#EdenCooks - Russian Rose Bread - Mon. Feb 18 at 8pm EST

Contributor: Antipova Antipova
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Originally posted by XxFallenAngelxX
I'd love to make a roll that is a little more than the usual roll. I'm a sushi addict, lol.
We'll see what I can do for fish, I do not live on the coast. But I would like to learn a lot, and my friend is pretty expert. So I think we should be able to do one simple roll, and one complicated-pretty roll, in the hour class.
02/18/2013
Contributor: Antipova Antipova
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Originally posted by Wicked Wahine
Thanks Antipova!
Thank you for coming!
02/18/2013
Contributor: Antipova Antipova
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Originally posted by Airen Wolf
Congratz everyone on the points winning! I am copying and pasting as fast as I can....my recipe box is going to be so full.
Right?

ALso, if anyone wants tips on how to make any of the suggestions into a real recipe, I can definitely help with that! Just post here
02/18/2013
Contributor: PropertyOfPotter PropertyOfPotter
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Originally posted by XxFallenAngelxX
Make me one
Come on over!
02/18/2013
Contributor: XxFallenAngelxX XxFallenAngelxX
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Originally posted by Antipova
We'll see what I can do for fish, I do not live on the coast. But I would like to learn a lot, and my friend is pretty expert. So I think we should be able to do one simple roll, and one complicated-pretty roll, in the hour class.
Thank you Antipova. This is going to be so exciting!
02/18/2013
Contributor: PropertyOfPotter PropertyOfPotter
Thanks so much for another Eden Cooks night!!! I love these, even if I'm not an amazing cook like the rest of you!
02/18/2013
Contributor: Wicked Wahine Wicked Wahine
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Originally posted by PropertyOfPotter
Thanks so much for another Eden Cooks night!!! I love these, even if I'm not an amazing cook like the rest of you!
If you only make this one, sort of a signature dish, you will have everyone else fooled into thinking you're a very skilled baker!
02/18/2013
Contributor: XxFallenAngelxX XxFallenAngelxX
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Originally posted by Wicked Wahine
If you only make this one, sort of a signature dish, you will have everyone else fooled into thinking you're a very skilled baker!
Right!
02/18/2013
Contributor: Wicked Wahine Wicked Wahine
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Originally posted by XxFallenAngelxX
Right!
just PM'd you, again
02/18/2013
Contributor: Antipova Antipova
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Originally posted by PropertyOfPotter
Thanks so much for another Eden Cooks night!!! I love these, even if I'm not an amazing cook like the rest of you!
Just keep practicing, that's all we've got
02/18/2013
Contributor: Wicked Wahine Wicked Wahine
Pepperoni would be good with the tomato pesto, sprinkle with parm = pizza rose bread
02/18/2013
Contributor: XxFallenAngelxX XxFallenAngelxX
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Originally posted by Wicked Wahine
just PM'd you, again
Checking it now.
02/18/2013
Contributor: Antipova Antipova
Just so this is on the last page...

Thank you all so much for coming to this month's meeting! Be sure to invite all your friends, and come back next month for the March Eden Cooks, which will be featuring yogurt and/or kefir


And if you bake a Russian Rose, no matter what you fill it with, come post a picture! I would love to see it, and dream about what it smells like
02/18/2013
Contributor: Wicked Wahine Wicked Wahine
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Originally posted by Antipova
Just keep practicing, that's all we've got
Antipova, how best to store this & does the amount of rye flour help with slowing the staling process at all?
02/18/2013
Contributor: Wicked Wahine Wicked Wahine
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Originally posted by Antipova
Just so this is on the last page...

