As predicted, it was a busy day for me, but a thoroughly enjoyable one. I do love to cook and bake but I admit, I never did much of it when I worked a regular 9 to 5. Since I’ve moved to Germany and especially during the past 2 years, since I started working from our home, I have a lot more time and desire for being the domestic goddess that I truly am at heart. I love the smell of a well used kitchen and it gives me a warm fuzzy feeling inside to be able to give my loved ones something warm and yummy that I just baked myself. The feeling is intensified even more when the ingredients are those that were grown on our own land, planted, tended and harvested with our own hands.
So anyway, here is a sampling of what I baked today.
The bread is a yummy thick-crusted multi-grained bread. Tonight we’ll have some with our cabbage soup. One of my goals for this year is to develop the habit and settle into a routine of baking all of the bread and baked goods that we use. I want to learn to can this year also. I’ve never done any, other than vague childhood memories of helping my step mom make pickles and tomato sauce one year. I’ll start with jams and butters and go from there.
The blueberry muffins are fantastic. I made 2 different versions. One is just plain blueberry, the other has a crumbly, buttery cinnamon topping. We like the cinnamon version the best 🙂 They are a bit sweeter, but not too sweet. I used 2 different recipes for these that I found on the internet. The batter I made following the “Best Blueberry Muffin” recipe and the topping I got from the “To Die for Blueberry Muffin” recipe.
Mmmmm….looks delicious!! I haven’t mastered bread yet w/o the machine. I’m jealous!! 🙂
Thanks Farm Mom! It’s really easy and fun. I’ve never used a bread machine so I’m not sure what the difference is. I’m kinda glad I never bought one 🙂
I love baked bread and the smell, but find I run out of patients too quickly. While letting the bread rise I usually go off in another direction to do something else and forget about said bread. Then when I remember it’s to the point of exploding and I have had enough baking bread right there and then!
My neighbor says she doesn’t even let hers rise, just plops it into a pan and bakes it. Ever heard of such a thing?
Yours looks wonderful btw!