The smell of homemade bread baking in the oven is AWESOME!!!! Yesterday I did a trial of sorts in my bread making. I made a pre-ferment and let it sit in the fridge for 3 days, I was hoping for a sort of sourdough flavor. So I decided to make these into our rolls for the garlic bratwurst we were having for dinner. As a backup I had hubby bring home a few rolls, you know, just in case. I use Alton Brown's Basic Bread Recipe, even though it is not a quick recipe like Dutch Oven method or the No Knead, it makes a great bread.
This was dinner, garlic bratwurst with saurkraut and red onion sauce.
While I was making that I also started on dough for a cinnamon raisin and apricot bread. Mel, by the way, the raisins can just be brushed out for your share ;-) I had some dried apricots and decided to reconstitute them, chop them up and add them in with the raisins. Oh I also coat the fruit in the leftover sugar & cinnamon mixture. Oh the smell in the kitchen when these two were baking OMG YEAH it was that good.
My Nanner's are coming along great. I don't think they will be done by Saturday.
Yes the colors are a little different. I did not think to ask about dye lot when I found another skein online. OH well they will do, I can get past it as the yarn is so soft on the feet. I really love knitting up Wendy's new heel she designed and using Cat Bordhi's Video on You Tube as a help for the W&T and conceal.
Hugs!!!
Namaste!!!
Drooling here over the breads! Your Nanner socks look really nice! :)
Posted by: Zonda | March 19, 2009 at 05:17 PM
Oh YUMMY!! Had to wipe the drool off the keyboard to comment. :P I LOVE some bratwurst!
I hate when I do things like not checking dye lots but I have to agree with you on the socks...I would totally get over it.
Hugs!
Mel
Posted by: lilknitter | March 19, 2009 at 08:29 PM
Forget the beautiful nanners, and the scrumptous brat combo
PASS OVER THAT FRUIT BREAD!!!!
and noone will get hurt.
I may have to copy cat you real soon. Like, um, tomorrow!!! Great idea with the apricots. I have some other dried mixed fruit that might be good too...cherries, and a few cranberries, maybe.
Watch out world!
Thanks for sharing. I'm now ready to cook.
Posted by: kadezmom | March 19, 2009 at 08:51 PM
Everything looks delicious
Posted by: Aunt Kathy | March 19, 2009 at 08:55 PM