We're not just gonna leave all that bread behind because of a new calendar year, right?
Over the summer I baked like one bread a day because it was fun and people kept eating it. After some experimentation at the beginning I figured out a recipe that worked well for me and then just kept doing it. When summer was over and I got back home the baking slowed down a bit, mainly because I can't eat a loaf a day by myself.
I've been meaning to try adding things to the dough, but always forgot about it when making the dough. This weekend though, the grocery store had a clearance sale on dried cranberries so I bought some as well as some walnuts. Made the dough as usual with 20% whole-wheat spelt. I eye-balled the amounts of nuts and berries and soaked them in water for a few hours, then drained them and dimpled them into the dough before the last few turns and final rise in the fridge, then baked it as usual today. Probably cut the bulk fermentation a little short because I was drunk and it was 1 AM, but I'm happy with the result!
It's not burnt mom, it's just "over-caramelized"!
Next thing I want to try is olives, although I'm not sure if I need to lower the salt added to the dough because of the salt in the brine. If anyone has any experience, please share it.
My mom makes some dope cranberry nut bread, but this is an entirely different recipe. Looks fuckin' deliciouso. :) What do you do in the summer that puts you together with so many other people? Genuinely curious. We don't have much of a seasonal difference between living situations, here.
So my father's mid-life "I should buy a boat" moment was "I should buy a 100-year-old barn with no water and a leaking roof on an island and convert it into something habitable". This was 10 years ago, since then I've spent a month or two every summer (and some very cold winter weeks) helping him make this a reality. The first few years it was mostly me and him who spent time there (my mother was... less enthusiastic about the project), sleeping in tents and washing dishes in lake water while rebuilding the roof and cleaning out the place. There were three generations' worth of rubbish in there, and next to the house an old rusty boat with a wooden deck supported by sawed-off telephone poles built around it. We also ended up building a small cabin next to the barn to have somewhere more comfortable to stay during construction. Four years ago we finished the bedrooms, the next year with some help we finished the bathrooms and the kitchen, and after that the third floor. Last year we converted the cabin into a sauna. Over time, as the place has become more and more habitable, even my mother and siblings has started to appreciate the place, and friends and family have started to come there for extended stays. Last year I think we were around 7-8 people staying there in July. Hence all the bread-baking! :)