Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Baking Day

The past few days have been pretty cool. Today was in the low to mid-60s. It's supposed to get into the 70s again though, so I figured I had better use today to bake. I didn't accomplish everything I had planned to make, but I did make at least accomplish something. That's saying a lot considering I had to get up at 6:45am for a doctor appointment that was canceled!!! Oh well. We rescheduled for tomorrow, meaning I'll be up at 6:45am two days in a row. Imagine that! :-) Anyway, here's what I made:
One regular sized loaf of Whole Wheat bread, 4 mini-loaves, that were still pretty large, Pepperoni Rolls, Cinnamon Rolls and French Bread.
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You'll notice there is a mini-loaf of bread missing. We ate it for dinner. I grabbed it off the cooling rack before I snapped a picture.
Someday, I'll have nice pretty counter tops to photograph my good eats on, but alas, that day is not today.
Here is my French bread...
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Please don't laugh. It's flat, that I know. I think I should have added a bit more flour to it. It was the first time I had used this recipe. I'm sure MrsMamaHen makes it MUCH better than I do. We're still going to eat it though. I think it'll work nicely for some stuffed bread? The real point of this picture though, was the pan. Don't you just LOVE that super cute French Bread pan? I've had it for a few weeks now, and just now got around to trying it out. It makes a really nice crust on the loaf, that is for sure.
The mini bread loaves were a test run. I think the kids are going to LOVE them. They fit in the toaster perfectly. My larger loaves are too tall. Plus, it'll be much easier for the kids to cut the mini-loaves as well. I think I'll still do a couple of regular sized loaves, but the mini-loaves might be my go to size for a while. Plus, they just look so cute made up as a sandwich!
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DISCLAIMER: No, that is NOT fresh lettuce and tomatoes from my garden. We are making progress, but still no edible veggies as of yet. I might have seen a baby zuchini the last time I looked. The jury is still out.
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 20, 2011 at 12:30 AM

    We are finally here, and I totally had the urge to bake today as well. When we finally get into a house, I am going to probably bake like a fool.

    I have found that french bread is a little "moody". There is such a fine line where flour and "working" the dough is concerned. Yours looked quite yummy.

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  2. MelissaJuly 20, 2011 at 2:34 AM

    Wow, I would have stopped by when I was in town today had I know you were doing all this baking! Looks great, are you liking the bread? I think I have that pepperoni roll recipe printed out to try. Now I have to try it. I didn't do much today but make dinner and clean up and take a nap, which is why I didn't do much else!

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  3. MelissaJuly 20, 2011 at 2:35 AM

    Lettuce, please let me send lettuce home with you on Thursday to get you through. If I forget please remind me.

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