Comments for Home-Steeped Hope http://homesteepedhope.com Rejoicing in hope...Romans 12:12 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:16:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on FAQs and Recipe Additions for Amish Friendship Bread by Mary http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/04/12/faqs-and-recipe-additions-for-amish-friendship-bread/comment-page-2/#comment-16901 Mary Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:16:39 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/?p=730#comment-16901 Mmm, Lori, that combo is one of my favorites too! Winter is the perfect time to keep the AFB on hand, isn't it? If your metal whisk is stainless steel, then I am pretty sure it is okay to use with AFB. Other metals do have a reaction of some kind, so they are best to avoid. Hope that helps! Mmm, Lori, that combo is one of my favorites too! Winter is the perfect time to keep the AFB on hand, isn’t it? If your metal whisk is stainless steel, then I am pretty sure it is okay to use with AFB. Other metals do have a reaction of some kind, so they are best to avoid. Hope that helps!

]]> Comment on FAQs and Recipe Additions for Amish Friendship Bread by Lori Murray http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/04/12/faqs-and-recipe-additions-for-amish-friendship-bread/comment-page-2/#comment-16897 Lori Murray Sun, 19 Feb 2012 04:35:37 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/?p=730#comment-16897 I have had great sucess with a variation of the AFB, White Chocolate-Cherry. Yum! Omitting cinnamon from original recipe and using 3/4t almond extract instead of vanilla. I also add 2 boxes of French Vanilla instant pudding, a 1/2 bag of white chocolate chips, a good handful of dried cherries and a can of well drained tart cherries. Last time I made muffins I decided to add 1/2C more flour since the batter was so moist. Thay came out delicious. I do have a question about using a metal whisk. I have read that there is an acidic recation with the yeast and metal. What actually happens? Will it change the taste of my bread? I used metal to stir and all seemed fine?? Please explain, thanks!! I have had great sucess with a variation of the AFB, White Chocolate-Cherry. Yum! Omitting cinnamon from original recipe and using 3/4t almond extract instead of vanilla. I also add 2 boxes of French Vanilla instant pudding, a 1/2 bag of white chocolate chips, a good handful of dried cherries and a can of well drained tart cherries. Last time I made muffins I decided to add 1/2C more flour since the batter was so moist. Thay came out delicious.
I do have a question about using a metal whisk. I have read that there is an acidic recation with the yeast and metal. What actually happens? Will it change the taste of my bread? I used metal to stir and all seemed fine?? Please explain, thanks!!

]]> Comment on Are you really a Christian? by Mary http://homesteepedhope.com/2012/02/09/are-you-really-a-christian/comment-page-1/#comment-16886 Mary Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:21:43 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/?p=2114#comment-16886 Hi Bethanie...yes, our stories <em>are</em> very similar! I think God draws early converts to a more serious commitment beginning around the ages of 7-11. That little nudge on the heart that they need to "work out their salvation with fear and trembling" as the Bible says. Not that they need "saved again"--unless they weren't in the first place. Just that they need to be sure. I am concerned though for the people who go into adulthood w/a false assurance that a prayer they prayed as a toddler saved them, or one prayed at the pressure of some well-intentioned VBS worker. If they prayed it, fully understanding, then it's all good, but it seems a slippery slope. Thanks for coming by and commenting! Mary Hi Bethanie…yes, our stories are very similar! I think God draws early converts to a more serious commitment beginning around the ages of 7-11. That little nudge on the heart that they need to “work out their salvation with fear and trembling” as the Bible says. Not that they need “saved again”–unless they weren’t in the first place. Just that they need to be sure. I am concerned though for the people who go into adulthood w/a false assurance that a prayer they prayed as a toddler saved them, or one prayed at the pressure of some well-intentioned VBS worker. If they prayed it, fully understanding, then it’s all good, but it seems a slippery slope.

