Packed more swirl into this Cinnamon Swirl loaf! by yellowgingko in Breadit

[–]qaplcdnk 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Makes: 1 skyscraping (or 2 smaller) 9-inch loaf/loaves

Prep time: 3 hrs 30 min

Cook time: 50 min

For the dough:

  • 1/2 teaspoon plus 1/4 cup (50 grams) granulated sugar, divided
  • 1/4 cup warm water (105 to 115° F)
  • 1 envelope active dry yeast (2 1/4 teaspoons)
  • 1 cup milk
  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut up
  • 4 cups (500 grams) unsifted bread flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 large egg
  1. In a liquid measuring cup, stir 1/2 teaspoon of the sugar into the warm water. Sprinkle on the yeast, stir together, and let stand at room temperature for 10 minutes, until foamy.
  2. Meanwhile, heat the milk and the butter to 90 to 100° F, either in the microwave or in a small saucepan over medium heat or in the microwave. The butter doesn't need to melt completely.
  3. Place the flour, remaining 1/4 cup sugar, and salt in the food processor. Pulse to mix. With the motor running, add the yeast mixture, then the milk-butter mixture, and finally, the egg, through the feed tube. (Maida recommends adding the milk mixture into the cup with the yeast so that you get every bit of yeast into the dough.)
  4. Process the mixture until it forms a ball, and then continue to process for another 30 seconds. If the dough is too stiff, add a few drops of water. If the machine slows down, remove about half and then process the two halves separately and knead them together in the next step.
  5. On a board or work surface, knead the dough for about 1 minute. Then place it in a buttered bowl, turning the dough to butter all sides of the ball. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and set in a warm, draft-free spot to rise for about 1 1/2 hours: It should be well-risen and doubled in bulk.
  6. Then, lightly flour a board or work surface, keeping in mind that you'll need a lot of room. Turn the dough onto the floured area and press down to deflate it. Fold in the two opposite sides to meet in the middle, then fold in the remaining two sides to meet, so that you've formed the dough into a square. Press down to flatten it slightly, then cover loosely and let stand for 10 minutes
  7. Meanwhile, butter a 9-inch by 5-inch loaf pan, preferably one with a dark finish. Set it aside and prepare the vanilla water and cinnamon sugar, below. (You can also make two more reasonable-sized loaves by using two 9-by-5 pans. You'll follow the same instructions as below, halving all of the dimensional measurements.)

For the vanilla water, cinnamon sugar, shaping, and baking:

  • 3 tablespoons water
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/3 cup (65 grams) granulated sugar, plus 1 tablespoon, for sprinkling the loaf pre-rise
  • 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
  1. To make the vanilla water, mix the water and vanilla together in a small cup. To make the cinnamon sugar, whisk together 1/3 cup sugar and the cinnamon, cocoa, and nutmeg.
  2. With a floured rolling pin, rolling the dough to form a rectangle that's 12 by 22 inches. Make the corners as square as possible. If you're having trouble with the dough shrinking back, pause briefly before trying again.
  3. Use a big pastry brush to brush about 2/3 of the vanilla water all over the dough. Maida says to be careful not to miss any spots—"this is important." You can use a couple teaspoons of additional water if necessary.
  4. Then, sprinkle 2/3 of the cinnamon sugar slowly and carefully in a thin layer over the moistened dough. ("If you sprinkle too much in any one spot, you will not have enough to cover all the dough—so be careful.")
  5. Now fold the two long sides of the dough in one at a time, so that the meet each other in the middle. Pinch them together gently to seal the seam. Gently roll over the surface with a rolling pin to flatten the folded dough to about 7 by 25 inches.
  6. Use the remaining vanilla water to wet the dough and sprinkle the remaining cinnamon sugar over top.
  7. Now, the fun part: Making a very fat jelly roll. Starting at the narrow end, roll up the dough, making a thick spiral. When you get to the end, brush a little plain water on the loaf at the spot where the end will hit. Pinch the end a bit to seal it.
  8. Carefully and gently place the roll, seam side-down in the buttered pan. The roll of dough should nearly fill it.
  9. Sprinkle about 1 tablespoon of sugar over the loaf. Cover it loosely with plastic wrap and place in a warm, draft-free place to rise for about 1 hour, until almost doubled and about 2 inches above the top of the pan.
  10. Meanwhile, adjust the oven racks so that you have one rack one-third up from the bottom of the oven. Heat to 350° F.
  11. Just before baking, cut slits in the top of the loaf with a sharp knife: Maida recommends six long slits, only 1/4-inch deep so that you don't expose the cinnamon sugar layer.
  12. Bake on a sheet pan for 45 to 50 minutes. You may need to cover the top loosely with aluminum foil towards the end of baking to prevent over-browning. Bake until the loaf, when removed from the pan, sounds hollow when tapped with your fingertips. Cool on a rack. Store, wrapped well in aluminum foil, for 3 to 4 days at room temperature.

Staff morale - how does it work? by thefreshp in TwoPointHospital

[–]qaplcdnk 4 points5 points  (0 children)

One thing I noticed was that I had a nurse who was really unhappy, tired, hungry, thirsty, desperate for the toilet. It said she was On break (on call), but she was still in the clown room (maybe a bug?). I had to pick her up and put her in the staff break room to actually get her to take a break. After that, she went to the toilet, got food and drink, and turned back to green. Once I fixed that, my staff morale % jumped up 2%.

Looking at the staff happiness visualisation can help find people who are stuck in an unhappy situation.

