Your Daily Sweets: What Are You Making and Baking? (2017 – )

[GRiker]

On 5/16/2020 at 1:50 PM, jimb0 said:

Yes, please. I’ve eaten a disgusting amount. 
 

Finished with hibiscus glaze:

 

 

Hibiscus glaze. Delicious! 

[jimb0]

5 hours ago, GRiker said:

Hibiscus glaze. Delicious! 

it worked really well! Originally was going with lime, to cut through the richness (these are the ideas in food doughnuts, so a batch has two pounds of butter and eight eggs), but forgot to buy citrus at the store. So I thought about how acidic hibiscus is and powdered five grams of the dried before mixing it with 40 grams of water. In another bowl I mixed 280g of sugar (powdered in a blender), 40 grams of whole milk, and one to two grams of salt. I didn’t want to accidentally curdle the milk. I poured the infusion into the glaze; all but the biggest unground pieces went in (as you can see from the picture). Really pleased with the result! Faintly fruity, in one of those fun, mysterious ways (since how often do you taste hibiscus with this much sugar). Definitely going to add this to the rotation. Kind of want to do a hibiscus curd, now. Or maybe a hibiscus ganache for truffles?

[jimb0]

I feel like i'm monopolizing this thread but i can't stop making bagels, send help

 

 

[jimb0]

Fried off the rest of the doughnut dough today. I'm calling them jimbits

 

Currently sitting in a bag of powdered sugar while I figure out what to do with them.

 

[heidih]

37 minutes ago, jimb0 said:

Fried off the rest of the doughnut dough today. I'm calling them jimbits

 

Currently sitting in a bag of powdered sugar while I figure out what to do with them.

 

 

They look  like individualistic XL donut holes. Interior shot maybe?  No treat needy neighbor's doorsteps?

Edited May 20, 2020 by heidih (log)

[jimb0]

2 minutes ago, heidih said:

 

They look i,e individualistic XL donut holes. Interior shot maybe? 

 

I'll dig one out of the bag in a little bit and cut it open; the shot's just close, though; they're smaller than golf balls.

[jimb0]

52 minutes ago, heidih said:

 

They look  like individualistic XL donut holes. Interior shot maybe?  No treat needy neighbor's doorsteps?

 

as requested 

 

 

[heidih]

8 minutes ago, jimb0 said:

as requested 

 

 

 

Oh my! How many did y'all snarfle when thy were warm

[Shelby]

I would give just about anything for a donut right now.  ANYTHING.

[jimb0]

9 minutes ago, heidih said:

 

Oh my! How many did y'all snarfle when thy were warm

well I’m skipping supper and going for a run on the treadmill after I’m done roasting coffee.....

Edited May 20, 2020 by jimb0 (log)

[Kerry Beal]

 

 

The only chocolate chip cookie - this is based on a Jacque Torres recipe - reminds me of Paul Raphael's browned butter and muscovado cookies.

 

 

[curls]

 

My standard fudgy brownie recipe -- using Valrhona unsweetened chocolate. Not as rich or dense as the Paul Young brownie recipe but still very rich and chocolatey.

[GRiker]

On 5/18/2020 at 4:52 AM, jimb0 said:

hibiscus ganache for truffles?

I’ve definitely thought of that, though not tried it yet.  There is a Mexican drink called agua de jamaica which along with hibiscus flowers has cinnamon. I’ve thought an agua de jamaica bon bons would be delicious. It’s on my list. 

Edited May 24, 2020 by GRiker (log)

[heidih]

51 minutes ago, GRiker said:

I’ve definitely thought of that, though not tried it yet.  They is a Mexican drink called agua de jamaica which along with hibiscus flowers has cinnamon. I’ve thought an agua de jamaica bon bons would be delicious. It’s on my list. 

 

The jamaica agua frescas I see are usually plain though I'v seen it with a more spicy anise tilt (star anise is good) often served as a warm tea..

[jimb0]

1 hour ago, GRiker said:

I’ve definitely thought of that, though not tried it yet.  They is a Mexican drink called agua de jamaica which along with hibiscus flowers has cinnamon. I’ve thought an agua de jamaica bon bons would be delicious. It’s on my list. 

 

Maybe a hibiscus cocoa butter shell and a cinnamon ganache. Or, well, I think we could work some pineapple in there with them, too.

 

I made a hibiscus creme pat tonight. Pretty good. Managed to curdle the milk at one point (hibiscus is soooo acidic) but vitamixed it smooth again. As you might expect the custard dulled the flavours substantially to the point where I think you'd have to add rather a lot to really get some flavour out of it. 

Edited May 24, 2020 by jimb0 (log)

[shain]

Frozen yogurt mae granita style (no machine). Yogurt, banana and chocolate. Yogurt, banana and mullberry. Topped with some quickly made granola.

 

 

[RobertM]

My mother used to make Eccle.....thought I would take the Covid time to try and make one myself.....(I apologize to the admins....I accidentally posted this in the bread thread)

 

[jimb0]

More quarantine snack packs for coworkers and neighbours. Caramels (half salted browns, half coffee) wrapped tonight; doughs in the fridge for baking and frying fresh tomorrow morning. 
 

 

[jimb0]

Also practiced my macarons today; I think I’m finally pleased. These will get a schmear of the blackberry ganache I have setting up in the fridge 

 

 

[shain]

Vanilla ice cream with amarena cherry and dark chocolate.

 

 

[BeeZee]

Strawberry/whole wheat/oat muffins. The new silicone pan is awesome!

 

[jimb0]

Doughnuts and cinnamon rolls. Spent a few hours walking around the neighbourhood delivering sugar today. 

 

 

[shain]

Blintzes with cheese and caramelized apples (nutmeg and vanilla, no cinnamon) . Served with walnuts and vanilla ice cream.

 

 

 

[shain]

Second half of the blintzes, this time with sour cream and black cherry preserve.

 

 

[ElsieD]

@shain  looking at your blitzes, I'm almost tempted to make some.  They look delicious.