Soccer Dad: Pre-shabbos home bake shoppe

June 26, 2009

Pre-shabbos home bake shoppe

My daughter made these decorated cookies.

OK, here's a test. I accidentally left out an ingredient from the challah on the left. What did I forget? Note that it is a lighter color and its surface is not quite as smooth as the two on the right.

I mix the ingredients by heart. I rarely make mistakes anymore, but last week I did.

Posted by SoccerDad at June 26, 2009 3:30 AM

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Comments

I am going to guess you forgot to glaze it with egg. All looks delicious by the way

Posted by: GW at June 26, 2009 11:38 PM

Oil?

I like these family baking posts.

Posted by: trn at June 27, 2009 10:51 PM

I'm told via e-mail that the missing ingredient was not oil.

Originally, after reading the sentence about the color and surface, I was going to guess the egg wash, but the next sentence indicates that something was left out of the ingredients mixed for the dough.

Then I thought that omission of sugar would account for less browning. But sugar is food for yeast; while omitting it could perhaps be responsible for less of a smooth rise, resulting in a rougher surface, the loaf doesn't look over all less risen in comparison to the other loaves.

So I guessed oil.

Now I don't know. Perhaps I am over-thinking.

Posted by: trn at June 27, 2009 11:49 PM