Comments on: Baking Shortcut: Make Your Own Mixes

By: Bethany

Bethany — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 23:33:58 +0000

I’ve done that too! Only I didn’t use jars, I would put the ingredients into a ziplock bag and then write in the rest of the recipe right on the bag. It saved tons of time, though I don’t bake a whole lot anymore since going grain-free. One thing I will do is if I’m making some breakfast muffins with coconut and almonds, I will blend them up in the blender first (coconut and almond flours are too expensive for me!) and then put them in a little baggie or container for easy access the next day.
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By: Jaeny

Jaeny — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 04:22:00 +0000

This is a perfect idea! It would be really great to just have to pull out a jar whenever we need bread and just mix the rest of the ingredients together. I have a stash of grain, wheat free flour, and others to turn into bread mixes right away. thanks!

By: A Half-Dozen Kitchen Tips

A Half-Dozen Kitchen Tips — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 21:22:11 +0000

[...] 5. Using a digital food scale makes your baking better and faster. (I use this one.) Cooking can be done with a little of this, a little of that, but baking requires measurements and precision. I never could figure out why my pie crusts were dry until I started measuring flour by weight and realized I had packed too much flour into each cup. With a scale, pies and cakes turn out consistently good every time. Each cup of all-purpose flour weighs 125 grams. A scale also speeds up the process if you want to make your own bread mix. [...]

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By: Janetta

Janetta — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 02:34:22 +0000

I’ve been doing this for nearly two years now (since I WON a bread maker in a competition!) and I found it tedious to have to get out all the ingredients and measure and weigh each time. I always make six zip lock bags of a five-seed bread mix and stash them in a basket in my pantry. It takes hardly more time to do six as one and then I can throw everything in the breadmaker in two minutes.

I use a lot of glass jars for storage but find the plastic bags in a basket take up a lot less space.

Thanks for your lovely blog which I thoroughly enjoy!

By: nee

nee — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:16:26 +0000

In keeping with the new baby theme (congratulations!), these could also be part of a gift, along with or in lieu of, a meal for the family…especially nice if you are blessing a neighbor or someone that you don’t know well.

By: Melinda

Melinda — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:52:58 +0000

Great idea!!! I love this! I have a dozen jars that I wasn't able to use for canning (garden didn't do anything for me this year!) that I need to use. Perfect! .-= Melinda´s last blog post ..Friends I've Found Mondays =-.

By: Jenni @ Life from the Roof

Jenni @ Life from the Roof — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:18:33 +0000

Have you ever tried freezing the actual bread dough? I do that with pizza dough and occasionally cinnamon roll dough – they’re both yeast-based recipes, and require a little time post-thawing to rise again, but they still taste just fine. I’ll make 3 pizza doughs at once, and have dough on hand for our weekly pizza night for almost a month. I also do this w/cookie dough as one commenter mentioned.
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