Are you tired of bread yet?

So, today's tweak:

water for 1/3 batch
1/4 c. oil
2 T. honey
2 T. molasses (next time I would omit and use the full 1/4 c. of honey!)
2 T. yeast

1 t. salt
1 egg
1/2 c. rye flour
1/2-3/4 c. oat flour
2-1/2 - 2-3/4 c. whole wheat flour
1 T. poppy seeds
2 T. millet
2 T. flax seeds
1/4 c. sunflower seeds

I would definitely go with more honey to make this one a bit sweeter. It's good, but... It seems to only take about 15 minutes to raise these. If the bread gets very much over the top of the pan it just explodes in the oven! Well, not figuratively, but the crown just gets too big and then the bread starts to get super crumbly! The one was good, but I'd definitely use more honey next time! A perfectly 100% whole grain bread, though!

Ah...FIDDLESTICKS!!

I thought I was feeling better! I was so happy that I'd missed the bulk of this stupid cold and today it's starting to smack me. I'm not as bad as Kent was to be sure, but I didn't want to get this bad either! BAH!!!

Bread! Part 2

I have totally been on a kick lately with baking bread! I've used the same recipe, but I keep tweaking it just a bit here and there and really liking what comes out of the pan! The other day I made a rye version. For the oil, I substituted 1/2 of the oil with olive oil and for part of the sugar I used molasses and for about 1/2 of the flour I used rye flour. It takes a bit more white flour to make this not be just a sticky gooey mess! It was so tasty! And REALLY good toasted! Today I made the 1/3 batch and only used 1/4 c. of oil, and in addition to the 1/4 c. sugar I added a heaping tablespoon of honey. Oh so yummy!!! I could have eaten the whole loaf for dinner -- nothing else! You really need to try this recipe! Oh, and today's loaf? Made in just over an hour! I got home and started it at 1:46pm and left the house with it on the stove and cooling at 2:49pm! I did "micro" rise it -- 2 minutes in the microwave at 30% power, rest 3 minutes, 2 more minutes at 30% power -DONE! and bake!!

NOOO!!!

Kent shared! Pfft! Off to bed and hope that I'm feeling better not worse tomorrow! UGH!

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This morning I have a couple of songs winging through my mind!
"Oh! What a beautiful morning!" and "Silence is golden"! It is the Day of Silence for deaf awareness for Tiana's ASL (sign language) class. All of the ASL students are to be silent from wake-up to 3pm. Ahhh....!!! 'Twill but last a day!
Oh! And one more song, too!
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!" in special dedication to my MOM!! Happy Birthday Mom!

Pondering...

"When you get what you want...do you want what you get?"
from "the Secret" by Beverly Lewis

YUCK! :(

My hubby's sick!! He's been smacked super hard with a cold of the nastiest degree -- on the week of his boss' spring break/family vacation!! That means long days at the shop for Kent and he feels just gross! I made him stay home from meeting tonight and so he did get a bit of rest, but now he's just restless! May have to put my Pork Tenderloin Paprika off for another day and make a batch of chicken noodle soup instead! We'll see! I'm sure the noodles could even be homemade! Yesterday and today I made 147 Pelmeni, 2 loaves of rye-ish bread and brownies that had the addition of peanut butter chips in them! YUM!! So for the rye-ish bread, I made a half-batch of the bread I made the other day, substituting 1/2 of the oil with olive oil, the 1/8 c. sugar with molasses, 3 c. of rye flour and then about 2¾ c. or so of white flour. It is SOO good! It made 2 loaves and I shared one with the neighbors to thank them for the dinner the other night! Now I'm thinking that I will go and make my bed in the guest room and head off for slumber soon. I sure hope Kent can get some sleep again so that he feels better tomorrow!