What 'cha baking these days?

[tasb]

What a beautiful apartment Bonnie.

[pammyowl]

Peanut Butter Cookies

BTW, I dislike making cookies! How odd is that? Maybe I'm not a real baker after all!

[Bonnie G #2]

You may dislike making them Pammy but they sure look good.

This weekend is another holiday here in Trinidad - the 50th anniversary of their Independance from Britain so no work for DH on Friday and lots of activities around the city. Last night there was fireworks at one function that lasted over an hour, seems longer than what we have for Independence Day in the States and they were spectacular to watch right from our balcony so got to avoid the crowds

[pammyowl]

That sounds beautiful! How fun to be in new surroundings, learning new traditions, culture and let's not forget, cuisine!
Hope you are enjoying yourself, fingers crossed on the power outages! Take lots of pictures, Bonnie, so we can live vicariously through you!

[tasb]

Only I would go home after a full day of work and bake 12 loaves of bread. Well we needed bread, so I had to make it. Thankfully I had that extra cup of coffee yesterday. Going to need it again today, I have zucchini I have to deal with tonight.

[pammyowl]

Made boring old white bread this morning, DH's favorite.







I can't wait until my daughter comes to visit next week. She is more adventitious! Sourdough Rye is her favorite and mine, too. Yum yum!

[Bonnie G #2]

Oh Pammy, that is lovely - looks so soft and nice, great sandwich bread. Love the way it rose. Have to say SD rye is my favorite of all breads too. I've been trying so flat breads and exotics like roti lately while I'm waiting for all my regular supplies to arrive.

[pammyowl]

I made roti last week for the WT8 and it was an utter disaster! I didn't even claim it or review it, it was so bad! Let me know how it goes, please and which recipe you used. (giggle) It was BAD!

[Bonnie G #2]

I've picked a new one to try this week for ZWT and hope it's NOT the one you used it's Roti

[pammyowl]

No, that's not the one I tried. I will try that one tonight, we'll compare notes, okay?

[Galley Wench]

WOW, so much going on here . . . don't ever receive notification anymore. Your apartment looks beautiful Bonnie . . . will be interested to hear of your experience in Trinadad. We have a friend who was there for a year or so rebuilding a boat . . . he had lots of tales to tell.

Pammy your bread looks magnificent . . . what do you put on it to get the shine?

We've been gone so much this summer I haven't done allot of baking. We're at the mountain house now and my big adventure was sourdough english muffins. Forgot my starter last time we were up here and it sat fridge for over a month . . . but I was able to revive it!

WIll have to look into the Roti . . . never tried it.

[pammyowl]

Just butter. I have had to revive my starter more than once. Amazing stuff, that!

[Galley Wench]

Yes, it's amazing stuff. I have about 10 packets of flakes in the freezer, so wasn't too worried, just love the challenge of reviving it. My husband has been a on a big diet, so have had to curb my baking somewhat.

[pammyowl]

I have never used flakes, what does that mean? Dried starter? I have frozen my starter, but I freeze mature wet starter, fed and happy. It takes a day or two to revive, though.

[duonyte]

You can dry it by taking a tablespoon or so of nice bubbly starter and spreading it as thin as you can on a sheet of plastic food film. Let it dry until it's bone dry, then break it up = some people powder it, but I don't go that far - and then wrap well in fresh plastic and then place in a sealed refrigerator bag and freeze or refrigerate. It's easier to share with others. You need just a teaspoon or so to revive.