Sweet Dreams are Made of These Cookies!
Operating as usual
Glad to be back at the Johnson City Farmers Market! Nice to see and catch up with all past customers and to see the old and new vendors! If you're in the Johnson City, TN area on Wednesdays or Saturdays- stop and see all the Farmers Market has to offer!
Photos from Sweet Caroline's Bakery's post
My house smells heavenly!! I just baked cinnamon-raisin bread and Hawaiian bread for the farmers market tomorrow!
Tomato-basil bread and sourdough caraway rye bread. It's worth it to bake them just to have the house filled with their aroma!
Made Boston Brown Bread for tomorrow's farmers' market. I love molasses. I'm so thankful that I had a Dad that loved to bake! He made a very similar bread for us.
Just made hummus bread for tomorrow's farmers' market. Nice texture and flavor! I also enjoy making focaccia.
Made some Orange Blossom Macaron Pops for the Johnson City Farmer's Market tomorrow! They're not quite as orange as photo! The orange blossom water makes the filling very smooth and rich!
Made baguettes,mini baguettes, wreath
Experimenting with new recipes in anticipation of the farmer's market! Made Dutch-crunch dinner rolls, Chocolate -almond glazed rolls, and flatbreads! I made whole wheat garlic naam.
Today i made Pecan Sticky Buns!! In my opinion, they are the BEST sweet that I have ever baked. I can't wait to sell them at the farmer's market!!!
Made some smaller loaves for those that want a single serving- like loaves served ate Outback. Have a pumpernickel that I think will work also!
Will be making monkey muffins for farmer's market. Practice, practice.
Trying some new recipes. Several people asked about dinner rolls. I made sweet potato rolls for the church Christmas dinner and cinnamon rolls for a church meeting.
Trying some new recipes- like Hawaiian rolls and raspberry cheese pastries. Both very good flavor and crumb.
No break from the farmer's markets!! I've visited a couple in Florida already- one in St. Augustine (at the beach!) and one in Ocala. Both have interesting vendors- and bakers. I'm looking forward to trying some new things in the spring.
I have spent much of the summer baking for the farmer's market! I'm looking forward to implement new ideas this spring. Johnson City has built a new marketplace which I'm really forward to being it.
Sweet Dreams are Made of These Cookies!
The Johnson City Farmer's Market is done for this year. I've had a wonderful year- great experience! I'n already planning new items for next year. I will be keeping some of my breads on my menu and adding some pastries, scones, fudge and cookies. So many great things to make.
The people that I meet makes this market so much fun!
Trying some new recipes out- Cherry-filled and Apple-filled coffee rolls! Yummy!
Nutella braid bread, roasted garlic-rosemary bread, challah, cinnamon-raisin coffee ring!
Just made some sourdough- soft and chewy! Hope to sell at local farmer's market.
Tried some new recipes from King Arthur Flour's, "Sift" magazine and website- Sourdough wheat & Raisin-Pecan Rye. Mediterranean Olive from artisan baker Steve. My favorite was the olive loaf.
One of my favorite ingredients for baking- rhubarb! I made an upside-down rhubarb cake. Also- a book club held their meeting at the local historical farm, The Exchange Place. I made cherry fried pies. Cutesy!
Yesterday was "Macaron Day"! I made Chocolate Espresso and Orange Blossom which I delivered for a dinner.
Perfect day to make pretzel sandwich rolls! Beautiful "crumb" and great flavor.
I've made some sourdough rolls with the starter I recently started. They had a wonderful flavor. I was very pleased with them. Have started a starter for rye rolls.
Fall- my favorite season for baking. My favorite flavor is pumpkin. Today I made Pumpkin Pie Cupcakes . They are a cross between a slice of pie and cake. I also made Pumpkin Macaroon Cookies with toasted pumpkin seeds.
I recently got a notice about Jonesborough's "Art in the Park" show. I plan on doing some regional flavors like Jack Daniel's Bourbon pecans and Orange Blossom Special. The orange blossom has a real "melt in your mouth" filling. The pecan needs some refining!
I have been to Alaska for 10 days, then to Vermont- now back to work! While in Alaska, I purchased some sourdough starter. I have tried several times to make sourdough bread and keep the starter going but after a couple of months tired of "feeding" the starter. I have also been concerned about weight gain from eating so much wonderful bread and rolls. I'm back at it again! My favorite is rye. Just the aroma of it cooking is enough reason to make it. I have done some research on various techniques and will be experimenting with a variety of recipes. In the meantime, I will continue to make some of my favorites- sweet potato rolls and Parker House.
Started to make more individual-size desserts. That way you can have one even if you feel "stuffed" and won't notice the calories. I will be making mini tarts, pies and cakes. Nice for a small party.
Things are a cooking! I'm learning to like the taste of jalapeno peppers!! Maybe I'm a little closer to the border than I think.
I picked blackberries to make pastries and ended up making blackberry jalapeno jam. Yum-yum with some cream cheese and crackers. I was given some zucchini for sweet jalapeno relish. Nice with sausage.
I've been hoping to participate in Jonesborough's, "Art in the Park" show in October. It is a juried vendor event and participants need to submit samples. They give a blue ribbon for the selected, "best of show" in both the art pieces and the vendor submissions. There are approximately 100 samplers. Am I ready for that???
Picked blackberries this morning in anticipation of making some fruit pastries. I've been making dozens and dozens of rolls. Seems nice to be working with pastries. Made some peach frangipane galette, blueberry-lemon frangipane galette and an apple crisp galette for a couple of birthdays.
The day of the Lavender Festival was perfect! My first show. I'm so glad that I participated. My lavender macarons and lavender walnut fudge sold out! My non-lavender products not quite so popular- wonder why?
On Monday I will be making some potato and wheat rolls for Two Dads Café 'n Catering in Kingsport. I'm looking forward to providing some great breads and coffee cakes for their customers. If you live in the Kingsport area, stop in to check out this new café and experience some good home cooking.
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