Wednesday, February 4, 2009

The book I use to make my breads

I haven't purchased one loaf, piece, baguette, roll, hot dog bun or hamburger bun in
8 MONTHS!
And it's all due to the book
ARTISAN BREAD IN 5 MINUTES A DAY
Do you realize how much money I have saved?
How wonderful it is knowing EXACTLY what is in the bread my family eats?
Having FRESH, tasty, wholesome, bread EVERY. SINGLE. DAY?
I have manipulated the recipes just a little by adding 3 tablespoons of FLAX SEED MEAL into
each and every batch I make.
It add 10 grams of fiber, loads of amino acids, and other natural nutrition to each loaf or
roll or breadstick I make.
I usually don't add the full tablespoon of salt either. I keep it to 1/2 tablespoon and it is
plenty salty for us.
Dive in and try this method!
I promise you won't be dissapointed.

Friday, January 9, 2009

I made BAGELS!!!

Real bagels... Blueberry and Cinnamon Raisin.
One more kind of bread I don't have to buy from the store.

No boiling, no double baking... just make the dough, form them, and bake them!
I still used the Artisan Bread idea... but changed the recipe a bit, and skipped the boiling part.
They are soft... chewy, sweet and yuummmmmyyy!
Instead of the regular boule dough I changed it like this
2 cups of water
1/2 tablespoon yeast
1 cup plain yogurt
1 tablespoon salt
3 tablespoons sugar
1 cup fresh, frozen or what I used was 1 cup of blueberry pie filling in the dough.
6 1/2 cups of flour
Stir, sit and store!
That's it!
Adrian.. ya gotta try these!!!



Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Mealtime breads... again

Dinner
Breakfast


Saturday, November 15, 2008

Braided Loaves for the Holidays

I am making this for Christmas gifts for the families we visit this Holiday Season.
I'm adding homemade honey butter to go with it... in a basket... lined with a gorgeous kitchen towel.

It looks so beautiful baked!

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Pretty Bread!

I am so proud of how these turned out, I just had to post them!
One is going with dinner tonight, One is for making lunches for tomorrow,
The other two are gifts for neighbors for all their hard work and diligence helping
with the Clueless Wonders down the street.

Monday, October 27, 2008

I made my own Hamburger Buns!


Yes... the Master Boule Recipe, just rolled into smallish round 'meatballs' and baked for about 10 minutes!
I haven't purchased any bread in 3 months!
If I can't make it with my dough, we don't need it!
These are sliders. They are about 3 inches in diameter.



Alex's creation (read mess) If you look really close you can see the kitchen sink in there too!
He made up for the small size in heighth!


Saturday, October 25, 2008

Dead Bread

When bread dough commits suicide...
It is a sad... sad... day.
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Guess I put juuussst a little too much yeast in that batch!