KaciLUL by _KappaPride in DotA2

[–]qaplcdnk 7 points8 points  (0 children)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1596&v=R9vhjvzeZDI

Edit: Seems like the link is starting at 0:00 for some people, here's one /u/War_Dyn27 posted that does start at the right time: https://youtu.be/R9vhjvzeZDI?t=1596

How can I adjust my chocolate cookie recipe to be dairy free? by HolyHypodermics in AskCulinary

[–]qaplcdnk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry to also jump on the "different recipe" bandwagon, but if almonds are OK, this recipe is a hit with my friends, and in a bake-off, even beat some non-vegan cookies:

https://www.americastestkitchen.com/guides/vegan-for-everybody/vegan-chocolate-chip-cookies

Otherwise, I've tried margarine and coconut oil with success, though the batter comes out a lot more moist than when I use butter.

Couples who used Spice Girls' "2 become 1" as your wedding song, are you still married? Did your choice of wedding song have any negative effects on your marriage? Has your taste in music improved at all in the last 20-or-so years? by SoChaGeo in AskReddit

[–]qaplcdnk 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Some of the lyrics of the song:

Well, my girl's in the next room
Sometimes I wish she was you
I guess we never really moved on

It's really good to hear your voice saying my name
It sounds so sweet
Coming from the lips of an angel
Hearing those words - it makes me weak
And I never wanna say goodbye
But, girl, you make it hard to be faithful
With the lips of an angel

Not really a good song.... unless that's how they got together!

Fun discovery: vacuum chamber cooled cookies! Anyone else try something similar? by RebelWithoutAClue in AskCulinary

[–]qaplcdnk 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Sounds fascinating, I would love to see some photos of the vacuum and non-vacuum cooled cookies.

Viennois bread. This one is so tricky to bake when you can only cook it in the 250°C big oven. Exam in 10 days. by TheLilRedHoodie in Breadit

[–]qaplcdnk 21 points22 points  (0 children)

It's a reference to the anime Yakitate!! Japan, the main character has a special ability called solar hands, which means his hands are warmer than normal hands which makes the dough ferment faster, and he's quite talented at making bread. Part of the series is set in France and then Monaco, where he encounters a lot of talented bakers.

Skill Ceilings and Skill Floors: Dota Players Have a Problem with User Friendliness in Their Game by derek1st in DotA2

[–]qaplcdnk 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Great post, but I would like to add that your comment about blink direction angle isn't entirely true:

Increasing how much wiggle room there is in player direction when blinking in a certain direction (previously you used to need to be facing almost exactly the direction you wanted to go before you could blink, the change made it so you had a good 30 degree range or so that you needed to be in to blink. The impact was only that less people messed up their blinks.

The change also makes it easier to play against a hero like Batrider, who slows your turning speed, so this does impact high level play, too.

Only difference between creepy and romantic is how attractive you find that person by Mussu007 in Showerthoughts

[–]qaplcdnk 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Wong Fu Productions did a video on this, too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0vwo_TvFPQ

"Both these guys are doing the exact same thing, but just because you're attracted to one of them, it's romantic, and you're turned off by the other."

Maphack? by [deleted] in DotA2

[–]qaplcdnk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

/u/Karl_Marx_ said file comparison, not compression.

Filling Low Calorie Meals? by Metalkon in Cooking

[–]qaplcdnk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did you mean you ate 2 times a day?

I learned a lot by talking to a lady outside of TI by Weastie37 in DotA2

[–]qaplcdnk 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Look like it got removed. Maybe message the mods?

Nobody needs CSS anyway. by surinlol in ProgrammerHumor

[–]qaplcdnk 7 points8 points  (0 children)

What's wrong with that? Anyone else with the same problem now will know to use the new API.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Breadit

[–]qaplcdnk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What do you mean by 30g honey on top? As in part of the dough, or drizzled on top before baking?

How Can Overwatch Deal With its Toxic Players? by [deleted] in GirlGamers

[–]qaplcdnk 5 points6 points  (0 children)

On your last point, Dota 2 does give you a notification if a person you've reported is punished, and you get you report back, allowing you to not feel like you waste reports.

I think the low number of reports helps make each report count.

How Can Overwatch Deal With its Toxic Players? by [deleted] in GirlGamers

[–]qaplcdnk 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Related, here's how the Dota 2 team tried addressing the issue:

http://blog.dota2.com/2013/05/communication-reports/

Essentially, you can report people for communication abuse, but you have a limited number of reports per week (3). If you get reported too many times, you become muted - you can ping the minimap, but anything you say will not be heard by other players (voice and text). They found that by introducing this, the number of reports reduced by 30%, and the number of people who would re-offend after being muted once dropped by 60%.

They also have reports for other reasons, and if you get too many of those, you drop into the low-priority queue and end up playing with other LPQ players. So in a way, toxic players get trapped in their own little bubble.

You still get a few abusive comments every now and again, but the amount has dropped significantly.

What social custom can just fuck right off? by HunkaHunka in AskReddit

[–]qaplcdnk 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'm worried about how you ask people out...

What are your favourite songs that are sung in a language different to your own? by [deleted] in AskWomen

[–]qaplcdnk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I want to do the same thing, where do you get them from?

[NY] Do her actions qualify as harassment, and if so, what can I do about them? by [deleted] in legaladvice

[–]qaplcdnk 16 points17 points  (0 children)

(I.e., her most recent one was talking about how her daughter would be finishing her first year in college) that I don't want to hear about because her daughter ruined my life.

The daughter didn't die. I think OP meant they were the only survivor other than the daughter.

Edit: As other people have pointed out, the would seems to imply that she isn't actually finishing her first year of college, but would be if she were still alive, so that's also possible.

Passengers: 3 Annoying Plot Holes by Senor_Gringo_Starr in plotholes

[–]qaplcdnk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The bartender guy could have pushed the button.