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Baking Day

By Sean | May 10, 2009

Happy Mother’s Day to all of you mothers out there.  It is the least appreciated job there is.

Got the cornmeal soaker going late last night so I could get everyting going after church today.  All I had for corn meal was the stuff that came out of my grain mill that I just got.  It does everything really fine.  Last night I also decided to try a soaker for the whole wheat french bread to go with the spaghetti for Mother’s Day.

Got home from church and after lunch got to work on the bread, made the sponge and mixed up the rest of the ingredients for the french bread.

After sitting for a rest (for the Amadama) and a first rise (for the french bread), mixed up the rest of the dough for the Amadama and shaped the french bread.

Since it was such a beautiful day took off for a walk with the wife and daughter and came back ready for the next steps.  Threw the french in to be cooked and shaped the Amadama for it’s final rise.

A little while after the french bread came out of the oven it was time to bake the Amadama loaves.

After dinner I was stuffed so I was not ready to cut into the Amadama loaf, but I went to work on sweeping the floor and could not help myself.  I cut off a slice and it was pretty good.

The loaves turned out nice and soft.  The bread had a nice sweetness from the molasses.  (No such luck finding light molasses, all the grocery store had the same stuff)  Both the wife and I like this better than the whole wheat bread that we have been making.  Next time I make this bread I am going to try using mostly whole wheat flour.

Looking forward to the Artos bread.  I will probably make it next week to make up for camping trips coming up.

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4 Responses to “Baking Day”

  1. Natasha Says:
    May 16th, 2009 at 5:13 pm

    Looks really good too! I’m definitely making up for camping trips ahead too. Almost every weekend in the summer:)

  2. Sean Says:
    May 16th, 2009 at 5:53 pm

    Thanks! We are headed out next weekend for the Outer Banks, NC.

  3. Tammy Says:
    May 18th, 2009 at 10:53 pm

    beautiful bread and pictures! Very nice.

  4. rainbowbrown Says:
    May 19th, 2009 at 8:02 pm

    Nice job! This group will be a ball.

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