Friday, April 18, 2008
Jam and bread for ....
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I've been so busy this week I haven't even taken time to blog about any of it. I don't even really remember the first part of the week after the blur of the last couple of days. Wednesdays are always busy here. The children have classes at church from 3:30-5 and then then teens have class in the evening. While the younger kids were at Cubby Bears, Honeybees, and All Stars, I went to Wal-mart... ALONE!!! Oh sweet joy! I was going to get foil pans for making cinnamon rolls that I needed to bake the following day for dh to take to work. While I was there I noticed they had strawberries for $4.88 for 4 lbs! thats cheap in these parts, so I bought 16 lbs of strawberries, some sugar and some pectin and new lids for my canning jars. I'd never made Strawberry jam before, though I have made Kiwi jelly and apple sauce before.... so, Wednesday night I made 15 pints of jam. I'm still not sure why I did that??? Just an impulse thing, but we're all so glad I did. In fact, dh took 12 to work with him and only brought home 3 of them. So yesterday I bought more strawberries and made more! Thursdays baking was 5 loaves of wheat bread (that flopped), 5 loaves of white bread, 4 loaves of french bread, two dozen cinnamon rolls... and then I was out of flour. I got more flour last night, then today I made 5 loaves of wheat bread that turned out great and 4 dozen more cinnamon rolls. We do have a couple of loaves of bread left, but tonight I used some french bread to make french toast and it was a huge hit! A great way to use up leftover homemade bread that doesnt keep soft and usable as long as the preservative filled store bought stuff. I am kinda tired right now, of baking, but my kids are really bummed that they had to smell cinnamon rolls cooking for two days now and didnt get any to eat, so I might make more for my family tomorrow. For now Im off to Wal-mart to buy some pull ups for my sweet 4 yr old who peed in MY bed last night! I wasnt going to buy anymore, but I decided that my dislike for wet feet (he slept at the foot of my bed) outweighs my dislike for buying pullups. I will say this, I am sooo loving all the counter space in my new kitchen! Room to spread out, bake and cook and can and .... without feeling too crowded.. VERY NICE! |
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