Noah Project - Month 7 - Baking Supplies - Week 2

With the weather warming up, take the opportunity to use your dutch oven to bake biscuits or bread in a dutch oven.  This is an excellent opportunity to use your Quick Mix recipe for scones or biscuits.  Make enought dough for about 16 or so biscuits in a 12 inch oven(usually a double recipe) or use the scone recipe and double the amount. This size oven is good for biscuits and scones.  Each biscuit must be rolled in oil (that's what makes them brown), so add enough oil to your oven to very lightly coat each one as you add them to the oven. Don't worry about their being round. It won't matter. Just crowd them to use up your dough. Now we are ready to add heat. I'm usually in a hurry, so I start with 8 charcoals on the bottom and 12 or so on top. When the biscuits have raised and begin to look like biscuits, reduce the heat on the bottom by two charcoals and cook until the sides begin to pull away from the side of the oven. You will see, as they pull away, that they are also beginning to brown around the edges.  When this happens, remove the bottom heat and continue to cook on top until they are as brown and crusty on top as you like them to be . The biscuits will take about 30 minutes.

Noah Project - Month 7 - Baking Supplies - Week 1

Auguson Farms recommends the following items for a 1 year supply of baking needs for 1 adult.  These are all # 10 cans unless otherwise noted
1 can beef bouillon
1 can chicken bouillon
2 cans iodized salt
1 can baking soda
1 can baking powder
1 can shortening powder
1 can butter powder
2 lbs active dry yeast - kept in freezer
1 pint vanilla extract
1 pint dried minced garlic

FACT: How do I know if my yeast is OK

To proof the yeast and make sure it's active, add one packet (1 teaspoon) active dry yeast to 1/4 c. warm water (between 110 and 115 degrees F) and stir to dissolve. (The water should feel like a pleasantly warm shower, or about the temperature you'd use for a baby's bottle. If it feels uncomfortably hot, it will probably kill the yeast.) Add one teaspoon of sugar. Let the yeast sit for five minutes. If the yeast is foamy and smells like bread, it's active.

RECIPE: Scones

Scones
2 1/2 cups Quick Mix
2 tablespoons sugar
3/4 cup raisins, currants, or the dried fruit of your choice
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract or 1/2 teaspoon butter-vanilla flavor powder
1 egg (or 1 1/2 tablespoons dried whole eggs + 2 tablespoons water)
1/3 cup (2 3/4 ounces) water, milk, or cream*
coarse white sugar or cinnamon-sugar, for topping (optional)
*Clearly, cream will make a richer, more tender scone than water; it's up to you and your diet which liquid option you choose.

Whisk the sugar, dried fruit and nutmeg into the Quick Mix. Whisk the flavor, egg and liquid together, and stir them into the dry ingredients. Mix until evenly moistened.

Transfer the dough to a lightly floured work surface. Gently fold it over until it holds together. Place it on a lightly greased baking sheet, pat it into an 8-inch circle, and cut it into 8 wedges. Pull the wedges apart slightly. Brush the tops of the scones with a bit of milk, and sprinkle them with coarse sugar. Bake them in a preheated 400°F oven for 18 to 22 minutes, until lightly browned. Yield: 8 scones.
Courtesy King Arthur Flour Site

RECIPE: Quick Mix Baking Mix

Quick Mix
9 cups unbleached all purpose flour
1/3 cup double-acting baking powder
5 teaspoons salt; extra-fine, if you have it
1 1/2 cups nonfat dry milk, or dried buttermilk powder( you might want to use 3/4 cup each dry milk and buttermilk powder)
1/3 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups vegetable shortening; use butter-flavored if you like
*Substitute whole wheat flour for up to half of the unbleached all-purpose flour, if you wish.
Mix dry ingredients with a wire wisk.  Cut in shortening until mixture looks like course crumbs.  Store in an airtight container in a cool dry place or in refrigerator.  Use in place of any recipe calling for Bisquick.

Noah Project - Month 7 - Challenge - Baking Supplies

Read Matthew 13:33.
The revelation to store food may be as essential to our temporal salvation today as boarding the ark was to the people in the days of Noah. Ezra Taft Benson
Spiritual Goal
Attend the temple one more session than you normally do this month.
Priesthood Provident Living Goal
If you normally do not grow a garden, plan to grow at least one vegetable or herb this year. If you already have a garden either 1) grow a vegetable you haven't tried before OR 2) try a new method or technique this year.
Storage Goal
2 pounds yeast and baking powder per person
1 pound baking soda per person
1 gallon vinegar per person
10 cans evaporated milk per person
20 Pounds peanut butter per person
Favorite spices, condiments and vanilla
72 Hour Kit Goal
Treats: 4 granola bars, 2 sticks beef jerky, 1 package chewing gum and at least 12 hard candies or lollipops per person