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!!!

Mealtime breads... again

Dinner
Breakfast

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!

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.

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!

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!

Breadsticks

Same ol' Boule dough... with a different application.

Onion bread sticks... and

Pesto Bread sticks...

How do you spell yum?

B-R-E-A-D!