney Franchisee who is the queen of King Cake sales.

The cakes have a baby inside and are shaped like a big huge donut.  For King Cakes, we frost than add the colored

We use a pastry style sweet dough, which is rich and dense.  Not really cake like more bread like in

½ cup of honey

3 cups of white flour bread

1 cup of whole wheat flour

1Tablespoon of salt

1 Tablespoon of vanilla

2 Eggs

¼ cup of butter softened

2 packages of yeast or 1 ¾

1 ½ cups of milk warmed

Make the dough into a long rope like shape much like you

1 cup of brown sugar

1 Tablespoon of cinnamon

Bake for approximately 30-35 minutes until the bread reaches

With a pastry brush, paint on a layer of powdered sugar and

1 cup of powdered sugar

Add a tablespoon of water at

The frosting is thin and used to help the colored sugars

Colored sugar.  Place

Place the sheet in the middle of the pre-heated oven for

A decadent yeasted chocolate bread that you can shape in a heart for the perfect Valentine's Day gift.   Plenty of chocolate and a bit of sugar to make sure you are delighted for breakfast toast, or an evening dessert.   If you have some leftover, you can turn this loaf into chocolate biscotti.  

CHOCOLATE BREAD (Yield two loaves)

½ cup of warm water (approximately 100 degrees)

½ cup of brewed coffee warm

½ cup of milk

2 packages or one and 3/4 tablespoons of active dry yeast

3 cups of unbleached flour (bread flour, high protein)

1 cup of wheat flour (gold or white whole wheat preferred)

1/4 cup of white sugar

¼ cup of cocoa unsweetened

¼ cup of butter very soft

1 egg

1 Tablespoon of salt

Add at the end of the kneading when you have the good dough stage:

½ cup of white chocolate chips

½ cup of dark chocolate chips.

Let rise 1.5 hours, shape into hearts and let rise again .5 hour and bake in a 350 degree oven until internal temp is 180 degrees.   

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