Telecommuting lets me multitask to the aroma of baking breads all day. I’ve already baked a Vermont Maple Oat scone mix from King Arthur Flour, which is cooling on the rack as I type this blog.
Next up, I’ve started my own version of the Harvest Wheat Bread recipe (also courtesy King Arthur), which I call Harvest Cracked Wheat Bread. I’ve boiled the water and have the cracked wheat and water cooling down in the bread machine bread pan.
Later today, after feeding the sourdough starter, I’ll make a couple of loaves of some sourdough variety, probably of the Italian persuasion.
I’ll update this blog with photos later as the results come out of the oven. I just pray the power remains on long enough for me to finish all this baking.
Mid Afternoon Update: The scones mix turned out well. The Harvest Cracked Wheat bread looks scrumptious:
And I’ve got Rustic Sourdough Kaiser Rolls rising for the next hour or so:
Sadly, my bread machine has reached the end of its useful life. As I was proofing the yeast in the bread pan for the Rustic Sourdough, I noticed a puddle forming on the counter under the bread pan. Once a bread pan starts leaking, it’s time to trade up or trade in or whatever you do with old bread machines. This will be my fifth bread machine.
And, of course, I’d like to move way, way up on the fashion scale, from my Chevy model that I bought at Wal-Mart a couple of years ago, to this Cadillac model offered and highly recommended by King Arthur Flour:
