Is baking like chef-ing?

caliking

Milk breads have been all the rage this past year. This popped up on YT, so figured I’d take a crack at it. 

Wool bread (supposed to look like a bowl full of yarn balls).

Decent for the first try. May try a sourdough version soon. 

GrateEggspectations

Looks great. Link to recipe or video?

JohnInCarolina

caliking said:

Milk breads have been all the rage this past year. This popped up on YT, so figured I’d take a crack at it. 

Wool bread (supposed to look like a bowl full of yarn balls).

Decent for the first try. May try a sourdough version soon. 

I hate you man, lol.

SciAggie

Dude, that's a beautiful loaf of bread.

caliking

GrateEggspectations said:

Looks great. Link to recipe or video?

I wanted a plain loaf, so didn't fill it with cranberries. But, you could add all sorts of things... nutella, nuts, cream cheese filling, etc.

caliking

and that's what it was supposed to look like

ColbyLang

So, baking to me, is better than chefing. I’m a little biased. Nothing more rewarding than knowing you made 140,000 loaves of bread at the end of the day. @caliking, no way I bake at home, too many work war wounds to do that. Great looking product for your first attempt! I have no doubt you’ll double down on it and impress us even further

GrateEggspectations

caliking said:

and that's what it was supposed to look like

Yours was not far off! The one in the YT screenshot looks very much like it might appeal to @sgh. 🙃

blind99

looking good!  nice pic - did you get a new camera?

caliking

blind99 said:

looking good!  nice pic - did you get a new camera?

Thanks.

Got a new phone, so camera too, I guess. I think its an iPhone 12 Max? The portrait mode takes some nice food pr0n shots.

caliking

ColbyLang said:

So, baking to me, is better than chefing. I’m a little biased. Nothing more rewarding than knowing you made 140,000 loaves of bread at the end of the day. @caliking, no way I bake at home, too many work war wounds to do that. Great looking product for your first attempt! I have no doubt you’ll double down on it and impress us even further

Reminds me of that Friends episode...

johnmitchell

Spectacular to say the least

JohnInCarolina

caliking said:

I wanted a plain loaf, so didn't fill it with cranberries. But, you could add all sorts of things... nutella, nuts, cream cheese filling, etc.

I can't believe you didn't mention bacon.  

northGAcock

blind99 said:

looking good!  nice pic - did you get a new camera?

Cracked me up. 

paqman

😳

nolaegghead

Looks incredible.  If everyone wiped the lens on their phones before taking their food pr0n (and put 1000 ms of thought into composing the shot), this place would look much prettier.

caliking

northGAcock said:

blind99 said:

looking good!  nice pic - did you get a new camera?

Cracked me up. 

Totally missed it. I’m dense like that. 

caliking

JohnInCarolina said:

caliking said:

I wanted a plain loaf, so didn't fill it with cranberries. But, you could add all sorts of things... nutella, nuts, cream cheese filling, etc.

I can't believe you didn't mention bacon.  

I wasn’t done thinking But, yes, bacon. 

GrateEggspectations

caliking said:

JohnInCarolina said:

caliking said:

I wanted a plain loaf, so didn't fill it with cranberries. But, you could add all sorts of things... nutella, nuts, cream cheese filling, etc.

I can't believe you didn't mention bacon.  

I wasn’t done thinking But, yes, bacon. 

Bacon, gruyère and caramelized onions. 

(Seen and raised.)

Photo Egg

Some very cool looking bread!

caliking

GrateEggspectations said:

caliking said:

JohnInCarolina said:

caliking said:

I wanted a plain loaf, so didn't fill it with cranberries. But, you could add all sorts of things... nutella, nuts, cream cheese filling, etc.

I can't believe you didn't mention bacon.  

I wasn’t done thinking But, yes, bacon. 

Bacon, gruyère and caramelized onions. 

(Seen and raised.)

Oh. Damn. 

Canugghead

Beauty. May have to substitute cream with milk if we try this, since we seldom use whipping cream.

Coincidentally, swmbo tried something remotely similar recently, not as pretty though 

Steamed scallion rolls...

paqman

@caliking did you have to adjust the bake time because you used a Staub DO instead of a cake mold?

blind99

caliking said:

northGAcock said:

blind99 said:

looking good!  nice pic - did you get a new camera?

Cracked me up. 

Totally missed it. I’m dense like that. 

No, these new phone cameras are crazy good. I got the same. I was thinking about a new dslr but splurged on a 12, instead.

The chef of the house (not me) has been cake baking lately. I am winning!




 

caliking

Canugghead said:

Beauty. May have to substitute cream with milk if we try this, since we seldom use whipping cream.

Coincidentally, swmbo tried something remotely similar recently, not as pretty though 

Steamed scallion rolls...

Those look mighty tasty! Hua juan? I'll try making this. Caliprince would love it. Do you add cornstarch to the dough? I remember doing that for making bao. 

And, you can probably add butter instead of cream. I think it would still turn out great without the added fat, but the fat will make the crumb more tender.

caliking

paqman said:

@caliking did you have to adjust the bake time because you used a Staub DO instead of a cake mold?

I think it took about 35ish mins (uncovered) at 350°F.

caliking

blind99 said:

The chef of the house (not me) has been cake baking lately. I am winning!

WOW! She's got some skilz! 

Canugghead

caliking said:

Canugghead said:

Beauty. May have to substitute cream with milk if we try this, since we seldom use whipping cream.

Coincidentally, swmbo tried something remotely similar recently, not as pretty though 

Steamed scallion rolls...

Those look mighty tasty! Hua juan? I'll try making this. Caliprince would love it. Do you add cornstarch to the dough? I remember doing that for making bao. 

And, you can probably add butter instead of cream. I think it would still turn out great without the added fat, but the fat will make the crumb more tender.

Yes, I believe it's this one...
https://soupeduprecipes.com/steamed-scallion-rolls-and-sesame-rolls/

PigBeanUs

nolaegghead said:

Looks incredible.  If everyone wiped the lens on their phones before taking their food pr0n (and put 1000 ms of thought into composing the shot), this place would look much prettier.

I can remember when this was a much more prettier place. 

dbCooper

Can anyone be a baker or do you need credentials, like a chef?

@caliking that is cool looking bread.

JohnInCarolina

GrateEggspectations said:

caliking said:

JohnInCarolina said:

caliking said:

I wanted a plain loaf, so didn't fill it with cranberries. But, you could add all sorts of things... nutella, nuts, cream cheese filling, etc.

I can't believe you didn't mention bacon.  

I wasn’t done thinking But, yes, bacon. 

Bacon, gruyère and caramelized onions. 

(Seen and raised.)

You’ve inspired me.  I plan to make exactly this over the weekend.  Zero chance it will come out anywhere near as pretty as @caliking’s but I bet it will taste great!