Breads, Pastry, Pizza & Miscellaneous Answers

Pastry for a pot pie

Could you please give a recipe for pastry for a chicken and vegetable pie?

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Making chocolate bread pudding ahead

I want to make chocolate bread pudding for Christmas eve. If possible, how far in advance can I make it and how should I store it?

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Cleaning crystallized sugar off pans

I have several old baking pans with baked-on crystallized sugar which I am having much trouble removing when I clean the panes. Is there a good way to remove...

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Working with store-bought puff pastry

If puff pastry has been thawed in the refrigerator and left there for 2-3 days, can it still be used? Will I get the same results as if I had let the puff pa...

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Making bread chewier

I would like to know how I can make my homemade breads very chewy. I use bread flour from the supermarket. Is there a better flour to use that will help?

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Kneading pizza dough

I've tried to make pizza dough and I just can't make it nice and smooth. It's always sticky. Sometime it doesn't even rise.

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Recipe for success

I have searched high and low (and over, under, around and through) but have failed to find a guaranteed recipe for success. What ingredients do I need and ho...

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Pierogies recipes

Can you help me find a recipe for pierogies please? My family just loves them and I want to make them from scratch.

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What is nestlerode?

Please tell me what nestlerod(e) is and what kind of recipes it is used for?

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Crisper pizza crust

I work at a pizzaria. The recipe we use for crust is 16-1/2 lb of flour, 1 lb of yeast, 3 oz of salt, 4 cups of oil, 16 cups of water. My question is how do ...

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Dinner with a chocolate theme

We are going to the opera this coming weekend and are having another couple over to dinner. We would like to have a (subtle) chocolate theme. Obviously, chic...

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Pastry without butter or fat

Do you have a recipe for making pastry without using butter or fat? Maybe yogurt or something like that? My wife had such a recipe and it was marvelous, but ...

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Can you freeze a bread starter?

Julia Child's recipe for a mixed-starter bread calls for using a small piece of previously made yeast dough. Can this dough have been frozen & thawed?

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