Happy Birthday Adam!

Hope you have a great day!

I want to feel cool, too

I don't have any cool bread to show off, but while you guys were making those loaves, I was making these:

TA DAA!

I followed the instructions and made fermented raisin/grape water....

Then I made the flour yeast (and fed it for 3 days)...

Then I mixed it in my Bosch (and had to knead it on my counter)...

(2 hours of mixing since I tackled 3 batches at once!...Stupid!)

I let it raise for 12 hours and then put it in bread pans....

(3 batches... I will never do that again!)

And Viola! Beautiful bread!

 (Except I cut into one of these an hour too early and it sunk, deflated, and got all gooey on me... lesson learned!) I have to admit, I learned a lot of lessons this past week. My first yeast was from a starter I bought a year ago and after it turned the water black (Lauren and I figured that it had mold) I threw it out and started with the raisin water. It was exciting to do each of these steps. I am still learning alot, and have a lot more to keep learning. But I am thrilled about all this and can tell its not hurting my body like our normal bread. Since I made 3 batches (and 9 loaves of bread) I have shared it with 5 other families in my ward, 3 of which who are celiacs, and still have a list of other people I would love to share it with.

Exciting times!

Properly Prepared Grains

I was going to cut and paste this article that I read a year ago, but just decided to add the link instead. I started making leavened bread for my family last spring but still had the idea stuck into my head that it wasn't good for me to eat. Ironically this very article that I copied for my family shares study results that celiacs actually CAN eat leavened bread. (Unfortunately the blog owner came under heavy scrutiny by certain celiacs after making these claims.) However I think this could be true for most celiacs, if not all. Its a quick read and very informative. Here's the link:

http://originalfastfoods.com/page/properly-prepared-grains-1


P.S. I will post photos of my leavened bread on Saturday. I started it with the raisin water... so exciting!

More of What I Made

It tastes as good as it looks!

This is a cinnamon pull apart bread we made for Conference Weekend. Oh my goodness it was yummy! Cinnamon goo with chopped pecans and raisins inside. And I still got a loaf of bread out of the dough, too!