You are so funny Celine! If you can get a chance to see any old reruns of The Honeymooners where you live, I know it would have you rolling on the floor laughing! Incredibly funny show! @Heicel
@Heicel - Jackie Gleason? "Ralph Kramden" the bus driver? Audrey Meadows/wife... Art Carney? No? Hysterical humor! 1950's....are You too young, perhaps?? ;-D
@Heicel - me too, been cooking since & was 10, seriously since 1966, had a 110' sq garden & learned so much. Friend had a cow, we both dealt with 3 gal EACH/day! A Jersey, so we had cream: whipped, butter, Yogurt, cottage cheese *(the best!) I, too, rarely take a recipe verbatim, but add stuff & change out & have been lucky! I make banana bread & add whatever is around; man, they come out good! Ginger, cranberries, grated zucchini, chocolate bits, lemon zest, poppy seeds...Basic recipes are fun, & for cooks like us it's like a blank canvas! Enjoy!
@Bikerkath That recipe sounds interesting - thanks a lot for it! I collect recipes and cook books from all over the world and read them like novels (except that I usually know 'how it ends' ;-)!). I hardly ever use any of these recipes as it is but just take the idea and make my own version. Works well!
@jbprols - Oh, OK..it's SO easy! @Heicel asked for it; I make it often, it's so quick. Brings back the memories of Irish pubs on my 3 visits there! Esp good w/smoked salmon, thin-sliced onions & Guinness! Ingredients list mashed to the left/read it OK? (PS - I cut the recipe in half, to make just for myself & In my little convection oven)
4 C whole wheat flour 2 C white flour 1/2 tsp salt 1 1/2 tsp baking soda 2 C buttermilk or sour milk 2 TB butter
Mix the wheat flour w/ the white flour. Cut the butter into the flour. Add salt & soda.
Make a well in the center, gradually mix in the milk. Stir with a wooden spoon. You may need less or more liquid, it depends on the absorbent quality of the flour. The dough should be soft but manageable.
Knead the dough into a ball in the mixing bowl w/ your floured hands. Put in on a lightly floured baking sheet and with the palm of your hand flatten out into a circle 2 inches thick. With a knife dipped in flour, make a cross through the center of the bread so that it will easily break into quarters when it is baked.
Bake at 425 degrees for 25 minutes, reduce the heat to 350 degrees and bake a further 15 minutes. If the crust seems too hard, wrap the baked bread in a damp tea cloth. Leave the loaf standing upright until it is cool.
I've always wanted a bread machine, but never have bought one...If I did have one, I would probably gain a hundred pounds! Ha Ha! I love bread too much...
@jbprols - I keep yeast too long but it can be 'proofed', tsp in a bit of warm water with a half tsp sugar (it feeds on sugar) & see if it foams. New yeast always works, just don't let it touch salt when adding ingredients. Very rewarding project. Got a bread machine? I do now, so I do both, machine & counter-top kneading (also rewarding!) House smells the same, no matter the method, when baking! How about an Irish brown bread: half & half whole wheat, white, baking soda & yogurt or buttermilk. Shape a circle, cut the X in the top & bake/I use toaster oven..I can send the recipe; cool on a rack, cut on the X then sideways slices, just like in Ireland!
You Can, @jbprols - find a recipe, stir it up, let it rise, punch down, cut in 6 pcs, roll them long, braid 3, then the other 3 long strips & put on Top of the first 3..let rise again Bake...your house will smell like heaven! Easy & so much fun, very rewarding...and as I wrote, the best French Toast you'll ever have! K
Thanks to all of you for your kind comments! @bluebird42 I'd agree... :D It's an easy recipe and I bake it whenever I want fine white bread - which isn't all that often. @Bikerkath Thanks for too much praise :D! This loaf has nothing to do with any holidays or the Jewish religion - it's just what I bake when I want a sweetish bread to enjoy either with butter & jam or with ham & horseradish. :-)
Challah! I Love that bread! Happy New Year! My dear neighbor's dad was a Rabbi in Vermont, I know her holidays. This bread, sliced, makes the best French toast ever! Good job on the braiding! This loaf is a work of art! Nice! Love the post/puzzle! k
I blame it on being left-handed, but it takes 7 tries just for me to braid three pieces of rope. I will certainly pass your hint on to friends who are not plait-challenged.
@Raaike :-)))! @lefty50 If you can braid a simple one, you can do this: I just braided two (a little different in size) and glued one on top of the other with a little(!) water. Wored perfectly!
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