Thank you all so much for coming to this month's meeting! Be sure to invite all your friends, and come back next month for the March Eden Cooks, which will be featuring yogurt and/or kefir ... more
I make my own yogurt & it's the best ever!
02/18/2013
Contributor: Antipova Antipova
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Originally posted by Wicked Wahine
Antipova, how best to store this & does the amount of rye flour help with slowing the staling process at all?
Well, I've never been able to store mine more than two days because it gets eaten... but my usual bread guidelines:

I usually wrap a bread in a plastic bread bag (I bought a bunch from the cafe down the street, no idea if I paid the right amount for them :$ ) after it is cool. (If you don't let it cool first, there will be condensation and your bread will get soggy.) You could freeze it for up to a month, otherwise eat within two days. Baguettes need to be eaten same-day; ciabatta are two days; breads with >70% rye can last a couple weeks and even get better as they age, but this is not enough rye for that. Breads with oil (like I put olive oil in my pita) can last a few more days out of the freezer, but still in a plastic bag.
02/18/2013
Contributor: Wicked Wahine Wicked Wahine
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Originally posted by Antipova
Well, I've never been able to store mine more than two days because it gets eaten... but my usual bread guidelines:

I usually wrap a bread in a plastic bread bag (I bought a bunch from the cafe down the street, no idea if I paid the right ... more
Thanks! I figured the info would benefit others than just myself. I live alone & there's no way I could eat all that in 2 days, but I'm sure I could find friends to share. Would it be better to freeze the dough, (and at what stage) & just bake what I can use at the time?
02/18/2013
Contributor: Antipova Antipova
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Originally posted by Wicked Wahine
Thanks! I figured the info would benefit others than just myself. I live alone & there's no way I could eat all that in 2 days, but I'm sure I could find friends to share. Would it be better to freeze the dough, (and at what stage) & ... more
Freezing dough is something I do not know much about--I don't know whether or not it would make the yeast useless, or how long a proof would be needed to wake them up. What I would suggest is something called 'par baking,' where you bake something most of the way through, but then freeze it. When you want to serve it, place it back in the oven for just 15 minutes or so.

I don't actually have any experience doing this, but I would assume you would cook at a slightly lower temperature and for longer, and take the bread out when it is no longer doughy, but has not yet turned golden. Probably bake under foil the whole time.

Then, cut the par-baked bread into four pieces or whatever is the right size for you. Bake one longer, freeze the other three until you're ready to eat.

Or, make four tiny roses!
02/18/2013
Contributor: Wicked Wahine Wicked Wahine
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Originally posted by Antipova
Freezing dough is something I do not know much about--I don't know whether or not it would make the yeast useless, or how long a proof would be needed to wake them up. What I would suggest is something called 'par baking,' where you bake ... more
Thanks for the replies! I'm really not going to ask anything else tonight, promise!
02/18/2013
Contributor: Antipova Antipova
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Originally posted by Wicked Wahine
Thanks for the replies! I'm really not going to ask anything else tonight, promise!
Well I'm here if you wake up in the middle of the night wondering about something!
02/18/2013
Contributor: Kristi :) Kristi :)
Thank you for the recipe. Will be trying soon!
02/19/2013
Contributor: Kristi :) Kristi :)
Cinnamon Orange Rose Bread


I changed the recipe a little bit. I used ap flour, zested an orange into the dough, and added a little more sugar to the dough. For the filling I spread butter, sprinkled about 1/2 cup brown sugar and sprinkled roasted cinnamon before rolling up. I made a cream cheese vanilla bean buttercream to go with it. Very yummy!!! Thank you for the recipe.
02/23/2013
Contributor: Wicked Wahine Wicked Wahine
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Originally posted by Kristi :)



I changed the recipe a little bit. I used ap flour, zested an orange into the dough, and added a little more sugar to the dough. For the filling I spread butter, sprinkled about 1/2 cup brown sugar and sprinkled roasted cinnamon before ... more
Oh wow, that's great! I'm drooling reading about what you made & looking at the picture. What great variations you came up with! Thanks for sharing & including the photo!
02/23/2013
Contributor: Kristi :) Kristi :)
Thank you!! I must say the bread was much prettier than the picture showed. Everyone liked it alot and I'm going to try more variations. If anyone else makes one, please post yours too! I like to see other people's food.
02/23/2013
Contributor: Kristi :) Kristi :)
I wanna say thank you again for sharing this recipe!! This bread recipe was a hit with my family. Everyone kept asking me to make it again!! Because I rarely make the very same thing twice, I changed it a little again.





