Bringing in the dough

It appears that January has finally given up the battle and passed the beating stick to February. In celebration of the month of "Love" for those that have spouses, and "Thanks for showing me how much I suck at relationships", for those of us that are single, I decided to get crafty in the kitchen and make a several loaves of bread to stuff my face with.

I have to say, I am quite proud of the outcome. Now, you may say "hey, everyone has a bread machine so what are you bragging about?" Well dear readers, I did not use a bread machine. I have rebelled against the evil machine and opted to make these glorious loaves by hand and use *GASP* an oven! I started off with an Amish sweet bread which was a huge hit with the kids, and last night, I decided on a basic white bread. Thanks Julia Child! While I am an absolute novice at this I am impressed that they came out as well as they have. I have found that my mixer rebels against large batches of dough so that means a lot of kneading by hand which I seem to need a little more experience with as the loaves have come out a tad dense but otherwise they are delicious. I may never buy bread from the store again. Yes, I am a grocery rebel!
Alas, I seem to have found my calling. Bread maker extraordinaire.
For now, I am off to put my bakers cape on and kick February in the face. Until we meet again readers! Oven on, and away!

Jules