Posted in In the Kitchen
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Started with breakfast and then BILLS.... must say I thought about deleting my previous entry.....because there were a few snags today... we have a wedding Saturday and we don't have a gift category (YET), we also needed some INK for the computer (the hs budget was depleted), and a few other ODD items.....but we worked it out and all is well... Then off to run those errands.. Bank first (to get CASH), Fruit stand, Homedepot, and WALMART Then I came home and decided to get some baking done.. I can't even remember the last time I REALLY had a BAKING DAY!!! (sad but true).... So first up was: Granola!! (we are so egged out!!) Looks like something is missing???-- it is.. RASINS... I'll buy them tomorrow with a bit of my allowance. Then I tried a new bread recipe-- it only makes one loaf...but we'll see how it works:
Used the Bread machine for this one:
Ingredients
4 cups Whole Wheat Flour (I used Stone Ground Whole Wheat Flour by Hodgson Mill) 1/2 teaspoon yeast (mine says "baking yeast" from health food store) 1 3/4 cups warm water 2 1/2 Tablespoons canola oil 2 Tablespoons honey 2 teaspoons salt (I used kosher) 2 Tablespoons vital wheat gluten Method Add 1 1/2 cup of WW flour, yeast, and warm water in your bread machine - run it for 10 minutes on the basic cycle. After 10 minutes it should look like pancake batter. Unplug/turn off the machine and let it sit in the machine for 3-12 hours (mine sat for 9 hours). This is called a sponge . After the time has passed, add the oil, honey, salt, wheat gluten, and 2 1/2 cups flour into the machine. Run it on the dough cycle. Keep checking in the machine, don't just turn it on and leave it. Make sure all the flour is combined. Before it starts its first rise, it should be in a ball and feel like a baby's cheek  After dough cycle is complete, remove the dough, form it into a loaf, and place it in a greased loaf pan. Cover and put in a warm place (I warmed my oven for a little bit, and then put it in there to rise - the oven felt like a nice warm day ) Once its doubled in size (or looks like the size of loaf you want to have), bake on 350 degrees for 40 minutes. At 40 minutes, lightly knock on the bread and it should sound hollow. Remove from the loaf pan, and stick it back in the oven for another 2 minutes or so, to continue baking the crust (this is optional). Then back to my "regular" 6 Loaf WW Bread
Used my Bosch for this.....MASSIVE bread recipe:
Here they are still rising a bit:
And lastly... I took a bit of that bread dough and made these Delicious Cinnamon Rolls
Here they are still baking.... I cooked them all except 10 minutes and tomorrow morning before our BUSY co-op day I'll warm em' back up!! I just wish I had some of that syrup already---these are really great with a bit of syrup drizzled on top!!
We won't talk about how much FORMAL schooling got accomplished today...okay??
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( I could just KICK myself everytime I go there) but they had a few things I needed for the best price and most convienent drive.) My grocery budget was down to $60 for the week (including formula!!) but it worked out.... the reason it was down is because I forgot I asked my fatherinlaw to get me a gallon of REAL MAPLE SYRUP and I need to pay him when I see him Saturday. So...that will last us a LONG time!Comments
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