It's been so long since I've posted. Today is the start of me trying to catch up. So I'm going to work backwards!
If you read yesterdays blog you would know I've had issues with my hands during my pregnancy making it difficult to do everything!! The one thing I really loved was my homemade bread and this was also one of the first things I could no longer make because all the kneading just really hurt.
I have discovered my fabulous Kenwood mixer has this amazing attachment which means I don't have to kneed my bread!!! I was so excited. I'm not into using a bread machine. I like to make it the old fashioned way. Anyway I gave it a go and was very skeptic of how it would turn out but this has to be the lightest yummiest bread I have ever made!! My partner even took it to work in his sandwiches so I take that as a major complement as he is very picky about the quality of what he eats.
I have made this many many times and I just love how quick and easy it is to make. I do change the recipe regularly to suit my tastes but every time I leave out the egg and add a full cup of milk instead. I also play around with the quantities of butter, salt and sugar and I also play with wholemeal and white flour. I almost forgot I add bread improver to help it to be light.
In some of my past post you'll see I have made fruit bread using the same recipe. Some times it work and other times it's not so good but I've never had a complete failure! It's a bit part of learning.
The closer loaf was made 15 mins earlier so it's had more time to rise. I was so happy when it came up beautifully.
My first loaf finished and only minutes out of the oven. I love butter and Vegemite on fresh bread! Yum! It was so light!
And my second loaf finished!!
Hopefully when baby comes I'll still find time to make my favorite bread!!
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