# Anybody have any fun baking projects this summer? **URL:** \ **Category:** Unrelated Discussion\ **Created:** [July 28, 2019, 4:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anybody-have-any-fun-baking-projects-this-summer/306019 "2019-07-28T16:19:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jasonwongzero](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jasonwongzero/32/725_2.png) [@jasonwongzero](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jasonwongzero)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 1:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anybody-have-any-fun-baking-projects-this-summer/306019/21 "2019-07-29T13:49:25Z")
Won’t wade into the cake and pie debate… (I don’t like either. :P) However, for those new to baking I can’t recommend trying this recipe if you haven’t. It’s super easy and rewarding. All you need is flour, yeast, salt water and a Dutch oven and you can make an amazing loaf of bread. The first time you do it it feels magical. You can easily also use this recipe to make pizza dough from scratch and then throw a pizza party where everyone makes their own pizzas. [https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/11376-no-knead-bread](https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/11376-no-knead-bread) ![2014-12-24](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/3/2/0/320502f140174a5abb9df46b918a7d95e54f7ca5.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![rssbrry](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rssbrry/32/659755_2.png) [@rssbrry](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rssbrry)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 2:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anybody-have-any-fun-baking-projects-this-summer/306019/22 "2019-07-29T14:19:01Z")
Wow that looks awesome! I can almost taste it just looking at it! ---
**Author:** ![Jhammond93](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhammond93/32/53095_2.png) [@Jhammond93](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jhammond93)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 5:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anybody-have-any-fun-baking-projects-this-summer/306019/23 "2019-07-29T17:35:07Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/b/0/7/b07e60b29c901ee355cbbb6497e8bfa1f9ba3658.jpeg) We had a great dew berry season this year in Texas, and we made a few cobblers with them. Didn’t take any pictures of them though 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Jhammond93](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhammond93/32/53095_2.png) [@Jhammond93](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jhammond93)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anybody-have-any-fun-baking-projects-this-summer/306019/24 "2019-07-29T17:36:55Z")
Do you use a starter for that? Or the instant dry yeast? Just curious, because we do a loaf very similar at my restaurant in Dutch ovens. But we have a decent starter that’s about 6 months old now ---
**Author:** ![jasonwongzero](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jasonwongzero/32/725_2.png) [@jasonwongzero](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jasonwongzero)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 5:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anybody-have-any-fun-baking-projects-this-summer/306019/25 "2019-07-29T17:53:25Z")
I’ve done it with a natural sour dough starter but typically I just use a dry yeast, the kind you buy at the grocery. Simple. ---
**Author:** ![yoyodoc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyodoc/32/48820_2.png) [@yoyodoc](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyodoc)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 6:08pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anybody-have-any-fun-baking-projects-this-summer/306019/26 "2019-07-29T18:08:55Z")
Cakes are for people that can’t make pies ---
**Author:** ![twitch77](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/twitch77/32/60219_2.png) [@twitch77](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/twitch77)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anybody-have-any-fun-baking-projects-this-summer/306019/27 "2019-07-29T19:02:26Z")
Well I don’t know about ya’ll…but I’mma have a slice of cake AND pie and wash it down with a whole quart of ice cream! ---
**Author:** ![rssbrry](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rssbrry/32/659755_2.png) [@rssbrry](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rssbrry)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 8:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anybody-have-any-fun-baking-projects-this-summer/306019/28 "2019-07-29T20:01:18Z")
Now THAT sounds like a good plan. ---
**Author:** ![Z\_Car](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/z_car/32/72879_2.png) [@Z\_Car](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Z_Car)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 11:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anybody-have-any-fun-baking-projects-this-summer/306019/29 "2019-07-29T23:29:40Z")
Cookies\>pie\>cake. The cookie monster is one of my childhood heroes. My sister in law just made some delicious rhubarb crisp last weekend. I wanna give a Rhubarb pie a shot one of these days. ---
**Author:** ![ThrowButcher](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/throwbutcher/32/54388_2.png) [@ThrowButcher](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ThrowButcher)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2019, 2:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anybody-have-any-fun-baking-projects-this-summer/306019/30 "2019-08-04T14:18:50Z")
Ever heard Cookie Monster by R Kelley (probably misspelled that)? My wife used to terrorize me with that song anytime I fell asleep in her car. It’s truly god-awful. Anyway your post made me think of that, cheers. ---
