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Key lime pie in a graham cracker crust, topped with mascarpone whipped cream and lime zest
Four pies: pumpkin pudding, key lime, banana cream, and Atlantic Beach
A bunch of quiches: bacon cheddar + zaatar and green onion
for Reasons, I haven’t been doing any fun cooking recently, but finally had time to do some quiche and pie for Pi Day #poliscicooks #pacooks
Big ol’ rosemary focaccia with big flakes of Maldon salt all over the top
I've got an intensely busy impending workweek, so attempted to ward off the elevated sunday scaries by stress baking a perfect focaccia #pacooks #poliscicooks
10 freshly baked hoagie loaves
nothing better than freshly baked herby cheesy deli sandwich loaves #pacooks #poliscicooks #breadsky
Flaky crust sheet pan cheese pizza
Deep dish pizza with crusty cheese around the outside
Three sheet pan pizzas
Sheet pan pizza night with the new King Arthur flaky puff crust pizza www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/flak... and the KA Detroit deep dish www.kingarthurbaking.com/videos/recip... recipes #breadsky #poliscicooks #pacooks
A plate full of tamales
Burritos, tamales, and a bunch of taco toppings
≈4 dozen tamales + fried burritos for Christmas Eve #pacooks #poliscicooks
Fresh buttermilk biscuits with sausages and scrambled eggs in the background
Biscuit night #pacooks #poliscicooks
heck yes French toast sticks #poliscicooks #pacooks
Four loaves of sourdough: two rustic bâtards and two ultra soft sandwich loaves
weekend bread #pacooks #poliscicooks #breadsky
(not pictured: a now-consumed rosemary focaccia)
h*ck yeah pumpkin challah french toast #poliscicooks #pacooks
Two huge loaves of 4-strand challah with black sesame seeds and poppy seeds
Massive challah for French toast tonight (first time trying the King Arthur recipe instead of my standard NYT one—hopefully it worked!) #poliscicooks #pacooks #breadsky
Spätzle and schnitzel and veggies on a plate
Spätzle and schnitzel with mustard cream sauce and roasted carrots, potatoes, onions, and fennel #poliscicooks #pacooks
Apparently Sundays are also for baking, with sourdough bagels and pumpkin pecan muffins #poliscicooks #pacooks #breadsky
12 freshly baked pitas
Two freshly baked sourdough bâtards
Saturdays are for baking #poliscicooks #pacooks #breadsky
two loaves of whole wheat sandwich + one of pain de mie
Accidentally left my starter on the counter instead of the fridge during the past couple weeks of conferences, but I got it alive and kicking and it's making incredible sourdough bread again (here two loaves of whole wheat sandwich + one of pain de mie) #pacooks #poliscicooks #breadsky
A dozen loaves of bread, half with Italian herbs and Monterey Jack, half with sesame seeds
homemade sub/hoagie/deli sandwich bread remains undefeated #pacooks #poliscicooks #breadsky
Blue tortilla chip dipped in queso
Sodium citrate is the coolest cheese hack. 100g of pepper jack, 75g of milk, 4g sodium citrate and voila, basic queso in like 5 minutes #poliscicooks #pacooks (see here for more www.cheeseprofessor.com/blog/sodium-...)
Two loaves in pans
Two loaves on a cooling rack
Perfect sourdough pain de mie (recipe: www.theperfectloaf.com/pain-de-mie/) #pacooks #poliscicooks #breadsky
5 pizzas (with two more off camera in the oven)
pizza night with three different crust types (regular, sourdough, sourdough + cornmeal) #poliscicooks #pacooks
12 rings of simit loaves
Closeup of the sesame and twists on a simit loaf
heck yeah fresh simit #pacooks #poliscicooks #breadsky
Sourdough boule with an abstract wheat stalk cut into it
Got a new tiny lame and it’s been great for better bread scoring #pacooks #poliscicooks #breadsky
Two loaves of sourdough sandwich bread, one with sesame seeds and one with oatmeal on top
*Finally* found and made the ideal sourdough sandwich loaf.
This is perfectly soft, lightly sour, and fluffy yet sturdy and the dough was delightfully easy to work with www.theperfectloaf.com/sourdough-sa... #breadsky #pacooks #poliscicooks
Two yellow loaves of sourdough
First time making sourdough pane pugliese, with 100% semolina rimanciata (with sesame seeds on top for fun). It’s so yellow and smells incredible! #breadsky #pacooks #poliscicooks
Two crepe makers making crepes
A finished crepe filled with turkey, havarti, and basil pesto, with balsamic glaze drizzled on top
A sheet tray full of crepes and a table full of berries and other toppings
lol family crepe night production has ballooned to industrial levels now with three teens: recipe requires 2 liters of milk, 1 kg of flour, 20 eggs, and a pound of butter #pacooks #poliscicooks
focaccia pugliese #pacooks #poliscicook #breadsky
Freshly baked sourdough with a huge ear
Two loaves of sourdough
heck yeah massive ear on this loaf #pacooks #poliscicooks #breadsky