(sorry, my pics are awful... they're always taken late at night. X-)

This one is Apple Cinnamon with Apple Brown Sugar Cream Cheese Spread

Used all ap flour, 1 tbsp of sugar 1 tbsp of cider vinegar. I briefly soaked dried chopped apples in brandy. For the filling I spread butter over the dough, then the soaked chopped apples, brown sugar and roasted cinnamon. For the spread I didn't measure anything, sorry. I put butter, cream cheese, brown sugar, powder suagr, vanilla bean paste, unfiltered apple juice, heavy cream and a pinch of salt. So far, this is everyone's favorite!

Thank you again!!
02/27/2013
Contributor: Wicked Wahine Wicked Wahine
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Originally posted by Kristi :)
I wanna say thank you again for sharing this recipe!! This bread recipe was a hit with my family. Everyone kept asking me to make it again!! Because I rarely make the very same thing twice, I changed it a little again.





(sorry, ... more
OMG, that sounds divine! You are one creative baker, my dear; wish I lived in your house, but then I'm sure I'd be as big as the house. Oh, I just saw you're from OH, too! Maybe you're closer than I thought. Hmmm, I'll have to follow my nose Thanks for describing what you did, because I'm eventually going to try your versions, probably this one first!

I have a question. You mentioned roasted cinnamon in both versions & I've never heard of this. Do you heat it in a pan, as one would bloom spices? Is it necessary to roast it if it's going to be heated while in the oven? Or is this something you bought already roasted & ground?
02/28/2013
Contributor: Kristi :) Kristi :)
NO WAY!!! You're from Cleveland area! :O I was just there yesterday!!! :O Really!!!! Unfortunately, it was a trip to the Cleveland Clinic :/ but then we went to Woodmere, BSpot (I'm so in love with Michael Symon's food) Trader Joe's and Whole Foods. We don't have those down here. I'm right outside of Youngstown. I was even in Cleveland last week for my husband's birthday. He wanted dim sum from the mall that's across from Good Harvest Foods (down Superior). We were walking around the mall area and I wanted to go in a store to see if they had ben wa balls. My husband was so embarrassed that I wanted to buy some. He finally got the nerve up. There's this little old wrinkly Asian lady sitting on a chair by the door, and wouldn't you know she had to say something to us about them. X-) Thank God it was in whatever Asian language they spoke, but then she had to giggle, A LOT!!! hahahaha My husband was so red. :-D I loved it. Anyway! I'm all excited!! I love trying new places and things in Cleveland, can you please tell me some good places to go!! No worries, I won't stalk you or try to meet you.

Thank you for the compliments. X-) I'm creative no where else in life. haha My sister has to help me match my clothes and repeatedly explain colors. X-) Actually she keeps trying to get me to do a food blog, but I think she just wants to eat stuff! lol Anyway, the cinnamon!!! X-) I'll take a picture... ok! I bought these at Walmart not too long ago. I haven't tried the coriander yet. The other two, I love a lot!!! They didn't sell them for long and I bought all I could. I'm afraid to see if they still make them or not, because I'll hoard them. X-) The roasting gives them... a depth of flavor, more intense, a little more of a stronger flavor and plus it sounds good to say roasted. You can try toasting it in the pan. I will after these are gone.


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Fat Doug from yesterday...


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03/01/2013
Contributor: Kristi :) Kristi :)
One more note about recipe changes I forgot...
Dough: I added an egg.
Spread: after I posted I added a bit of the roasted cinnamon, we liked it more

(sorry i'm chatty... I had too much coffee!)
03/01/2013
Contributor: Wicked Wahine Wicked Wahine
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Originally posted by Kristi :)
One more note about recipe changes I forgot...
Dough: I added an egg.
Spread: after I posted I added a bit of the roasted cinnamon, we liked it more

(sorry i'm chatty... I had too much coffee!)
I love chatty, it's a name that has followed me throughout my life! I'm just going to PM you, if you don't mind. Thanks for noting the additions, it's probably hard to remember everything you did when you're an intuitive, off the cuff cook.

BTW, that hamburger looks sinful!
03/01/2013
Contributor: His scarlett His scarlett
This looks so good!!! Thank you for sharing.
03/06/2013