It is whole day affair.
The counter starts off clean with all the utensils and containers - for mashed potatoes, milks and butter/sugar..........
When you add all the flour and the fruit - red, green cherries, pecans, almonds, coconut, golden raisins - it becomes a LOT to knead. My arms got a good workout!!! First rise is all that dough in the metal pail - passed down to me from the originals.
While I have had time anticipating my new sewing machine I have been cleaning out in my sewing room. Old books, patterns, etc have gone..............I sorted thru many baggies of block templates - from years of block exchange and my own designs.
Note the trash bag is almost full. I have already taken out a large black trash bag yesterday. I have a large bag of goodies and a box of books to take to quilt guild for sharing.
I do have my Featherweight machine to do some sewing. 
Kneading time again - 7 times!!!!!!!!!!!!Another rise and then finally bake time.
The house smells wonderful............
John went to get a grinder at Mancinos as the second baking was just getting done.
The house smells wonderful............
John went to get a grinder at Mancinos as the second baking was just getting done. When I returned from an evening meeting and stopping at my parents house, my house had that sweet smell of Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I noticed it when we went to bed - and it was still there this morning.........
3 comments:
Wow, an award winning runner/walker, a baker, an award winning quilter, a great library assistant and a great friend. You certainly are busy.
I did a deep cleaning of my quilting stuff a few years ago, maybe I will add it to the list again this winter. I see Wanda on Exuberant Color blog is giving away lots of her quilting clean out items. Maybe I will do the same. Thanks for the inspiration.
Kneaded seven times --- wow! I make poppy seed rolls that are kneaded twice --- and that's enough for me. I bet the house smelled great --- nice that you keep up the family tradition!
First knead is the huge bowl of dough - I do it in halves, then together.
Second knead is 7 loaves separately!!!
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