Baking Day!

Everyone loves fresh bread, and in keeping with trying to live simpler and not rely on store bought as much, I decided as long as its possible,  Tuesday will be baking day. **I'll have to embroider that on a bib apron one day😊**

I haven't made friendship bread in awhile so I was thinking that would make a nice evening snack with a cup of hot tea. Its a 10 day investment but after the 10 days you have enough for baking and then every five days you have more to bake. I may be freezing some of the fresh bread, since I do want to keep our waistlines at bay.

Here is the recipe and instructions for Friendship Bread.

The recipe makes 2 small loaf pans or one large for each cup of starter. I'll be making the smaller loaves and not 'gifting' a cup of of starter every 5 days. My girls are too busy to take care of a little yeast monster, as I call it,  in their kitchens, so I'll  be giving them a loaf if they want some.

I will warn you though..... if you decide to keep the 2nd cup, feed it in its own baggie or bowl you may end up with a kitchen full of little yeast monsters, lol. I did at one time. Felt sorry for the unwanted cup and became a slave to many baggies of yeast monsters. Lol. Its ok to throw away the unwanted 2nd cup each 5 days if you aren't going to gift it or bake it. Really.

Now onto the Friendship Bread Recipes. This is a storehouse of recipes using the starter and even has links to making it to suit your eating style. Gluten-free  its there. Vegan its there. Paleo, sugar-free and more. Its going to take me the 10 days to figure out what to make! 🙄

Also on bread making day I'll be whipping out 2 loaves of basic white bread. I know white bread isn't good for you but I enjoy it and by making my own I can control the ingredients.  One day I'll tackle wheat bread but today its white.

A third batch is for cinnamon rolls, they're a family favorite. Just roll out the dough, cover it in a thin coating of melted butter, add cinnamon and sugar. Roll up from one long end to the other and seal the edges. Use a string, I  use sewing thread, and wrap around and 'slice' off each roll. Arrange in pan and continue the rise and baking the same as the basic white bread.

I may have to increase my step count to rid myself of my future muffin top 😉

The last thing I started today is a sour dough starter. This makes the yummiest bread, rolls, cinnamon rolls ever. Its a 2 to 8 day time investment but afterwards you have the best sour dough starter to make the yummiest breads with.  It'll make 2 cups and you use 1 cup and feed the other. If you don't feed it, use within 11 days. If you do feed it, it lasts as long as you like. Unlike the friendship bread, the sour dough starter must to be kept in the refrigerator.

Time to shape the bread, I hope you try the recipes and leave a note in the comments section to let me know how it turned out.

Until later...... bye