Okay, so I am trying a new recipe tonight for an Amish white bread (yeast bread) and then I am using an old Sweet Bread Base recipe for my family's traditional Coffee Cakes, the dough is similar to what my mom has always used but I have alot more luck getting this other Sweet Bread to rise properly. I have learned a few new techniques and am anxious to get started and see if this process is less of a pain, because if you have made homemade bread before you know that there are many successes and failures...you can think you have it down pat and the next time you make it end up with flat dry bread..I think the secret is learn all you can about yeast, how it works, why it works, what activates it and what kills it, and there are a million ways to kill it believe me. You can be making mistakes in the first few minutes of starting your recipe that will make your hours of hard work useless, that is the worst feeling. I have sat in the floor of my kitchen crying after putting hours in on a baking project all to have it turn out not good enough for the dog, it's painful!
Well, as I posted, my baking and cooking have such an emotional connection to me, can be a stress reliever, or for fun, or even if I'm just trying to impress...today it is the first. When I cannot handle my stress any longer I feel if I don't get in the kitchen that I will blow. I am waiting for the house to get quiet, gonna put on a little Frank for some mood music, and get to work....wish me luck and I will post pics. Thanks to my facebook friends to read this, its fun for me to journal about something I love, if you have one, let me know I would love to check it out!!
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