Okay, I made bread today, but I don't have a photo of it. I tried a new "Whole Wheat Bread" recipe from the Bread Winners cookbook by Mel London. I haven't even tasted it yet!
Here's the story: I started a sponge two days ago - on Sunday evening. I was going to add more to it on Monday morning, but overslept, and ended up having to leave it until evening. Needless to say, the sponge didn't look very happy to be left alone all that time. Anyway, I was exhausted after a long day at school yesterday, but it was relaxing to pour the rest of the ingredients into the sponge mixture, and stir it up: 2 Tbsp. honey, 1/4 cup millet, 1 tsp. salt, 1 Tbsp. oil, and a mixture of white and whole wheat flour. I wanted to make a lighter loaf this time for a special recipe I want to try for a broiled steak and provolone sandwich, with sauteed onions on top. Therefore, I used some white flour. The dough was taking it's time about rising in the bowl last night, so I put it back in the fridge with a plate over it, and took it over to my boyfriend's house in the morning. I asked him to put it on a greased cookie sheet, and let it rise. Four hours later, when I came back from school for a pause before my last class, it was ready to bake. It smelled really good, baking in the oven, while I typed my linguistics paper on Verner's Law.
I've decided, it's much nicer to have bread baking in the oven while you're doing your homework than just doing the homework without the aroma of baking bread, and the anticipation of tasting a nice, fresh-from-the-oven loaf of bread, (even though I haven't tasted this one yet).
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