Adventures in Sourdough part 2

This go-round I used white all purpose flour. I ended up with 2 standard loaves, 1 freeform loaf, and 1 pan of cinnamon rolls :D Delish!

(full disclosure: when the neighbor girls (ages 4, 7, and 8) sampled the East Texas Sourdough...they spit it out. NO JOKE! haha. My kids ATE IT UP!)

I froze the standard loaves.  The cinnamon rolls were prepped then refrigerated overnight for Sunday morning. Before Mass, I left them out on the counter to warm and rise, and voila! A fabulously fresh breakfast treat.

I think I like the bread semi-frozen best of all!  For a last-minute lunch, I put a frozen loaf straight from the freezer into the microwave (eh, I guess it's still helpful for somethings!) wrapped in a damp cloth for about a minute.  The outside of the loaf was warm and soft, and the inside was still quite cold-- it was awesome.  Cold dense bread... mmmmmmm. I really didn't think anything could beat fresh out of the oven bread. but wow.

Here are my fabulous assistants!

Roses from the garden.

oops!   Strega Nona.    

Adventures with Whole Wheat Sourdough (part 1)

The beautiful Betsy Dewey was so kind to share a special sourdough starter from East Texas.

I used whole wheat flour and honey, 'cause that's what I had and it turned out great! It was a little dry, but I think I can remedy that next time by using less flour, more oil as I knead.

Thanks Betsy!

I will post part 2, Adventures with White Sourdough soon!

Window Fun

These fabulous window markers were in each of the kids' Easter baskets this year. WARNING: don't mark on doors that you normally push to open (or you will have sad artists, and angry (dirty) daddies!)

Happy Easter!

Bluebonnets 2012

Merry Christmas!

Bright Beautiful Soul!

Video of the Rite of Baptism