While I was trying to shift weeds from the patio cracks and sorting out some overgrown shrubs in the garden, Julie set-to with baking our bread for this week. We get a choice, one Seeded, one White. As always, they were delicious!
While I was trying to shift weeds from the patio cracks and sorting out some overgrown shrubs in the garden, Julie set-to with baking our bread for this week. We get a choice, one Seeded, one White. As always, they were delicious!
beetleypete 
Looks very yummy! Makes me want to make some bread!
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As long as you have a stand mixer to do the hard work, it is surprisingly simple, Pejj.
Best wishes, Pete. x
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lucky you!
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They are so much nicer than loaves from the bakery, and additive free!
Best wishes, Pete.
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Yum!
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They are tasty, and even the small slices are very filling.
Best wishes, Pete.
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You can’t beat the taste or smell of homemade bread you are a lucky man, Pete xx
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I know. And it is so much more filling than bread bought from shop bakeries.
Best wishes, Pete. x
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Homemade bread rocks!
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It realy does. Thanks, Tony.
Best wishes, Pete.
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They do indeed look good. Warmest regards, Ed
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It is quite ‘dense’ in texture, so more filling than similar bread bought at bakeries.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Excellent!
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It has become a weekly treat, Sue.
Best wishes, Pete.
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They look so lovely. I could survive on bread and butter, especially home made.
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Yes, I think most English people could cope. I could live on toasted sandwiches quite easily.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Gorgeous! I can almost feel the wonderful aroma of the freshly homemade baked bread!
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It is nice to smell that wafting around the house, Ribana.
Best wishes, Pete.
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One loaf per foot.
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Julie apologises for her feet being in the photo! 😊
Best wishes, Pete.
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They look so good! I made some bread with our bread machine, and it didn’t turn out right.
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Julie bought a bread machine some time ago. She tried it twice, and was unhappy with the loaves. So she found a reliable recipe on a packet of flour and used that to make the bread by hand with her stand mixer and dough-hook.
Best wishes, Pete.
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The stand mixer and dough-hook work well? I was going to try that next.
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Yes, Julie has had great results with those, and saved her hands from long efforts at hand mixing with a hand blender. But the main thing to concentrate on is proving the dough in a warm place for the allocated time. Otherwise it doesn’t rise properly. We use the cupboard that stores our hot-water tank.
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Thank you for the additional information, Pete!
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They look good!
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Better than the ones from Tesco bakery, and no preservatives or chemicals.
Best wishes, Pete.
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It must be wonderful having your own private Chef Pete…bravo to Julie!
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I do the cooking, Julie does the baking. It works out well, John.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I tried to bake bread way back when, but I was a complete failure!
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Julie didn’t like the bread machine she bought, so she uses a very old recipe book and makes it using her stand mixer dough hook and by hand. It’s all in allowing the dough to prove and rise properly, apparently. 😉
Best wishes, Pete.
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I guess I was always impatient.
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It looks delicious, and it seems you have established “barefoot backing”. Lol xx Michael
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Yes, Julie apologises for her feet being in the photo. She never wears any shoes in the house.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I can smell the bread baking….enjoy. chuq
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It’s a weekly treat, chuq.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Yummy chuq
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Mmmm: enjoy! Weeding can be tedious, but it is rewarding, even if the benefits are only short-lived! 😉 Cheers, Jon.
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Like most things, I did let the weeding lapse for too long. Mainly because of the constant rain. Now there are twice as many weeds of course.
Best wishes, Pete.
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homemade bread! nothing like it, Pete…
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Since I got Julie the new stand mixer, we enjoy home-made bread almost every week, ladies. It is more filling than bread from the bakery, and conatins no preservatives.
Best wishes, Pete.
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