Snow days are best spent in the kitchen

[spinbaby]

It hasn’t actually started snowing yet, but I’ve been to the grocery store and plan to cook all day. Dough is rising for bagels, chocolate is melting for brownies, and I’m considering whether I want to make beef stew in my InstantPot.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Also soup and/or pottage with fresh bread

[WhiteTara]

2. Bread boules and brocolli chedder soup

is on my list.

[Throckmorton]

6. I baked 7 sourdough bread boules yesterday for later in the week.

I bake something with sourdough almost every weekend.

[WhiteTara]

10. How do you store yours so it's

still edible later in the week? I've tried paper - it dries out, I've tried plastic - it makes the crust soggy. I don't want to freeze them, but I could, if that's the way to go.

Thanks for your help in this very pressing matter.

[Throckmorton]

11. I let then cool to room temperature and then freeze them in a ziplock bag.

The morning before I use then I thaw them on a rack. About an hour before I use them, I put them in a 170 degree oven for 20 minutes or so, and then remove them to cool once more.

This process works well for me, but you have to remember to thaw them on a wire rack for 4 or 5 hours at room temp, or they are kinda icy in the middle.

[WhiteTara]

12. Thank you.

I will try this method. Hard bread bricks aren't much fun.

[Polly Hennessey]

3. You make your own bagels?

Wish you lived close by.

[spinbaby]

4. Maybe

It’s my first time—I get carried away when I watch that British baking show. It remains to be seen if they turn out to be anything like bagels.

[flor-de-jasmim]

5. Reminds me of the day my dad and I decided to make bagels...

we were so enthusiastic we decided to double the recipe. Unfortunately, we had more dough than we could make into bagels before they rose too much - still great, though!

ENJOY!

[spinbaby]

7. I didn't do well

They were somehow lumpy and flat at the same time. I’m going to watch a few YouTube videos on the subject and try again.

[dem in texas]

8. Making Chili Tomorrow

Going to get down to 20 degrees for two nights, thank goodness no snow or freezing rain. This is cold here (for Dallas). I have the makings for chili and a chili cheese log for tomorrow. Also granny apples for a cobbler.

[sprinkleeninow]

9. What time would be good for us to come over? 😁