November 13, 2010
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Making Bread
This was my first time making bread! I got the copycat recipe for Black Angus' Molasses Bread online.
The dough before kneading. Don't worry, there's a piece of Saran Wrap covering the counter.
I put it in a grease bowl to rise.
There's a lot of waiting involved with making bread. Here is a peek inside at the dough:
After you wait, you have to punch down the bread. This bread is waiting to be punched.
Separate into loaves. Then wait another hour.
The bread is ready to be baked.
Ta-da! Did the bread look or taste like...
..the real deal?
Not really, but it was pretty good. It had a sweet taste to it and a good texture
~*~It was my first time working with yeast. Good thing I was prepared for how they would look, though I still get squeamish. I prepared the lukewarm water, gave it the sugar it wanted, and left it alone. "Hope I don't kill the little creatures.." I muttered under my breath. Suddenly, I noticed a motion out of the corner of my eye. It's alive!! It had doubled and was making its exit from the cup I had put it in... Needless to say, I quickly took care of that. Thus, I present to you..
Things you might have heard had you been there while I was making bread:
"Now I know how Big Anthony felt when the pasta started overflowing (from Strega Nona)..."
"Good thing I picked the strong chopsticks. ......I think my strong chopsticks are going to break."
"That's it, I'm working with inactive ingredients from now on."
(to yeast) "Stop in the name of love!"
Comments (6)
yay! i worked with yeast and bread before. its a long process. hehe.
it's hard to imagine that yeast are actual creatures, and not of the same "inactive" properties that the other ingredients are, such as sugar, flour, water, eggs, etc.
LOL at punching the bread. good job on making bread, I'm too lazy to attempt baking/cooking
Wow... that looks great!
&I like your xanga background design thing.
@five_twenty - yea! I remember you showing us your live yeast, i think that's the only reason i didn't run screaming from the kitchen, coz i was prepared for how it would look
@tw22786 - haha, well i'm not sure whether they would be classified as
inactive or active, i knew the water i put them in couldn't be too
hot coz it would "kill" them. i called them little creatures coz of how "circley" they are (and my phobia of that kind of stuff).
yup, i think i even heard a deflating sound
when i punched the bread... it was fun.
@madisynmm - thanks!
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