Panda's Kneady Kitchen

Panda's Kneady Kitchen A working mom with 2 boys who enjoys baking everything including sourdough in my spare time.

I posted a while back about the vanilla paste and extract being ready. I filled the preorders that were received and I s...
03/21/2026

I posted a while back about the vanilla paste and extract being ready. I filled the preorders that were received and I still have lots of paste and extract left over so if anyone would like some (or. You liked what you received and would like more) just let me know and I can get some to you! I have Ugandan vanilla paste, Madagascar vanilla paste and Ugandan vanilla extract all ready and available

Not much going on this weekend in the kitchen but made 3 loaves of sandwich bread today 😊
03/07/2026

Not much going on this weekend in the kitchen but made 3 loaves of sandwich bread today 😊

03/06/2026

Hey y'all. Just letting everyone know that the Uganda vanilla paste is ready and I will have some Madagascar vanilla paste ready this weekend! I'm going to order some jars and will contact those of you that have preordered some of the Ugandan paste once they are in and ready. I'm also going to get the viles in for the extract.

In addition I have Uganda vanilla extract that is ready as well!

I have done some taste testing and personally, I cannot catch much of the chocolate flavor that's in the Ugandan beans so I don't think it will be that noticeable unless you're a vanilla connoisseur 😆

Since I haven't shared a bake in a while (just always so busy I end up forgetting every single time), these are tonights...
02/03/2026

Since I haven't shared a bake in a while (just always so busy I end up forgetting every single time), these are tonights bakes

The 5 loaves of bread from my post last night! I love seeing how each and every loaf turns out different even then they're all made the exact same way at the exact same time! 🥰

So much bread...... 2 loaves of sandwich bread that are in the oven now and 5 loaves of sourdough that will be baked tom...
02/02/2026

So much bread......

2 loaves of sandwich bread that are in the oven now and 5 loaves of sourdough that will be baked tomorrow!

01/10/2026

Hey Y'all. Finally got a time lapse done of my starter rising. I did it with my experimental starter (on the right) and my normal starter (on the left)

This was a large feed and with cold water in a cold room so it took a while to rise but I love seeing the fast forward time lapse video. It's just so enjoyable and satisfying!

This would have been a better view of the rise had I made the starters larger than just 60 grams but I like keeping small starters as there is not much discard with them when you go to feed again plus it's so easy to just upscale it when getting ready to use.

I was home with a Migraine yesterday when I decided to record this so I didn't do a lot of things that I wanted to do but this was a great start to hopefully many time lapse videos to come!

Experiment time! I've made a stuff starter in the past but never really maintained it due to how difficult it is to mix....
01/07/2026

Experiment time!

I've made a stuff starter in the past but never really maintained it due to how difficult it is to mix.

A true stiff starter is only 50% hydration so you would be mixing only 50 grams of water into 100 grams of flour to which I use half bread flour and half whole wheat flour which are pretty thirsty flours (especially the whole wheat) so it is just really difficult and a lot of work! If you aren't familiar with weighing things then think of it as mixing only 1/4 cup of water into 1 cup of flour!

Well I'm going to try a semi stiff starter.

Below is a picture of my semi stiff starter on the left and my normal 100% hydration starter on the right. I plan to monitor and compare how well these 2 different hydrations rise and then I plan on making a loaf of bread with them and comparing the overall texture, rise and flavor.

Supposedly the semi stiff starter will be slightly less sour than my normal starter but it should also make much better bread so we will see how they compare come the weekend or beginning of next week 😁

Happy New Year everyone! Any new year's resolutions out there?
01/01/2026

Happy New Year everyone! Any new year's resolutions out there?

I want to wish everyone a wonderful and very Merry Christmas! May this day be filled with joy and happiness throughout e...
12/25/2025

I want to wish everyone a wonderful and very Merry Christmas! May this day be filled with joy and happiness throughout everyone's homes!

3 orders of cinnamon rolls going out tomorrow. It's been a while since I made any but thankfully it's like riding a bike...
12/22/2025

3 orders of cinnamon rolls going out tomorrow. It's been a while since I made any but thankfully it's like riding a bike lol

12/17/2025

Yep y'all. I will be baking Christmas orders on the 24th and meeting that afternoon.

Some of you have already placed an order and I have your items on my list. If you plan to order anything please do so by Monday night.

Merry Christmas everyone!

2 loaves of sandwich bread going out 😊I truly love and enjoy baking for people. I have so much pleasure in making beauti...
12/13/2025

2 loaves of sandwich bread going out 😊

I truly love and enjoy baking for people. I have so much pleasure in making beautiful bread that people enjoy eating!

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