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@erinbaderin: share the bagel recipe!!

I have made the Dutch oven bread a fair amount also. I just discovered a rolls version that looks a bit less impressive since you don’t get that crust, but they were so good! https://www.budgetbytes.com/focaccia-rolls/ (You need a lot of dusting flour to make the rolls work since it’s so soft)

Also lots of cookies ... too many cookies! We like the simple pb ones that are 1c sugar, 1c pb, 1 egg (plus add dark chocolate chips if available). Also some standard m&m to use up some Christmas candy I had. I asked dh to make box brownies for my bday and I’m making him a chocolate cake for his (I usually make a chocolate sour cream frosting but might rethink since kid 3 is allergic to milk and will care about having some this year!).

I tried a copycat starbucks pumpkin bread that was so-so, used up bananas in a standard banana bread and made a lemon yogurt bread which is always delicious. Can’t find the exact link but this is similar. https://www.melskitchencafe.com/lemon-yogurt-bread/

The baking has not been good for our waistlines but it is so fun to make things. I was just reading that the flour shortages are real (although there’s plenty of wheat) because people really are just baking a ton vs hoarding.

Oh and I also made a fantastic white sandwich bread last weekend - it was in my cooks country magazine my DH got me for my birthday. I could probably find the link if someone is interested. It wasn’t hard and really was tasty for sandwiches.

These are always a favorite in our house: https://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-blueberry-breakfast-bars-cookbook-recipe-from-wholegrain-mornings-200030. It’s really flexible — I’m out of rye flakes so we use all rolled oats, and I often (used to) sub in other things for the nuts so DD could bring them to school (generally pumpkin and sunflower seeds for the almonds and sesame seeds).

I’ve also made banana bread a couple times, tried a few sandwich bread recipes, did one “artisan” type bread, made bagels, a couple different types of cookies, and brownies. Homemade pizza every Friday. Not baking, but we also made a delicious mint chocolate chip ice cream the other day. Somehow it didn’t feel like we were eating that much but it sounds like a lot here! Of course, we’ve been home since DD’s school closed on 3/12 so it’s not like we made all that over a week or something

We've made cookies, brownies, breads, cakes, biscuits, scones, jam...I have no idea how I am still at my pre- isolation weight.

@crazydoglady: I originally saw this video - the key for me has been to really touch it as little as possible which makes it just too easy to make

@bhbee: I love Budget Bytes! I made the no knead bread years ago back when it was all over the blogging world at one point but haven't really done it since. Her method (and pictures drooool) are making me want to try it again.

So far at our house I've done minimal baking. Mostly because I can't share the treats with anyone to get them out of my house! I've made banana bread, homemade pizza dough-turned into stromboli.