Let them eat bread!

I thought I'd share a loaf of fresh bread with all of you this morning. One of these days someone will invent smellavision so you can get the full effect; but until that time pictures will have to do. I love having a machine to do all the messy work for me, so all I have to do is shape it and put it in a pan. Look at the dome on that baby!

Washing machines aren't the only tiny appliance we get to make do with over here; check out our tiny oven! I can get one 9x13 in with the handles almost touching the sides. I can barely close the door to fit my Pampered Chef bar pan in with the short side to the back of the oven. The long sides are 2" longer than the oven is wide. I think I'm going to have to start baking right on the floor of the oven because it's baking too hot on top and browning too much.


All done! Mmmmm....the house smells sooo good! As soon as it cools I'll be fighting K for the heel.



Ha! I won! The top is a little darker than I prefer, so I'll try it on the oven floor tomorrow. But the texture is perfect! For those of you who bake, I suggest trying white or golden wheat for your bread instead of red. I've never been crazy about the harsher flavor and denser texture of the red. White wheat has the same nutritional value as the red, but makes a loaf so light no one will believe it's whole wheat. I'll be happy to share my dough enhancer recipe, if anyone is interested.