(There's a reason I don't have a food blog. Actually there are many. Mushroom cloud-looking bread loaves is just the tip of the iceberg.)
Ellen and Jack helped add ingredients and headed up quality control in the form of regular taste tests. Ellen convinced Jack to try some oats. "Here, Jack Jack. Try some oats." (Giggling) He takes a big pinch from the canister and pops it in his mouth. Then he said, "Blah!" and tried to wipe his tongue off. When I took the finished dough out of the mixer bowl to let rise until double, I let the kids "lick the bowl," which here means pick off the dough still sticking to the sides. You would have thought I had given them a bowl of cookie dough or chocolate frosting. They were in heaven.
Ellen tasted the dough several times as I was shaping it into loaves. As you see above, I was not successful in evenly dividing the dough in two. Nor did I use big enough loaf pans. I have two sizes, and the larger size has always been too large. So today I went with the smaller pans and got overflowing loaves. Ellen tried to compensate by eating even more dough, and I must say that Jack Jack and I had our share, too. It's weird, I know, but I would eat this dough over cookie dough any day. It's that good. And there are no raw eggs in it.
Bread: it's what's for dinner (when Daddy's not home).
I asked Ellen and Jack to show me their bread. Ellen clearly thought I meant the bread in her mouth, not in her hands.
Note that Ellen is wearing a long-sleeved shirt with shorts, while Jack Jack is sporting a t-shirt with sweat pants. We're still trying to figure out the weather here. Or maybe we never got dressed out of our pajamas today. Hmmmm. . .
I just realized that the recipe is on my brother's private blog, so if you really want to try it and you're not an authorized reader, leave me a comment and I'll email it to you.
2 comments:
I would love the recipe! Thanks!
Me, too!
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