Woke up this
morning, a blue moon in my eyes:
headache – BC Powder – writing a blog post.
Finally,
shake the headache and get the munchies.
I once knew
a man in Newfoundland that wouldn't eat bought bread; he called it baker’s fog. I understand his prejudice: there is
nothing like a slice of crisply toasted homemade bread slathered in butter.
My wife and
I have been making bread in a bread maker since the mid 1980’s. We still buy ‘baker’s fog’ on occasion; but our preference is for our own
homemade bread.
Here is our
favorite recipe:
One cup of
milk – warm or room temperature
One half cup
of water
Three cups
of all-purpose flour
One cup of stone-ground
wheat flour
One and a
half teaspoons of salt
Two
teaspoons of sugar
Two
tablespoons of butter
One teaspoon
of yeast
Pretty
simple…
For those
that haven’t made bread in a bread machine:
After the mixing begins check the bread
pan – if ingredients are not forming a ball add one table spoon of water. Wait two minutes and check again: add
another tablespoon of water if needed (careful - the tendency is to add too
much water and the dough becomes sticky.)
So this
morning it is a cup of strong sweet tea and homemade toast - well done (if it is brown it is cooking if it is black
it is done)- slathered in I Can’t Believe It Is Not Butter.
Have a Good
Morning:
the Ol’Buzzard
