Tasty Tuesday

So the other day I was going to make pretzels with the kids, easy enough with the bread maker. I measured and poured and dumped everything in the bread maker and turned it on. I watched to make sure it was going to be a pretty little dough ball, and as it was running noticed something odd.  Nothing is moving.  The flour, sugar etc was just sitting there.  I reached in with a spoon and found the little paddle thingy was missing.  I hadn’t checked for it before dumping stuff in because I store it in place, it lives in the bread maker.  UGGH!  Well, after a frustrated call to whine to my parents I wound up dumping it into a bowl and changing plans.  It turned into cinnamon raisin bread.  There was no way my hands could handle that much kneading.  A few quick changes and it was pretty good bread.  It took my family less than 24 hours to eat both loaves.

Today we made more for our morning activity. I took pictures to go with the recipe this time.  For those of you on diets confine yourself to 1 slice, (the size of that slice is at your own discretion.)

1 ½ cups warm water

3 ½ cups flour (we used a mix of white and wheat)

 4 tbl granulated sugar

2tbl oil

4tbls buttermilk powder

2 tbls yeast

Cinnamon

Sugar

Raisins

Glass bowl, wooden spoon and 2 eager kids….

Measure and pour ingredients into the bowl…make sure you take turns.

Buggy thinks the yeast is “pretty and brown”

She remembered that we use yeast to make the air bubbles in the bread, Dimples likes trying to say fermentation…too cute.

Dump in the flour, taste everything as you go, even the flour, which is not nearly as tasty as the sugar.

Knead it and “make it all flat.”  Then spread the cinnamon and sugar on it, don’t forget the raisins. (I forgot them last time; boy did I hear about THAT!)  Roll it up “like a fat snake” then divide it in two and put it in buttered pans.  Let it rise while you play tent in the living room and Mom cleans Dimples.  (“I need wash hands” is an understatement).

Bake it at 375 until toasty brown and smells good.  It will sound hollow when you tap it.  Let it cool then eat for a snack, and have more after dinner, and more for breakfast tomorrow….

ENJOY!