I love creating things. More accurately, I like sewing {some} things, I love taking pictures, I like cooking and love baking. The common denominator in these activities {besides "creating"} is TIME. This I don't have a ton of, or if I do I feel more like resting. I've been cooking and baking a bit more lately though. I have a laundry list of things I want to make. Well, let's not use the word "laundry" because that sounds like drudgery.
I've been loving
Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day. I can't say enough good things about this book. I've loved almost every recipe I've used so far. I REALLY need a good pizza peel though. Any ideas about where to get one? I'm still kicking myself for not picking one up at the Business Costco before I moved.
We made
Heidi Swanson's Baked Doughnuts yesterday. Very good for baked. They took about as much time as making bread. We didn't have any cinnamon {how does that happen?} so we covered them in powdered sugar. Pretty good but I bet cinnamon and sugar would be better. I'm hoping to make the
black bean brownies soon. Oh, and
these too.
I made some
hamburger buns this week as well. Very good. I think I'll try
this recipe next time to see if it is as good.
I'm continuing
my quest to find good mac n cheese. Alton Brown had a promising
stove top creamy mac n cheese recipe that had exceptionally high reviews. Naomi first said she really liked it but then didn't eat much. Daphne had one bite. Hmmm... I wasn't that pleased with it either {but I'm not much of a mac n cheese girl}. I'm going to try
this one next, and then
this one. If these don't work I'm resorting to food coloring (which I'm trying to avoid considering the point of making it yourself is avoiding these things). What kind of cheese do you use? I hear that half cheddar, half jack is the creamiest.
And someday I'll make this
sock monkey or finish the stuffed elephants I have planned for the girls that are from
this book.
O.K. Maybe I won't get it all done, but I should dust off the sewing machine.