Guest guest Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 I haven't followed any of the recipes in the book, since I do gluten free, but I make batter breads daily. I have a long finger shaped spatula that works a charm on getting the batter out, but any spatula should do. I don't worry if there is a smidgen left in the container, I just rinse it out. > > Has anyone made some of the quick bread recipes in the Vitamix that are in > the recipe book, and if so, how difficult was it to remove the batter and > place into the baking pan? > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 The narrow spatulas really help get the batter out. They come in 3-packs and can be ordered on the Vitamx website. Blessings,Lea Ann SavageSatellite Beach, FL(321) 773-7088 (home)(321-961-9219 (cell)))><'>www.VitamixLady.comwww..com<))>< Quick Breads Has anyone made some of the quick bread recipes in the Vitamix that are in the recipe book, and if so, how difficult was it to remove the batter and place into the baking pan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 Forgot to add - I haven't made quick breads yet, but have made brownie batter, cake mix, pancakes, and corn bread batter. LOVE the Vitamix as a mixer! Blessings,Lea Ann SavageSatellite Beach, FL(321) 773-7088 (home)(321-961-9219 (cell)))><'>www.VitamixLady.comwww..com<))>< Quick Breads Has anyone made some of the quick bread recipes in the Vitamix that are in the recipe book, and if so, how difficult was it to remove the batter and place into the baking pan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 Ok, thank you -- Re: Quick Breads Forgot to add - I haven't made quick breads yet, but have made brownie batter, cake mix, pancakes, and corn bread batter. LOVE the Vitamix as a mixer! Blessings,Lea Ann SavageSatellite Beach, FL(321) 773-7088 (home)(321-961-9219 (cell)))><'>www.VitamixLady.comwww..com<))>< Quick Breads Has anyone made some of the quick bread recipes in the Vitamix that are in the recipe book, and if so, how difficult was it to remove the batter and place into the baking pan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 Make sure not to run anything thick (like batter) for too long on a VARIABLE speed, especially a low one. The fan doesn't engage unless the machine is running on HIGH and you'll risk tripping the overload protection. There's more on this in the archives. Re: Quick Breads Forgot to add - I haven't made quick breads yet, but have made brownie batter, cake mix, pancakes, and corn bread batter. LOVE the Vitamix as a mixer! Blessings, Lea Ann Savage Satellite Beach, FL (321) 773-7088 (home) (321-961-9219 (cell) www.VitamixLady.com www..com <))>< Quick Breads Has anyone made some of the quick bread recipes in the Vitamix that are in the recipe book, and if so, how difficult was it to remove the batter and place into the baking pan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 I'm thinking of just mixing the wet ingredients in the VM and then the dry ingredients in a bowl and adding the wet into the dry in the VM. Thinking that would make life easier.lol -- Re: Quick Breads Forgot to add - I haven't made quick breads yet, but have made brownie batter, cake mix, pancakes, and corn bread batter. LOVE the Vitamix as a mixer! Blessings,Lea Ann SavageSatellite Beach, FL(321) 773-7088 (home)(321-961-9219 (cell)))><'>www.VitamixLady.comwww..com<))>< Quick Breads Has anyone made some of the quick bread recipes in the Vitamix that are in the recipe book, and if so, how difficult was it to remove the batter and place into the baking pan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 Regardless, if it's a thick mixture, don't run it too long on a VARIABLE speed. Re: Quick Breads Forgot to add - I haven't made quick breads yet, but have made brownie batter, cake mix, pancakes, and corn bread batter. LOVE the Vitamix as a mixer! Blessings, Lea Ann Savage Satellite Beach, FL (321) 773-7088 (home) (321-961-9219 (cell) www.VitamixLady.com www..com <))>< Quick Breads Has anyone made some of the quick bread recipes in the Vitamix that are in the recipe book, and if so, how difficult was it to remove the batter and place into the baking pan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 Ok won't do -- Re: Quick Breads Forgot to add - I haven't made quick breads yet, but have made brownie batter, cake mix, pancakes, and corn bread batter. LOVE the Vitamix as a mixer! Blessings,Lea Ann SavageSatellite Beach, FL(321) 773-7088 (home)(321-961-9219 (cell)))><'>www.VitamixLady.comwww..com<))>< Quick Breads Has anyone made some of the quick bread recipes in the Vitamix that are in the recipe book, and if so, how difficult was it to remove the batter and place into the baking pan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 Lea Ann does this frequently and will at some point jump in but my guess that you might want to stop the machine occasionally to scrape down the sides--I imagine this will get everything into the blade assembly so that it gets mixed quickly. Re: Quick Breads Forgot to add - I haven't made quick breads yet, but have made brownie batter, cake mix, pancakes, and corn bread batter. LOVE the Vitamix as a mixer! Blessings, Lea Ann Savage Satellite Beach, FL (321) 773-7088 (home) (321-961-9219 (cell) www.VitamixLady.com www..com <))>< Quick Breads Has anyone made