Showing posts with label Baking day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Baking day. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

A Baking Day

Here is my weekly baking day.  I do this for three reasons.  First it's much healthier to eat homemade breads that contain good ingredients and no preservatives.  Second it saves us tons of money which is a huge consideration for us.  And third I'm a hearth keeper so I might as well bake good foods for my family. 

Back in the good old days women had a day of the week they did all their baking.  I'm trying to bring back the tradition.  It makes sense because it saves us so much money.  I try to bake enough rolls and bread to get us through a week, and also some treats like cookies and such.  Today I baked my usual Old Fashioned Potato Rolls which always turn out perfect.  And I made Rich Bread, Hide it Cake, and cookies.  I didn't make any quick breads like coffee cake, but I think I'll make those today.  I really wish I had a double oven on baking day.  On a side note when the children came home from school they saw all the breads on the table cooling and were so funny.  Mama baked!  Mama baked! And then for snack they had fresh bread with butter and honey and my eldest son (who is a picky eater) said, "Momma this is the best bread  (it's whole wheat I try to sneak it in there), it is delicious!"  That makes it all worth while.




My Supplies



My Favorite Roll Recipe


Hide It Cake, because you have to hide it from the men folk!


A finished baking day! Now we have all the rolls and bread for a week.

Saturday, January 7, 2012

A Baking Day

I felt all happy and baky today so I cooked up a coffee cake, dinner rolls, an almond bread loaf, and scones for when the kids got home.  Yummy!


Coffee Cake


Scones



Sweet Bread with almond filling



Dinner rolls