I grew up eating my mother's homemade bread. I love cutting open a warm loaf of bread straight from the oven (that's been cooled a little of course). I started baking desserts when... well I can't exactly remember when I started. But when I returned home from college, I took over baking the homemade sourdough bread. (My mom's starter had died, so we started completely from scratch.)
The process of making bread takes about 3 days. Simply broken down it ends up going something like this:
Day 1: Feed the starter.
Day 2: Split the starter into two parts-- one you put in the fridge for later and one you use for your bread. Add ingredients and then knead loads of flour into the dough.
Day 3: Split that risen dough into three parts. Knead each part further into loaves and let those rise for a few hours before actually cooking.
(P.S. I know that's not a real recipe don't worry, if you really want a recipe I'll post one later.)
To challenge myself and keep me baking/cooking items that weren't just sweets (my parents had started to complain), I decided I was going to do something like the 40 Loaf challenge found on my favorite blog (of course). I thought I had seen it in other places, but maybe not. Anyway, I'm debating on how I am going to go about this challenge. I want to make it my own, so I'm not just copying everything Elise does. (Although her blog is mighty inspiring.) If I wanted to make 40 loaves in 2013 then I would have to bake roughly 5 different loaves every month, which might be challenging but wouldn't be completely difficult (that is if I did my math correctly). But I might want to make it something a little more manageable. However, as of right now, I'm thinking 40 loaves is a nice number to shoot for.
Resolution #3:
Bake 40 loaves in 2013.Labels: 40 loaves, Baking, Resolutions