some of the quick bread recipes in the Vitamix that are in the recipe book, and if so, how difficult was it to remove the batter and place into the baking pan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 Not up to doing too much right away anyway. Got sick from one of my residents Thursday, called off, tried to go in Friday and was sent home, lol Feel better today as I woke up several times drenched during the night but, had to go get my photo ID today so, went shopping too, was a little too much. Resting now.lol Am living on soup and smoothies though, it helps. Was all I could manage. -- Re: Quick Breads Forgot to add - I haven't made quick breads yet, but have made brownie batter, cake mix, pancakes, and corn bread batter. LOVE the Vitamix as a mixer! Blessings,Lea Ann SavageSatellite Beach, FL(321) 773-7088 (home)(321-961-9219 (cell)))><'>www.VitamixLady.comwww..com<))>< Quick Breads Has anyone made some of the quick bread recipes in the Vitamix that are in the recipe book, and if so, how difficult was it to remove the batter and place into the baking pan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 Feel better. Soups and smoothies aren't a bad way to subsist during illness. Re: Quick Breads Forgot to add - I haven't made quick breads yet, but have made brownie batter, cake mix, pancakes, and corn bread batter. LOVE the Vitamix as a mixer! Blessings, Lea Ann Savage Satellite Beach, FL (321) 773-7088 (home) (321-961-9219 (cell) www.VitamixLady.com www..com <))>< Quick Breads Has anyone made some of the quick bread recipes in the Vitamix that are in the recipe book, and if so, how difficult was it to remove the batter and place into the baking pan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 Thank you, I am , and yes soup and smoothies are working great -- Re: Quick Breads Forgot to add - I haven't made quick breads yet, but have made brownie batter, cake mix, pancakes, and corn bread batter. LOVE the Vitamix as a mixer! Blessings,Lea Ann SavageSatellite Beach, FL(321) 773-7088 (home)(321-961-9219 (cell)))><'>www.VitamixLady.comwww..com<))>< Quick Breads Has anyone made some of the quick bread recipes in the Vitamix that are in the recipe book, and if so, how difficult was it to remove the batter and place into the baking pan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 THAT sounds complicated, lol. The Vitamix WILL make your life easier, if YOU don't complicate the process! From: <kareningotham@...>Subject: Re: Quick Breads Date: Saturday, January 22, 2011, 3:23 PM Regardless, if it's a thick mixture, don't run it too long on a VARIABLE speed. Re: Quick Breads Forgot to add - I haven't made quick breads yet, but have made brownie batter, cake mix, pancakes, and corn bread batter. LOVE the Vitamix as a mixer! Blessings, Lea Ann Savage Satellite Beach, FL (321) 773-7088 (home) (321-961-9219 (cell) www.VitamixLady.com www..com <))>< Quick Breads Has anyone made some of the quick bread recipes in the Vitamix that are in the recipe book, and if so, how difficult was it to remove the batter and place into the baking pan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 The old rule about muffins is mix the wet ingredients together, separately mix the dry ingredients together, then combine, mixing as little as possible. You can make this with any dried fruit, it's moist and flavorful. Recipe is for loaf pan but you can bake as muffins as well. I've never tried to modify it for sweeteners but that is easily done. If you are using bran that has sugar in then cut the amount of sugar in the recipe some. Actually I suspect you could leave out the sugar and it would still be good but have never done that. * Exported from MasterCook * Apricot and Banana Bread Recipe By : Page Serving Size : 12 Preparation Time :0:55 Categories : Bread Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method -------- ------------ -------------------------------- 1 1/4 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon soda 1 cup whole bran 1/2 cup pecans or walnuts 2 eggs 1/3 cup oil 2/3 cup sugar 1/4 cup buttermilk 3 bananas, ripe 1 cup dried apricot halves -- or cranberries Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x5x3 inch loaf pan. Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and soda into a medium bowl; add whole bran. Put nuts in blender container; cover and chop; add to flour mixture. Put eggs, shortening, sugar and buttermilk in blender; mix. Add bananas while blender is running; blend until completely liquefied. Stop blender and add apricots and/or dried cranberries; blend until coarsely chopped. Add to dry ingredients; stir well and pour into prepared pan. Bake 45 minutes or until done. