Backcountry baking - Senior Project

                                                                                                                                                                                    5/25/21 6:10 pm What a way to end Senior Project! I started this morning going to Patty’s house and picking up my supplies and doing some dishes. I headed to Hannafords after to pick up ingredients for the pizza! I made it back just in the knick of time for our last seminar. When ...

                                                                                                                                                                                    5/24/21 9:15 pm I had a very late start today. I got to Patty’s house around 12:45 and started making bagels. This time they are for the senior brunch on Friday. I went with 5 batches today, so I got out my ingredients and went to work. While I was waiting for the dough to rise I...

 What a week this was! The days are flying by and I’m sad that my project is almost over. I was really happy with the progress I made this week, both on the camp stove and baking in a conventional kitchen. It was nice to start the week baking something I know I can make very well. I’d never made 6 batches in one go before, so I was pleasantly surprised how well I was able to manage my time to make everything efficient. I was also really happy to bring something new to Bluebird this week in the form of Lemon Raspberry Baked Donuts. I’d been wanting to try the recipe for a while, and I was so happy I got the chance to! Once again I learned little things from Patty while working with her at Bluebird Thursday morning. My donuts weren’t selling at first and I asked for tape so I could move the sign advertising them to eye level. Instead, she took one of the empty pound cake plates and put the donuts on there, and moved them right up front so people browsing would see them right away. I ...

                                                                                                                                                                                    5/22/21 3:30 pm I started the day inventorying what I had left from my shopping runs and then decided to try making a cake again! I grabbed my baggies and brought all my supplies outside the dorm. I had one bag of dry ingredients, one bag of powdered milk, and one bag of egg repla...

                                                                                                                                                                                     5/21/20 4:50 pm I decided not to make a fire, after all, today because it was so hot outside already! I started looking for bread recipes and found a few that had you bake it on a camp stove. I made the dough and put it outside in the sun to help it rise faster. While it was risi...

                                                                                                                                                                                   5/20/21 4:40 pm I was surprised how easily I woke up this morning considering it was 6:30. I got ready and put on my Bluebird sweatshirt and headed out the door. Patty was just pulling up when I got there so it was perfect timing. We set up the trailer and pulled all the food from ...

                                                                                                                                                                                   5/19/21 4:45 pm I started the day at 8:50 by gathering ingredients and going to pick up my keys. I stopped at Hannaford's to pick up a few more things and then headed to Patty’s house. I decided to try a new donut recipe today, lemon raspberry! I made a double batch which yielded ...

                                                                                                                                                                                    5/18/21 9:15 pm  I got a late start today and decided to stay on campus to bake instead of hiking. I was going to bake right outside my dorm, but it was so windy I wanted to find a more sheltered location. I settled on the Outdoors Center. I went on the pavement along the sid...

                                                                                                                                                                                    5/17/21 5:30 pm I got going this morning around 9:10. I left school and headed to Patty’s house to start making bagels. I decided to make 6 batches, which is the equivalent of 3 dozen bagels. I put on a fun playlist from Spotify and jammed out while I made the dough. Once all 6 ...

                                                                                                                                                                                    5/16/21 8:00 pm  I can’t believe the first week of Senior Project is over! There have been so many ups and downs, but mostly ups so I’ll take that as a win. I started the week with some research and then hiked up to Mud Pond for my first recipe. The scone/biscuits turned out ...

                                                                                                                                                                                    5/15/21 3:30 pm  Well to be honest there isn’t much to report from today. I wasn’t able to get a new stove in the morning so I decided to make the recipe for an all-purpose baking mix I found online. I’m hoping to use that mix next week to make a backcountry blueberry pie/cak...

                                                                                                                                                                          5/14/21 3:00  Well, today was a day. Some words I’d use to describe today would be, disaster, epic fail, and a huge mess. I started around 10 am today. I decided to try making a cake. I packed up my bag and headed up to the cabin. I hiked up there using different trails than I normally would. I took Phelps trai...