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Yesterday I made bread:
The recipe calls for 1 can of beer which is a good thing because that is all I have left, all my other test recipes also called for beer but for the cook and not what was being cooked, though they both turned out getting cooked.
Following the sun a over 3 hour time period. I added a windshield shade to the sides for now.
The dough was fairly sticky and sloped in the tilted pan, I have to cut the grate down a bit so it can swing forward some more. It raised over the top on one side in about 1.5 hours and done in 3 hours.
In the last hour I popped it out of the pan and sat it on the grate to make the bottom of the loaf crispy. It was a fairly dense bread and added a bit too much salt when I mixed it but when slathered it butter it was good and cheap. The flour cost $0.30 and beer was $0.50.
I did not have a 32 oz can and so used a standard bread pan that I covered with aluminum foil which I painted black the day before. I just bought a can of juice this morning and will try this recipe again.
http://www.cookwiththesun.com/recipes.htm
beer bread:
3 - cups self-rising flour
2 - TBSP sugar
1 - 12oz can of any beer
pinch of salt
1/2 to 3/4 cups of raw, unsalted sunflower kernels (not used)
Mix all ingredients to form a dough ball. Put dough into a greased 32 oz juice can that has been painted black on the outside with barbecue paint. Set can into preheated oven and bake until top is golden brown- 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 hours depending on how hot your oven is. Remove from solar oven and let cool. The bread shrinks a bit while cooling, and will slip right out of the can. Slice, and enjoy! Makes great burger, and sandwich buns.
About the container:Take a 32 oz can (like a large V8 juice can) remove the top and paint the outside of the can with BBQ or grill paint found in the BBQ section of your big Depot type hardware store. After the paint has dried bake the empty container in the solar oven to cure the paint. This is the best way to bake a loaf of bread in a solar oven.
The recipe calls for 1 can of beer which is a good thing because that is all I have left, all my other test recipes also called for beer but for the cook and not what was being cooked, though they both turned out getting cooked.
Following the sun a over 3 hour time period. I added a windshield shade to the sides for now.
The dough was fairly sticky and sloped in the tilted pan, I have to cut the grate down a bit so it can swing forward some more. It raised over the top on one side in about 1.5 hours and done in 3 hours.
In the last hour I popped it out of the pan and sat it on the grate to make the bottom of the loaf crispy. It was a fairly dense bread and added a bit too much salt when I mixed it but when slathered it butter it was good and cheap. The flour cost $0.30 and beer was $0.50.
I did not have a 32 oz can and so used a standard bread pan that I covered with aluminum foil which I painted black the day before. I just bought a can of juice this morning and will try this recipe again.
http://www.cookwiththesun.com/recipes.htm
beer bread:
3 - cups self-rising flour
2 - TBSP sugar
1 - 12oz can of any beer
pinch of salt
1/2 to 3/4 cups of raw, unsalted sunflower kernels (not used)
Mix all ingredients to form a dough ball. Put dough into a greased 32 oz juice can that has been painted black on the outside with barbecue paint. Set can into preheated oven and bake until top is golden brown- 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 hours depending on how hot your oven is. Remove from solar oven and let cool. The bread shrinks a bit while cooling, and will slip right out of the can. Slice, and enjoy! Makes great burger, and sandwich buns.
About the container:Take a 32 oz can (like a large V8 juice can) remove the top and paint the outside of the can with BBQ or grill paint found in the BBQ section of your big Depot type hardware store. After the paint has dried bake the empty container in the solar oven to cure the paint. This is the best way to bake a loaf of bread in a solar oven.
