Bread Making

Just did a silly thing, I was channel surfing and came across a scary movie, I watched for a moment then thought it might become too bad so switched channels. Thought to myself that I was being a wimp so switched back, within a minute my heart was pounding, screaming in my head and I may just have nightmares for the rest of my life. I figure if I laugh at myself perhaps it won't be so bad. And watching Cake Boss, might rub some sugary goodness off on me.

Had a much more relaxing day, no work for me, swapped shifts with a colleague who needs Monday off. I spent time reading blogs, getting inspired and cleaning the kitchen. Put the inspiration into action by baking some bread.

This loaf looks absolutely perfect, don't you think?

Take a closer look.......

How cute is that? The family loved the little loaves, my husband who doesn't like homemade even had some and said he liked it. I cut one into slices and made a tiny vegemite sandwich. I bought the baking tin with 8 little loaf tins at my work this week, the dough was made in my bread maker while I was cleaning/reading blogs.

Bread Machine Loaf

1 cup warm water
2 tablespoons caster sugar
1 teaspoon dried yeast
4 tablespoons vegetable oil
440g bread flour
1 teaspoon salt

Place the water, sugar and yeast in the pan of the bread machine. Let the yeast dissolve and foam for 10 minutes. Add the oil, flour and salt to the yeast. Select Basic or White Bread setting, and press Start.

A very easy, basic recipe that tasted delicious, found here at Allrecipes.

Also made my first attempt at making pizza dough, we had home made pizza for dinner. As I mentioned before my husband doesn't like homemade bread, he opted for a store bought pizza base as well. I made my pizza and when my son saw it he asked if he could have some too. He raved about how good it was, then I showed him how to use the dough to make a base. Husband must have felt left out, he told me I should make the bases again. The recipe was out of the Breville Baker's Oven Instruction manual.