Cooking Adventures

Since I've gotten into making my own bread, I've come to realize that I could probably make a lot of other things, too. Now it's become a challenge for me to see just what I can do. Soon I'm going to start a list of things I never want to buy again!

Here's an example of what I've been up to recently:

Pretzel dough! I made my first batch with white flour, but used the freshly ground stuff for my second batch.

So, when the recipe says to roll them until they are less than 1/2 inch thick…it means it.

If you don't, this is what happens after they rise. My second batch came out better. I made them thinner, so they still looked like pretzels after they had risen :-) I took some Velveeta cheese and melted it and thinned it down with milk to make some cheese dip. They were amazing!

Butter!

I learned after my last batch that butter will spoil, so I shaped them to freeze them this time, to avoid that happening again!

Potato bread. I made it with real potatoes! It's become our new favorite :-)