My White Bicycle (December REFLECTIONS 4)

Today’s prompt is: White 2019 was the year of the bicycle. We bought a pair of electric bikes and a towbar-mounted bike rack so that we could take the bikes away with us on the back of the Hymer. I had just the one ride out on my new bike before we upped and changed …

Truffles Chinoise

So, we have a new category on the blog. I am wondering which user to assign it to? It seems tidier to allocate chocolate-making to the kitchen user, even though she set out simply to make bread. The chocolate couverture finally got here on Monday morning. I calmed my impatience and spent some time in …

Oven Spring

I have no idea what I did today that was so right.

Milk Roll 2

Every scrap of the first milk roll was used – and it made wonderful toast. I do not have any full-fat milk powder yet, nor do I have any visibly white flour, but here goes… Same recipe as last time, but this time using butter instead of oil. The flour is the Bacheldre Watermill Organic …

Milk Roll

My new Milk Roll tin arrived today. I could not wait to try it out, and immediately washed and dried it, oiled it, and set some bread to knead in the Kenwood (my back is misbehaving this week) The mould is manufactured by Mermaid and they have a Milk Roll recipe on their site. This …

Monstera deliciosa

Baking Fougasse today – my first attempt.