Sunday, August 01, 2004
Another sellout at the farmer's market! The last customer, a very nice man from my former employer, stopped by just as we were putting stuff away. I tried to explain how lemon madeleines are so fantastic that Marcel Proust and M.F.K. Fisher wrote of them. He choose the Sourdough Boule that was remaining and took the manly route of chocolate cherry chunk cookies.
I was able to set aside a package of white chocolate macadamia cookies for Gordo's Taco Shop. And I held a small container of madelaines for a very thoughtful business friend of mine. I had a couple of new-for-me additions this week.
Bolillo Bread, or bolillos, that I am learning how to make for Mexican Tortas. They'll probably be on my weekly bake schedule, since they sold out in two hours.
I made a cookie from a www.thecookietin.com website especially for an acquantance from Nigeria who might see them as a little piece of home.
Coconut Macaroons - this was my first batch of them and they are so easy! I can't remember where I got the recipe, but I had to change it anyway for my big commercial ovens.
4 egg whites, whisked in a mixer until soft peaks
1.5 cups sugar
4.75 cups shredded coconut
While whisking the eggs whites, add the sugar gradually. Stir in the coconut. Put on food-handler's gloves (It's better this way) and roll the mixture into ping-pong ball sized balls and place onto a cookie sheet lined with a silpat or other stick-free baking sheet. I baked them at 325 degrees for about 25 minutes - but I started checking them at 20 minutes. This made a little more than three dozen.
I just found out that there's going to be a live remote broadcast next week at the farmer's market. But I have another obligation for that day. Alas, cruel marketing! I know I'm going to regret spreading myself too thin, but I'll probably do both.
Well I must go back to bed so I can get up for church in the oh dark early hours (6:30 am mass).
I was able to set aside a package of white chocolate macadamia cookies for Gordo's Taco Shop. And I held a small container of madelaines for a very thoughtful business friend of mine. I had a couple of new-for-me additions this week.
Bolillo Bread, or bolillos, that I am learning how to make for Mexican Tortas. They'll probably be on my weekly bake schedule, since they sold out in two hours.
I made a cookie from a www.thecookietin.com website especially for an acquantance from Nigeria who might see them as a little piece of home.
Coconut Macaroons - this was my first batch of them and they are so easy! I can't remember where I got the recipe, but I had to change it anyway for my big commercial ovens.
4 egg whites, whisked in a mixer until soft peaks
1.5 cups sugar
4.75 cups shredded coconut
While whisking the eggs whites, add the sugar gradually. Stir in the coconut. Put on food-handler's gloves (It's better this way) and roll the mixture into ping-pong ball sized balls and place onto a cookie sheet lined with a silpat or other stick-free baking sheet. I baked them at 325 degrees for about 25 minutes - but I started checking them at 20 minutes. This made a little more than three dozen.
I just found out that there's going to be a live remote broadcast next week at the farmer's market. But I have another obligation for that day. Alas, cruel marketing! I know I'm going to regret spreading myself too thin, but I'll probably do both.
Well I must go back to bed so I can get up for church in the oh dark early hours (6:30 am mass).
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