If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feedI’ve been very intimidated by the very idea of making hamburger buns. I have no excuse or reason, I just thought it sounded . . . difficult. I really had to think about it and kinda talk myself into it. I had read [...]
Archive of posts filed under the Bread category.
Bread, only better!
It’s almost time to order wheat (& etc.) through the co-op that is gonna save me nearly half the cost compared to just buying wheat one bucket at a time. So I need to figure carefully how much I’ll be needing before the next co-op order. So, in typical Mother Hen fashion, I have decided to kick [...]
Sally Mae Bakes!
Sally Mae LOVES to help me in the kitchen! Look what she helped with today! Every time she asks if we can get out the small pans so she can make loaves I have to remind myself that it doesn’t matter if I’m in a hurry. God gave me a daughter and it’s my happy [...]
Tightwad Bread
Have I mentioned that teen aged Cowboys eat like vultures? I have? Well, I’m sayin’ it again! My only tricks for keepin’ ‘em fed without breakin’ the bank are as follows. Feed ‘em beans. Homemade food is cheaper than store bought junk. Home baked bread is FAR cheaper and FAR more wholesome than any other [...]
Frugal Cornbread
I know, I know, homemade cornbread is already very frugal. But, my new recipe is much more frugal than my “World’s Best Cornbread” and I might have been a bit hasty with that title, because I like this cornbread better. And since I’ve been making cornbread every day lately, I figured I needed to find [...]
Illness? Menopause? or just a migraine?
Yeah, maybe all three, the second 2 at least. Anyway, my week is shot. Patience is not my strongest super-power in the face of a migraine, so minimal school for now. Today I only have 3 kids at home and one of them is Tex, so I can “take the day off” if I wanna, [...]
Healthy Squash Muffins!
Slim is so happy that I was able to adapt the squash muffin recipe to fit within the new, healthy, sugarless, whole wheat parameters of our new diet. Preheat your oven to 350° and spray oil in 24 muffin cups. You’ll need: 2½ cups whole wheat flour 1 cup oats 1 T baking powder 1 [...]
Homemade Tortillas
This was surprisingly easy. You’ll need to have a cast iron skillet to make these delicious tortillas. Ingredients: 3 cups whole wheat flour (you can use white flour if you have to) 2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp salt 5 Tbsp lard 1½ to 1¾ cups warm water Mix the dry ingredients and add the lard, cutting it [...]
Holey Bread
Tried a new bread recipe today. I’ll spare ya the recipe. Suffice it to say too much yeast is a bad thing. So, we had holes in the bread and some seriously cute, yet hungry kids. pb & honey for the squirts and toasty cheese for the rest of us. Very yummy, yet [...]
Delicious Homemade Whole Wheat Tortillas
We made tortillas today. I haven’t made tortillas since I was a little kid. Actually we made tortillas twice today. The first time we used the forbidden white flour. Then I sat around and thought about it and then Google and I had a little talk about whole wheat tortillas. I found three trillion, [...]