Thanks for coming by and commenting!
Mary

]]> Comment on Amish Friendship Bread~all you need to know! by Mary http://homesteepedhope.com/2006/10/10/amish-friendship-breadall-you-need-to-know/comment-page-8/#comment-16885 Mary Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:16:31 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/2006/10/10/amish-friendship-breadall-you-need-to-know/#comment-16885 Hi Karma, I'm not sure? Maybe someone else will chime in with an answer. It is a heavy bread, even at a more normal altitude, but mine hasn't ever fallen during baking. Sorry I don't have an answer! Mary Hi Karma,
I’m not sure? Maybe someone else will chime in with an answer. It is a heavy bread, even at a more normal altitude, but mine hasn’t ever fallen during baking. Sorry I don’t have an answer!
Mary

]]> Comment on Amish Friendship Bread~all you need to know! by Karma Vance http://homesteepedhope.com/2006/10/10/amish-friendship-breadall-you-need-to-know/comment-page-8/#comment-16878 Karma Vance Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:43:38 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/2006/10/10/amish-friendship-breadall-you-need-to-know/#comment-16878 Is there a way to make the bread less heavy. I live at a high altitude and the bread is heavy and seems to fall? Thank you for your response. Karma Vance Is there a way to make the bread less heavy. I live at a high altitude and the bread is heavy and seems to fall? Thank you for your response.
Karma Vance

]]> Comment on Are you really a Christian? by Bethanie http://homesteepedhope.com/2012/02/09/are-you-really-a-christian/comment-page-1/#comment-16871 Bethanie Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:58:01 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/?p=2114#comment-16871 Sounds like you and I may have very similar testimonies. I repeated a prayer when I was very young and didn't understand that I needed to have a relationship with Jesus. It wasn't until I was 14 years old that I really got saved and I was an adult before I really started growing in my salvation. Sounds like you and I may have very similar testimonies. I repeated a prayer when I was very young and didn’t understand that I needed to have a relationship with Jesus. It wasn’t until I was 14 years old that I really got saved and I was an adult before I really started growing in my salvation.

]]> Comment on FAQs and Recipe Additions for Amish Friendship Bread by Lisa http://homesteepedhope.com/2008/04/12/faqs-and-recipe-additions-for-amish-friendship-bread/comment-page-2/#comment-16868 Lisa Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:28:29 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/?p=730#comment-16868 I have four starters that are done and not in the mood to bake bread. Already have a lot of it frozen. Can I just combine all four starters together in one big container and not use it until later. If I can do this must I add anything to the combined four starters since on the day you bake your suppose to add stuff to the mix? If I can do this on day 6 would I still add just one cup of everything or have to double the amounts since it is a combined starter? Thanks so much just learning about this bread. I have four starters that are done and not in the mood to bake bread. Already have a lot of it frozen. Can I just combine all four starters together in one big container and not use it until later. If I can do this must I add anything to the combined four starters since on the day you bake your suppose to add stuff to the mix? If I can do this on day 6 would I still add just one cup of everything or have to double the amounts since it is a combined starter? Thanks so much just learning about this bread.

]]> Comment on Homemade Yogurt by Mary http://homesteepedhope.com/2012/02/01/homemade-yogurt/comment-page-1/#comment-16860 Mary Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:50:42 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/?p=2106#comment-16860 Mm! You are welcome! I'm so glad it turned out! I made a batch last week, that was delicious, but a little soupy. I seem to have better, thicker yogurt in the summer than I do in the winter. Thanks for letting me know! ;O) Mm! You are welcome! I’m so glad it turned out! I made a batch last week, that was delicious, but a little soupy. I seem to have better, thicker yogurt in the summer than I do in the winter. Thanks for letting me know! ;O)

]]> Comment on Are you really a Christian? by Mary http://homesteepedhope.com/2012/02/09/are-you-really-a-christian/comment-page-1/#comment-16859 Mary Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:49:04 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/?p=2114#comment-16859 You're welcome, and thank *you* for your comment. It blessed me. :O) You’re welcome, and thank *you* for your comment. It blessed me. :O)

]]> Comment on Gina Conroy: Journey to the Center of God’s Will by Gina Conroy http://homesteepedhope.com/2012/01/31/gina-conroy-journey-to-the-center-of-gods-will/comment-page-1/#comment-16858 Gina Conroy Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:45:23 +0000 http://homesteepedhope.com/?p=2079#comment-16858 Thanks, Larry! It's taken me a while to learn, but we need to walk with him and trust him daily. He's not going to show up the blueprint for our life, but he will walk beside us guiding our next step. That's become my prayer of late, "Show me the next step, Lord!" And he does! Such a freeing revelation! Thanks, Larry! It’s taken me a while to learn, but we need to walk with him and trust him daily. He’s not going to show up the blueprint for our life, but he will walk beside us guiding our next step. That’s become my prayer of late, “Show me the next step, Lord!” And he does! Such a freeing revelation!

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