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Saturday, April 5, 2025

Shabbat Shalom - Happenings - Deep Dish Kettle Pizza Recipe

We are definitely living in uncertain times right now, but the fact is life is uncertain all the time. We never know what tomorrow will bring. It's hard to know where exactly all this chaos is going to lead us, but life goes on. We can still find joy in the little things like an eagle sitting alongside the water or the daily tasks that keep our households running smoothly.

An eagle sits on the edge of the water.

All the ice has melted.

It melted early this year.

Studies

Cranberry jam on whole grain pancakes.

The name of God for last week's study.

Bierocks (German Burgers). The dough was a bit moist, so it was not as smooth
as it should have been, but it turned out fine just a bit wrinkled.

My hands are as wrinkled as the dough.

Bottom.

Top

Repeat.

Viola! We ended up with twelve wrinkled bierocks.

Deep dish kettle pizza

Deep Dish Kettle Pizza Recipe

This is a recipe for deep dish kettle pizza that I created. I also use this dough to make bierocks. The only difference is that I let the dough rise for 1 hour instead of 20 minutes when I am making bierocks. Please excuse my chicken scratch, I was trying to write down the ingredients and the techniques I used before I forgot once I realized that I created the best dough for kettle pizza. I took a chance and tried the same dough for bierocks. It worked great although I added a bit too much water on this last batch of bierocks.

It snowed again last night. I was surprised when I opened the blinds
this morning.

Do Not Worry - Matthew 6:25-34

25 “Therefore, I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t there more to life than food and more to the body than clothing? 26 Look at the birds in the sky: They do not sow, or reap, or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds[c] them. Aren’t you more valuable than they are? 27 And which of you by worrying can add even one hour to his life? 28 Why do you worry about clothing? Think about how the flowers of the field grow; they do not work or spin. 29 Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these! 30 And if this is how God clothes the wild grass, which is here today and tomorrow is tossed into the fire to heat the oven, won’t he clothe you even more, you people of little faith? 31 So then, don’t worry saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’ 32 For the unconverted[k] pursue these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But above all pursue his kingdom[l] and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 So then, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own.

Shabbat Shalom,

Mrs. Smith

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Bierocks - German Burgers - Recipe - Bread - Baking Day...

It cooled off a bit yesterday, not as much as it was supposed to, but enough to fire up the oven for a bit. It's a good thing too, we were completely out of bread except for some store bought hotdog buns. It's back in the 80's today even though the forecast predicted mid 70's and now we are under a fire watch.

This is the dough recipe I used, but I only made half of the recipe and I made a loaf of bread out of part of the dough. The recipe makes a large batch and freezes well, but I only had a small amount of filling that I had made up in advance the other day. Number One rolled the dough out individually for me. You can do what works best for you. The recipe uses a different technique, but both ways work just fine.

Bierocks

Ingredients

DOUGH:
10 to 11 cups all-purpose flour, divided
1 package (1/4-ounce) active dry yeast
1/2 cup sugar
2 teaspoons salt
2-1/2 cups water
1 cup whole milk
1/2 cup butter, cubed
2 eggs
FILLING:
2 pounds ground beef
1 large onion, chopped
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon ground pepper
2 teaspoons minced garlic
2 pounds shredded cabbage

Nutritional Facts

1 each: 323 calories, 9g fat (4g saturated fat), 48mg cholesterol, 475mg sodium, 47g carbohydrate (7g sugars, 2g fiber), 14g protein.

Directions

For dough, in a large bowl, combine 4 cups of flour, yeast, sugar and salt; mix well and set aside.
In a saucepan, heat water, milk and butter just until butter melts. Remove from heat and cool to 120°-130°. Combine with flour mixture; add eggs. Using an electric mixer, blend at low speed until moistened then beat at medium speed for 3 minutes. By hand, gradually stir in enough remaining flour to make a firm dough.
Knead on a floured surface about 10 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour. Punch dough down; let rise again until almost doubled.
Meanwhile, for the filling, brown beef with cabbage, onion, garlic, salt and pepper; drain. Set aside. Divide the dough into fourths. Roll each piece into a 15x10-in. rectangle. Cut into 5-inch squares. Spoon 1/3 to 1/2 cup filling onto each square. Bring the four corners up over the filling; pinch together to seal. Repeat with remaining dough and filling. Place on greased baking sheets.
Bake at 375° for 30 minutes or until brown. Yield: 24 servings.