Two important things happened today. The first is that I went to Bed Bath and Beyond and stood in their “bread accessory” aisle (pretty sure that’s not the actual name of the aisle) and got me some fancy bread tools. Like a circular baking pan. It’s actually just a pie tin, but let me have…

Yesterday I got up early to go with my family to visit a family member in the hospital. She seemed in good spirits, and was excited to see us. This let me relax a little, which sounds like it would be good, but as soon as I stopped worrying I realized that I didn’t eat breakfast and…

Last night I made cinnamon rolls, but a less sweet and more chocolately version. Let’s be real, we usually use breakfast as an excuse to eat dessert, but if I’m making something for breakfast I don’t want it to make all my teeth fall out. I want it to be gentle, and substantial enough that…

Today I got home for a full week of spring break. There will be much sitting and relaxing. People keep asking me if I have “big plans” and I keep being confused by the fact that people want to use their break to be busy. No. I’m gonna sit on my couch and watch TV…

So I kinda cheated. On the bread. I saved half the dough from yesterday (without the filling) and let it rise overnight. I only did it because I accidentally made twice as much as I expected to…. and also I wanted to see what would happen. I don’t even feel bad about it. I got…

It turns out that 2 tablespoons and 2 cups aren’t actually the same thing. I was trying to figure out why the very fragrant sesame bread dough I’d carefully folded together was so wet, when I realized that I’d added wayyyy too much water. About 5 times as much as I was supposed to, actually. I tried to convince…

Chocolate and oranges were make to be together. They are perfection. And just to make sure we’re on the same page here, I don’t understand people who don’t like chocolate. But go ahead and don’t eat it, more for me. I pulled the towel off the fermenting dough this morning and I think I actually…

I had a class from 10am-6pm, including a test. It was an unfortunate experience. When I got back home I sat down, watched the season finale of Downton Abbey, and then realized I needed to make bread. I was still too tired to stand though, so I read my bread book. Finally! Turns out I’ve been making bread…

Today was a good day. And by good I mean I did a thing, not I did a thing well. I tried, but apparently I can’t read and when I thought the recipe said “Ferment 1.5 hours” it actually said “Ferment 1.5 hours, fold, ferment another  1.5 hours, then form and proof for an hour”. Let’s…

I woke up, punched down the dough, which looked very bubbly and delicious. I also realized I don’t have a dutch oven, which apparently I’m supposed to have. So instead of putting the dough in that, I floured it and put it back in the bowl. When I came back two hours later I regretted…

It came and I was in class and I looked on the package tracker and saw it had arrived and almost jumped out of my seat! But I didn’t. I stayed in class (you’re welcome mom) and patiently waited for the drone of equations to come to an end. When I finally got out and…