**Author:** ![Saber](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/saber/32/52611_2.png) [@Saber](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Saber)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2019, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anybody-have-any-fun-baking-projects-this-summer/306019/31 "2019-08-04T17:36:10Z")
Then there are cheese cakes. And my dudes I make the best. ---
**Author:** ![rssbrry](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rssbrry/32/659755_2.png) [@rssbrry](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rssbrry)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2019, 11:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anybody-have-any-fun-baking-projects-this-summer/306019/32 "2019-08-04T23:15:33Z")
Oh yeah, a good cheesecake is just about on top now that I think about it. ---
**Author:** ![gregoryfromearth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregoryfromearth/32/46140_2.png) [@gregoryfromearth](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/gregoryfromearth)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2019, 12:11am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anybody-have-any-fun-baking-projects-this-summer/306019/33 "2019-08-05T00:11:23Z")
I switched to dark chocolate chips in my cookies. Does that qualify? ---
**Author:** ![smileypants707](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/smileypants707/32/19045_2.png) [@smileypants707](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/smileypants707)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2019, 1:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anybody-have-any-fun-baking-projects-this-summer/306019/34 "2019-08-05T01:07:30Z")
A little less dessert oriented baking for us [so far :wink:] My wife and I have been making baked apple pie oatmeal for breakfasts. One batch lasts about a week between my oldest and I. We pre-soak the oats overnight with a cap full of apple cider vinegar, because it makes them easier to digest and slightly more nutritious. We’ve been using local apples along with some store-bought shelled pecans, maple, cinnamon, salt, baking powder, two eggs and some melted butter. It yields a more firm consistency than your normal stove top oatmeal. It’s actually quite delicious. ---
**Author:** ![shatterFX](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shatterfx/32/66476_2.png) [@shatterFX](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/shatterFX)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2019, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anybody-have-any-fun-baking-projects-this-summer/306019/35 "2019-08-05T13:04:54Z")
I wouldn’t consider this baking in the same as doing some awesome hand made pies, but I have been doing my own pizza dough lately, and that’s turned out pretty well the last couple times. Also - I’m from Michigan as well! Whereabouts are you? I’m near Detroit. ---
**Author:** ![rssbrry](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rssbrry/32/659755_2.png) [@rssbrry](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rssbrry)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2019, 1:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anybody-have-any-fun-baking-projects-this-summer/306019/36 "2019-08-05T13:20:54Z")
Ooh a good home made pizza sounds great! I’m in the opposite corner of the lp, about an hour and a half north of Traverse City. ---
**Author:** ![shatterFX](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shatterfx/32/66476_2.png) [@shatterFX](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/shatterFX)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2019, 3:06pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anybody-have-any-fun-baking-projects-this-summer/306019/37 "2019-08-05T15:06:03Z")
We were just up in Traverse City and Boyne City about a month and a half ago on our honeymoon - freaking love it up there. ---
**Author:** ![rssbrry](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rssbrry/32/659755_2.png) [@rssbrry](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/rssbrry)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2019, 4:10pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anybody-have-any-fun-baking-projects-this-summer/306019/38 "2019-08-05T16:10:25Z")
I love it too. Lakes, smaller towns, and trees as far as the eye can see. Always a great place to be! (Unless you don’t like winter of course!) ---
**Author:** ![adamantiumpops](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/adamantiumpops/32/198285_2.png) [@adamantiumpops](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/adamantiumpops)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2019, 11:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anybody-have-any-fun-baking-projects-this-summer/306019/39 "2019-08-11T23:45:42Z")
My wife just made a chocoflan. It’s cooling. I can’t wait. I sacrificed my NTH middle finger while checking doneness, so I hope it’s worth it. ---
**Author:** ![Saber](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/saber/32/52611_2.png) [@Saber](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Saber)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 1:33am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/anybody-have-any-fun-baking-projects-this-summer/306019/40 "2019-08-20T01:33:08Z")
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