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 205 Calories; 7g Fat (30.3% calories from fat); 3g Protein; 34g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber; 36mg Cholesterol; 149mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 1 Fruit; 0 Non-Fat Milk; 1 1/2 Fat; 1 Other Carbohydrates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 , you have a good idea there, but I would never mix quick breads in the VM. Like muffins, quick breads should be mixed only until all dry ingredients are moistened. A few lumps are OK.If you really want to use the VM for the wet ingredients, I would sift the dry stuff into a mixing bowl (I have two of the OXO ones with spout and rubber bottoms) and pour the wet over. Mix with a balloon whisk. It takes just a few minutes and gives a great result. I've been doing it this way for many years and have never had a failure. BTW, I always sift dry ingredients except when making yeast bread. My sifter hasn't been washed in years (many!) - I keep it handy in the cupboard resting on a plastic coffee can lid to contain any stray flour. When I'm ready to do the dry ingredients, I measure them directly into the sifter (always placed on the lid) and then sift them into the mixing bowl - always dumping whatever fell onto the lid into the mix, too. Works like a charm for me!I love my VM, but I do think it's overkill for some things. Old-fashioned, I guess. Learned to bake at my Grandmother's house in the late 40s, using coffee cups and regular teaspoons to measure and mixing by hand. Best stuff I ever made! Peggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 Guess I need to add mix dry ingredients in a bowl to the recipe and then pour wet ingredients into the bowl with the dry ingredients. Yep. Page > > Just out of curiosity, wouldn't it be easier to " mix[ing] as little as possible " by hand? > > > > > Re: Quick Breads > > ? The old rule about muffins is mix the wet ingredients together, separately mix the dry ingredients together, then combine, mixing as little as possible. > > You can make this with any dried fruit, it's moist and flavorful. Recipe is for loaf pan but you can bake as muffins as well. I've never tried to modify it for sweeteners but that is easily done. If you are using bran that has sugar in then cut the amount of sugar in the recipe some. Actually I suspect you could leave out the sugar and it would still be good but have never done that. > > * Exported from MasterCook * > > Apricot and Banana Bread > > Recipe By : Page > Serving Size : 12 Preparation Time :0:55 > Categories : Bread > > Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method > -------- ------------ -------------------------------- > 1 1/4 cups flour > 1 teaspoon baking powder > 1/2 teaspoon salt > 1/2 teaspoon soda > 1 cup whole bran > 1/2 cup pecans or walnuts > 2 eggs > 1/3 cup oil > 2/3 cup sugar > 1/4 cup buttermilk > 3 bananas, ripe > 1 cup dried apricot halves -- or cranberries > > Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x5x3 inch loaf pan. Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and soda into a medium bowl; add whole bran. Put nuts in blender container; cover and chop; add to flour mixture. Put eggs, shortening, sugar and buttermilk in blender; mix. Add bananas while blender is running; blend until completely liquefied. Stop blender and add apricots and/or dried cranberries; blend until coarsely chopped. Add to dry ingredients; stir well and pour into prepared pan. Bake 45 minutes or until done. > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 205 Calories; 7g Fat (30.3% calories from fat); 3g Protein; 34g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber; 36mg Cholesterol; 149mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 1 Fruit; 0 Non-Fat Milk; 1 1/2 Fat; 1 Other Carbohydrates. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 It's easier to clean a bowl for something this thick imho, so that's how I do it. Page > > From: <kareningotham@...> > Subject: Re: Re: Quick Breads > > Date: Sunday, January 23, 2011, 8:47 AM > > > > > > > >  > > > > > > > > > > > Peggy, I should've read your reply before composing my own. ) > > > > > > > > > > Re: Quick Breads > > > > > >  > > > > > > , you have a good idea there, but I would never mix quick breads in the VM. Like muffins, quick breads should be mixed only until all dry ingredients are moistened. A few lumps are OK. > > > > If you really want to use the VM for the wet ingredients, I would sift the dry stuff into a mixing bowl (I have two of the OXO ones with spout and rubber bottoms) and pour the wet over. Mix with a balloon whisk. It takes just a few minutes and gives a great result. I've been doing it this way for many years and have never had a failure. > > > > BTW, I always sift dry ingredients except when making yeast bread. My sifter hasn't been washed in years (many!) - I keep it handy in the cupboard resting on a plastic coffee can lid to contain any stray flour. When I'm ready to do the dry ingredients, I measure them directly into the sifter (always placed on the lid) and then sift them into the mixing bowl - always dumping whatever fell onto the lid into the mix, too. Works like a charm for me! > > > > I love my VM, but I do think it's overkill for some things. Old-fashioned, I guess. Learned to bake at my Grandmother's house in the late 40s, using coffee cups and regular teaspoons to measure and mixing by hand. Best stuff I ever made! > > > > > > > > > > . > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 I am usually of the less cleaning of containers is better school myself and locusts is such a good description! I have 2 sons and when they lived home there were always a houseful of boys around! On this recipe I usually double so it would not fit into my vitamix, barely fits into my largest bowl. And it is very thick. Page > > I'm lucky that I have 3 boys who are like locusts and LOVE to help me get the remaining batter out of my container :-) > > But when they aren't