On a baking "binge"

[gottahaveahoove]

It has finally cooled off to about 75..80 degrees.
Going to a party tomorrow, so I made chocolate cupcakes... LOTS of them. Tomorrow, I'm making cookies.. for a later date.The grass is too wet to cut, so, I';m cleaning and cooking.
There's nothing like a fresh hot cookie and cold milk, right?
This summer has seen a lot of Pittston Hospital iced tea, as well.
Fresh cookies.... sweet tea. Never stale cookies and sour iced tea. Who would ever do that???

 

[richardlxixxx]

Fresh Baked Goods

John,


 


I am on my way!  I have a particular weakness for fresh baked anything.


 


Put the coffee on.


 


Richard

 

[suckolux]

I really think I could bake all day, just always been a draw for me.Cooler weather, look out.

 

[jmurray01]

Oh John - I'd be the exact same if I had a decent oven!! When we moved house a few months back we had to leave our fan assisted oven behind and now have a cheap electric oven (no fan).

I have attempted baking in it but I just cannot adjust to static heat when I have experienced the wonder of fan assistance.

 

[gottahaveahoove]

I have a new Whirlpool gas oven

The old one had a "guess the temperature" by the end of its life. You turned it on, and, it was anywhere from "toast" to "cremate a body". Now, you set it at 350 degrees and you get 350 degrees. It's an adjustment. It also has 5 burners on the top. You can do great things with it. You can boil a kettle of water in one minute, too. Wonderful things are gonna come out of this oven, I'm sure.

 

[jmurray01]

WHAT!? Not a Hoover!? John, I am disgusted.

 

[gottahaveahoove]

Well,

IF HOOVER made an oven, there would be one here in the house. They made toaster/broilers. Of course there's one here, among other non floor appliances.

 

[suckolux]

Up early, on the binge again.My chocolate chip oatmeal cookies are a favorite

 

[gottahaveahoove]

I'm making sugar cookies later this week.

They are the 'roll out' cookies, usually made at Christmas. The recipe has been in our family for over 100 years. It is a 'bakery size' recipe...pointless to reduce it. I'll be making some for my niece's bridal shower, at the request of her mother. my sister. She'll be making 'ricotta' cookies and I'll also make those Italian pepper cookies.
They're always served fresh, not stale, contrary to reports.
So, "got milk"?

 

[jmurray01]

Hoover DID make an oven, well, over here at least. I actually have the cook book that they sold with them.

 

[portable]

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: medium;">Soon, John, soon....</span>


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<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: medium;">I will start making "practice" Christmas cookies, using my "new" Wilton cookie press (found at a thrift store by a friend for $3, including 12 holiday cookie plates, perfectly intact and apparently never used).</span>


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<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva; font-size: medium;">However, FIRST I have to wait for the temperature to drop, which probably won't happen until late September. I have several "volunteers" waiting to do the test-eating for me.....</span>

 

[vacbear58]

Hoover Oven

John

I have to correct the mis-information you were given above - Hoover did NOT manufacture their own oven or cooker (actually range as you would call it), they simply had their name slapped on another manufacturer's production - probably Jackson or possibly English Electric. It was a short lived model too, although Which did find it Good Value - I only ever remember that one model only. The overall cooker footprint would have been 21" x 21" so a very small apartment size by your standard although actually the standard size here at the time.

You can see an advert on the link

Oh, and Hoover had an extensive range of fridges and freezers (we had a Hoover Fridge) but that was manufactured by Zanussi in Italy as were the first Hoover Dishwashers. Hoover Mixers were manufactured in Holland (hand mixer) and Switzerland (Table Mixer)

Al

 

[richardlxixxx]

Ricotta Cookies

Good Morning John,

Do you have the recipe for the ricotta cookies? They sound delicious.
If you have easy access to the recipe, please email it my @ [email protected].

Thank you,

Richard

 

[gottahaveahoove]

Richard!

Sure. I'll look it up in my recipe box. I'd 'call' you, but I don't have your number, lolol.
john

 

[kirbyloverdan]

Here is my Grandmothers

Recipe from a true Italian ...

ITALIAN RICOTTA COOKIES
... 1/2 lb. butter
2 c. sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1 lb. Ricotta
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
Grated rind of 1 orange
4 1/2 c. flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
Cream butter; add sugar and continue creaming. Add egg and Ricotta and vanilla; beat well. Sift together flour, baking powder and baking soda, salt; add to batter.
Drop about a teaspoon of dough on ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 350 degree oven about 10 minutes until edges are lightly browned. Cool.

FROSTING:
2 c. confectionery sugar
1/4 c. butter
3 tbsp. milk
1/2 tsp. vanilla
Mix well and put on top of cookies and sprinkles

 

[tazcatsdad]

John ...

<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;">If that wonderful Irish Soda Bread we enjoyed with Matt and Rob during our little "mini-meet" came out of that wonderful Whirlpool of yours, then I can only imagine what those cookies are going to be like!  You're an awesome cook, with an oven to match.  I love my Whirlpool, too ... only wish I had a gas connection in my kitchen!  So, I have it connected in my basement, and I have a super-nice Frigidaire Gallery series with a HUGE oven and a glass cooktop in the kitchen.  It's not as good as my gas stove, but it does a nice job for what it is.  Happy baking, my friend!</span>


 


<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;">Bill W.
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[gottahaveahoove]

Bill!

I'm so glad you enjoyed that sodabread. A lot of people say that sodabread is dry. NEVER in our house. My late aunt, Margaret, (had a HOOVER 70) taught me how to make it. Everyone loves it.
P.s. ALL IRISH here, but we all make great Italian food as well. Great Italian cookies. I see that a recipe for ricotta cookies has been covered in here already. I'm not sure it's the same recipe. I'll have to check when I return home. One doesn't have to BE Italian to be a good Italian cook, true?

 

[gottahaveahoove]

And, I've been around a

LOT of Italians.

 

[suckolux]

Cinnamon streusel coffee cake, this should be a great Sunday! Yum