Friday, February 26, 2010

# 8 .....Bake Bread

I am so counting this for my list of things to do in my 38th year! I made bread...almost the old fashioned way. Lets face it, just like the house wife of the 50's, I gave in to a gadget that would make my life easier in the kitchen. May I present to you my Welbilt bread machine, that I found cheap at auction the other week, and have affectionately nicknamed R2. I've been dying to clean R2 up and give him a go and what better day to do that then a snow day. So, off we go!



I think this is a fairly old bread machine from 1990 but top of the line for then. Nothing but the best junk for me! It's in super good condition and even came with recipe books. No complaints from me. How cute is this bread machine.... look at R2's loaf gettin toasty!



OMG...I'm so domesticated now, I can't stand myself! Oh boy did my house smell good today. Aside from the whole electricity thing and my need for it, I could almost be Amish!



I don't care what anyone says, I'm counting this as home made bread! After all, I did put all the ingredients in R2 in the correct order, hence allowing the bread to knead and rise correctly. Next I'm gonna get really complex and try sour dough bread. Sour dough is a very high maintenance bread and I look forward to trying to conquer it. Mmmmmm, I can just taste the sour dough grilled cheese sandwich right now.
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10 comments:

  1. Stefanie ValentineFriday, February 26, 2010 at 8:33:00 PM EST

    I think it counts as home made bread too, you did put all the ingredients yourself didn't you?? Mmm, that bread looks good...

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  2. jamie@midcenturymaniaFriday, February 26, 2010 at 8:44:00 PM EST

    I bought a breadmaker at a thriftstore and thought I was going to be domestic too....not exactly. I didn't have any directions and it turned out a big gooey ugly mess. So give your domestic self a big pat on the back. If we were meant to do everything from scratch the old fashioned way, they wouldn't have invented bread makers, right? Your bread looks delicious!

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  3. Lila LeedsFriday, February 26, 2010 at 8:51:00 PM EST

    I have a breadmaker & I *love* it. It makes me feel like I'm a domestic diva (and all I've done is dump a few ingredients in the pan & pressed a button:)

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  4. Welcome to DeluxeVilleFriday, February 26, 2010 at 8:52:00 PM EST

    This so counts for me as I really can't cook....I always have the best intentions...but somewhere things always go awry for me in the kitchen and I end up going to my back up plan....hot pockets! hehehehe

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  5. MickFriday, February 26, 2010 at 10:30:00 PM EST

    Bravo! Haha The bread maker is totally ok by me! The ONE time we've tried to make bread from scratch in the Oven at the CH&R it ended very much like that I Love Lucy Episode... So we got a bread maker too! haha

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  6. Heidi AnnSaturday, February 27, 2010 at 12:26:00 AM EST

    Yum - can't wait to hear about the sourdough bread- my favorite in the whole world!

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  7. B-b-b-ettySaturday, February 27, 2010 at 5:15:00 AM EST

    It's so easy to make bread with your hands, there are some kinds where you just put everything in and in the oven :D

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  8. ZootsuitmamaSaturday, February 27, 2010 at 11:05:00 AM EST

    When I was a young Mom, many lo years ago, I got a great easy bread recipe called "NO excuse bread" from my LaLeche cookbook. I really is great. Anyway, I too have a breadmaker now. I love it too much. I put it waaaay up in the cabinet so I'm not tempted to eat a loaf a day (I would!) Of course, it's not a cute little R2 unit like yours! I'm waiting for C3P0 to come and cook the rest of the meal! Zootsuitmama

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  9. Straight Talking Mama!Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 6:20:00 AM EST

    Nothing smells as good as bread baking & nothing tastes as good as home made mmmmm

    I would love to make sour dough, it's even hard to buy in the UK :o(

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  10. Pam KueberSunday, February 28, 2010 at 7:01:00 PM EST

    I have a bread maker, too -- it totally "counts" as homemade! Great for pizza dough, too. Congratulations!

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