[Jamestown1630]

A little early with the cooking thread this month. I hope that everyone enjoys a blessed Easter and Passover.

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-JT

[boatbums]

Sorry to hear you’re not feeling well. Hope you get better soon.

I’ve also been watching the Apron videos on YouTube. It seems like she uses pretty much the same recipe for all the enriched breads - similar to a brioche dough - just different methods of forming them. I have made babka now several times and the fam loves it. I watched the bagel one just last night and plan to try her version as it only makes six. I think they have started listing the ingredients in cups/tablespoon/teaspoon form rather than just metrics, though I probably should learn both.

[lizma2]

Get well soon.

Just started to watch bird. Had 2 flying around here that were totally white underneath, and another one that tweets in a coo/caw.

Both are new to me. Need to figure out what these guys are..

[kalee]

I have one given to our daughter when she was a toddler. It’s over 30 years old. I got it out last week for Easter still looks good. It’s stored in tissue in a plastic clamshell in a cool dry place

[Jamestown1630]

OOOPs! ‘MatchBOx’ cars’ :-)

[lizma2]

Back to Easter recipes.

https://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/southern-maryland-stuffed-ham

I’ve used a spiral cut ham and add a bit of dried Coleman’s mustard.

[Trillian]

I hope you feel better soon. I love birds as well. I was known as the bird lady where I worked with them when I was younger.

Here is a recipe i’ve made twice before and is delicious. I wrote it in my recipe book as a keeper. It also works well in a casserole dish and with fresh fruit. I made it a couple days ago with fresh strawberries.

Raspberry Cream Cheese Buns

Ingredients
1 cup + 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs, at room temperature
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup milk
1/4 to 1/3 cup raspberry preserves

Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 20 standard-size muffin cups*.
Combine 1 cup flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
Using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat the cream cheese, butter, and sugar on low speed of an electric mixer until fluffy, about 2-3 minutes. Beat in the eggs, one at a time. Mix in the vanilla.
Reduce mixer speed to low. Add the flour mixture in three portions, alternating with two portions of milk. Add the remaining 3/4 cup flour and mix just until combined.
Spoon the batter into muffin cups, filling each about half full. Top with a small dollop of preserves and swirl into the batter using a small knife.
Bake for 18 to 22 minutes, or until a pick inserted into the center comes out clean. Do not overbake.

Notes
The original recipe is made in jumbo muffin pans with a 1-cup capacity to yield 12 buns. If you use that size pan, increase the baking time by a few minutes.

https://bakeorbreak.com/2009/04/raspberry-cream-cheese-buns/

[bgill]

I made some of those eggs decades ago. Didn’t know you were supposed to save them.

If you don’t want to go to all the sugar egg trouble:
1) get some little chocolate bunnies
2) place them on mounds of “grass” made from melted white chocolate/coconut flakes/green food coloring
3) put little egg shaped candies on top.

[mschalock]

My monthly baking group decided to bake Easter breads from around the world. I found this Greek Easter bread to try https://www.realgreekrecipes.com/greek-easter-bread/ I had to find the mahleb powder online. It should be good.

[bgill]

Yikes. Was sidetracked with the story of serial killer, Dorthea Puente, who ran a boarding house in CA and buried her tenants in the yard during the 80s. She wrote a cookbook.

Then got sidetracked some more and found this one. Think I'll pass on them both.

[Trillian]

These are the Italian eggs we got for Easter when we were kids. They were hollow chocolate eggs that had a toy in the egg or the cup on the bottom that held it up:

[bgill]

Hello Fresh, the ship to your door cook yourself prepackaged meals service, claims to have a 25% less carbon footprint than your regular cooking at home. Blue Plate is also claiming such.

Well, well, well. A quick search shows they’re buying carbon offset emissions credits. Yep, thought so. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.