Sunday, August 14, 2011

Too much of a good thing??

Woah. Today has been awesome.

I took Betty on a bike ride today. Went 8.25 miles which was great, but going from 11:30 to 12:30 pm when it was over 100 degrees outside wasn't exactly my brightest idea ever.


Yesterday I finished my Jane Austen mini quilt for Suzanne, but after binding it I realized I must have bound it too tightly because the edges were curling up. Since I wasn't happy with how the binding print ended up looking anyways I decided to redo, so I went to our new Joann's in search of the perfect black pin dot and found it. Monday this little baby should be ready to mail out!

For Suzanne

Then this evening I decided to make some homemade white bread from the Curvy Carrot which I found via Eleganitis who had the best photos of what the bread should look like when you hand knead it. I decided to do it by hand after realizing the recipe made way more dough than my artisan could handle at once (and it doesn't help that I forgot about the lock for the head...)



Once it was all kneaded I had to wait for what seemed like forever for it to rise.

Mmm mmm good

But patience proved to be worth it once these beauties came out of the oven.

Mmm mmm good

Once it cooled just a smidge it didn't take long to slice and devour it!

Mmm mmm good

And holy cow was it good!!!

Mmm mmm good

Especially as a muenster cheese grilled cheese sandwich with tomato basil soup! And tomorrow I am thinking french toast is a MUST.

Mmm mmm good

And I have realized you can never have too much of a good thing - that is until you eat so much you feel sick! LOL!

7 comments:

  1. everything in this post is AWESOME! now gimme some bread. now!

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  2. I have never ever been able to resist that first slice of freshly baked bread, when it's still a bit doughy and the butter just slides off !!

    Wonderful ... am going to try this recipe ... thank you ...

    LOL locking the mixer head - not as bad as forgetting the little plug at the top of the blender!

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  3. One CAN live on bread and butter! Looks very yummy, thank you for sharing a family recipe.

    Bike riding in the middle of the day in Texas?

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  4. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm that bread looks good!!

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  5. That bread looks yuuuummy! I couldn't resist pinning it. :)

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  6. that sandwich looks so freaking amazing!

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