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15 March 2010

#74 Bake bread

The secret to a good dough is moving your arms in nice big circles.

The secret to a good dough is moving your arms in nice big circles.

I hate and love white bread. It's not just food. White bread is a collective term for everything that initially gives you a sensation of fullness but where you’ll just be hungry again five minutes later. Watching bad sitcoms on TV is White Bread. Gulping down candy in the morning instead of a proper breakfast is White bread. To eat pizza five nights a week is White Bread. And that the happy pizzeria guys know your last name for a reason. The reason is called White Bread. I hate and love White Bread. I have been stuffing myself with it in front of the TV since I was two boxes high. But the other day I got home-baked bread for breakfast. A cold winter morning, wearing long johns and wool socks. The bread was the missing piece. It was whole grain variety with pieces of peach and whole walnuts in it. It was like a tiny little party in my mouth. Small people danced for joy over the baked bread. I know I exaggerate but that's my job. It'd be like being mad at a surgeon because she smiles when she cuts into your body.

Bonus: www.bakabrod.se

Required time: 
Between 1 and 2 hours. Then there are premium breads on a hardcore level, where you let the bread rise for one day. But start easy and finish hard. That’s how I operate. Cost: If you have the ingredients at home there will be no extra charge but expect a cost of about 2 euro per loaf.
Cost: 
If you have the ingredients at home there will be no extra charge but expect a cost of about 2 euro per loaf.
Cons: 
Sometimes the dough doesn’t rise properly. I made cinnamon buns once that were small as rabbit poo. I have them in the freezer, just in case. In case of what I have no idea.
Pros: 
You make it yourself. You know what you put inside you. It is cheaper. It is tastier. It smells good in the kitchen when you bake. The satisfaction that fills our hands like a high when they get to build something themselves. It’s built into our genes. We have creative souls and our hands know it. We shouldn’t just passively consume. We should build, bake, and wrestle.
Taggar: healthy, diy, bread, baking

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