around, I just whiz it all up with soapy water to clean it. > > There is a line in my demo where I say, " I'm to lazy to clean a beater and a bowl so if I can make brownies in a machine that cleans itself, that's the way I do it every time... " > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 No problem, . Great minds and all that...Peggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 , that's another reason I prefer doing quick breads/muffins by hand. I like to use a rubber scraper to get ALL the batter into the baking pan, and particularly when the batter is very thick as many quick breads are. Two dishes and a balloon whisk to clean. Put one dish inside the other and the whisk inside that. Fill with soapy water and swish once or twice with a brush/dish mop/cloth and you're done. Must admit, though, that when my husband is around, I don't scrape quite ALL the batter out of the bowl. When my boys were little, they always got the "batter beaters". I have the cutest picture of them, each with a beater in hand, demolishing the batter bowl of Red Velvet Cake. Love it!Peggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 You know for years no cookies were ever baked at my house, the locusts ate the dough before it could be baked........lol I have to say the bananas often be frozen. That might be why I don't run into tripping the heat sensor. * Exported from MasterCook * Apricot and Banana Bread Recipe By : Page Serving Size : 12 Preparation Time :0:55 Categories : Bread Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method -------- ------------ -------------------------------- 1 1/4 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon soda 1 cup whole bran 1/2 cup pecans or walnuts 2 eggs 1/3 cup oil 2/3 cup sugar 1/4 cup buttermilk 3 bananas, ripe 1 cup dried apricot halves -- or cranberries Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x5x3 inch loaf pan. Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and soda into a medium bowl; add whole bran. Put nuts in blender container; cover and chop; add to flour mixture. Put eggs, shortening, sugar and buttermilk in blender; mix. Add bananas while blender is running; blend until completely liquefied. Stop blender and add apricots and/or dried cranberries; blend until coarsely chopped. Add to dry ingredients in the bowl; stir well and pour into prepared pan. Bake 45 minutes or until done. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 205 Calories; 7g Fat (30.3% calories from fat); 3g Protein; 34g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber; 36mg Cholesterol; 149mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 1 Fruit; 0 Non-Fat Milk; 1 1/2 Fat; 1 Other Carbohydrates. > > I could never get a double batch to mix without tripping the heat sensor, so in a case like yours, I would have to wash that darn bowl Aaaarrrrrgh! > > I am so lazy that I scramble my eggs (at variable 1) in the VM before frying them, so I can assure you that I would use your 2-step method and mix my wet ingredients in the VM before adding to the bowl (that I would have to wash aaargh again :-) to be stirred into the dry ingredients. > > Care to share that recipe??? > > Blessings, > Lea Ann Savage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 If that is true then why freeze grains before grinding them? Page > > The temperature of the ingredients isn't what causes the tripping. It's a matter of how hard the motor has to work to slog through the ingredients; this is why there's a suggested ratio of frozens-to-liquids and why you should add liquids and soft ingredients to the container before those that are frozen or just hard. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 I've been storing my grains in the freezer since the 60s for that reason. > & gt; > & gt; The temperature of the ingredients isn't what causes the tripping. It's a matter of how hard the motor has to work to slog through the ingredients; this is why there's a suggested ratio of frozens-to-liquids and why you should add liquids and soft ingredients to the container before those that are frozen or just hard. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 Yep it's the load on the motor which trips the sensor. It's just that Lea Ann said she had never been able to double the recipe on QB without tripping the sensor. Thinking about it I recall she mentioned not using a bowl to mix in the dry ingredients so that would likely be the issue, the dry ingredients increase the load. I don't put the dry ingredients in there too often unless it's not a very thick batter. I'd rather wash a bowl than clean a thick batter out of my VM. Just personal preference. Page > > 's right--the container would have to include some sort of sensor that can be read by the motor, which it doesn't (nor does it need one). The heat that trips the overload protection is solely that produced by the efforts of the motor. It's just as likely to occur when the machine is blending too many nuts for too long as it is when blending a smoothie that has too little liquid and a predominance of frozen ingredients. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 Strange question...freezing bananas...do you peel then freeze, or vice versa? Thanks for the help :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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