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   Megan Lynch (she/her) (meganl@mas.to)'s status on Wednesday, 15-May-2024 08:08:27 JST Megan Lynch (she/her)

   I keep messing up frozen croissants by forgetting to take them out to thaw/rise at the right time.

   This time I messed them up by not putting them in the freezer quickly enough when I got home from the store. So they rose a teeny bit in the pkg, then got frozen again. I took them out at the right time this morning, but they are well behind in rising.

   Gave up and put them in the solar oven just now anyway. They will be slightly flatter almond croissants. #SolarCooking

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     Megan Lynch (she/her) (meganl@mas.to)'s status on Wednesday, 15-May-2024 08:08:26 JST Megan Lynch (she/her)

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     It's very difficult to burn anything in this type of solar oven. But you can brown things a lot or dry them out.

     I got caught up in Mastodon and didn't keep track of time so these are browner than is ideal. The lack of rise is entirely my fault - due forgetting to put the frozen Trader Joe's croissant dough in the freezer when I got home from shopping.

     Even flawed, this will probably still be among the best croissants in Davis because it's that bad here since Konditorei closed. #SolarCooking

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     Megan Lynch (she/her) (meganl@mas.to)'s status on Wednesday, 15-May-2024 08:08:27 JST Megan Lynch (she/her)

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     I put them in without reflectors for a while because I wanted a chance for them to keep rising before fully baking. That seems to have been effective.

     Temp at 250F when I put the reflectors on just now so I can intensify the baking. #SolarCooking

     Bill repeated this.