Tonight I took a recipe my mom had for date oat bars and made a whole bunch of substitutions and tweaks to make a cranberry oat crumble that is dairy-free and gluten-free. It's delicious 
I have a lot of fun doing this sort of recipe tinkering. I keep a kitchen lab notebook for the recipes I create or modify. My spouse suggested that I show it to my chemistry students. I use a lot of the same habits
I get a kick out of this "budget meal hack" trending hashtag on #scoopz at the moment.
It's always WAY over complicated, and made with processed food, and not actually budget because it costs like 3+ dollars a meal.
If you actually learn how to #cook #baking use staples/seasoning, and plan ahead, THAT is the real budget meal hack.
Don't say you need money. I do this on #disability
The economy is crashing. You should learn now, it'll save ya later.
One of the best purchases I ever made was a Breadman TR-700 bread machine from a garage sale. I can't remember if it was $5 or $15, but it's been a workhorse. You can still get these bad boys on ebay, though you'll pay a bit more.
Whenever I manage to make a pie that doesn't gloop out all over the plate I feel like I just won the Bake Off.
Happy Pi Day!
Dinner is served.
Chicken leek and mushroom pie, with my no fail pie crust.
Top of the berry pie is latticed and decorated and chilling! All the pie bottoms are chilling in the fridge as well.
Probably going to be a late dinner tonight but that's not the worst thing ever.
Well with how much I have ordered for Final Fantasy magic the gathering collab I will now be setting up OnlyFlans. It’s me……… making cakes and baked goods …….that are vegan……. That’s it #baking #magicthegathering #finalfantasy
Savoury pie filling is cooked and now cooling.
Pie crust is mixed and now chilling.
We are on track for a lovely pi day.
A St. Patrick's Day pumpkin pie for my daughter's family. They deserve a treat.
#Baking
I just have to give a big shout-out to Mannheim-based Anna Fronek who just makes the BEST vegan cake recipes! She's a geniuuuus 
(recipes are only available in German, but I'll gladly translate for you if you want!) - check her recipes out https://www.annafronek.de
(she's also a really funny and kind person and a fellow antifascist)
I just made her carrot pecan cheesecake creation and I love it so so much, wish I could share with everyone! 
I did stress-baking yesterday and it was an epic fail. It made the house filled with smoke. I ended up feeling even more stressed than before. The spousal unit took me out to get (gluten free) poutine for dinner as a consolation so that was nice. Poutine is a comfort food.
Anyway, the epic baking fail was because I thought it would be a great idea to change the composition of my own tried and true, gluten free flour mix. I couldn't have been more wrong.
I tried again this morning with the original flour composition (equal part of glutinous rice flour, regular rice flour, tapioca starch and corn starch) and it was, once again, a great success. I got myself a lovely, vanilla loaf cake and learned myself a valuable lesson.
Working for hours yesterday. When I emerged I found this in the kitchen. I am so lucky to have a significant other who loves baking.
He is also really into sourdough, there are little jars of white gunk everywhere which are yeast cultures in various stages of development.
But these, these I can understand. Especially the delicious pepper bread.
Hi #baking folks, what's your favorite #vegan replacement for egg yolks in cookies, specifically just the yolks. Even searching Kagi is turning up no conclusive information. Recipe calls solely for yolks, no whole eggs. Isn't critical, but would love to try. #askfedi
EDIT: Thank you for input, but I have ready substitutions for *whole* egg. I explicitly need *yolk*. 99% of blog posts that say 'yolk' proceed to regurgitate the same info for whole eggs instead. But I'm still glad to get confirmation on others for whole egg!
The cherries in the oddBunch box this week (upThread) are disappointing. The texture is fine, but the flavour - they may as well be slightly fruity bits of potato.
Anyway, I pitted the whole bunch and macerated them in sugar and brandy for a bit, then put them into a #clafoutis (with a bit of cherry jam) to see what happens. Hopefully a good use.
Today's #baking class was hectic and fun. We made bread! And, my bread looks like something you'd want to eat. My scoring needs some practice but so far everyone is saying that the bread is delicious. Made 3 loaves. Left 1 at the office & brought 2 home. Someone better eat them.
Photo is 2 baguettes in white parchment.
