Bread Day

It  was  slightly warmer this morning, around 24° at 3 AM.  I got up and made coffee and slipped back into the living room to read.  I didn't want to wake  Sugar!

This was DH's oatmeal day so I just had a slice of cracked wheat bread toasted.

Speaking of bread, I did force myself out of my chair and made our standby whole wheat bread using Annie's recipe .  I was low on honey so used sugar instead and added l cup of cracked wheat that I soaked in the very warm liquids until they were cool enough to add the yeast and egg.


I thought the cracked wheat would be softer than it is and it is pretty thick, good though.



 I found a short cord that works for my Kindle!  I have to lay it right at the receptacle but it does work and I just downloaded a Jack Reacher novel from the local library.  I am delighted because it will be almost a week before my Amazon order gets here. 

Random Cat Picture

I had to stand on my tiptoes and shoot  down to catch these rascals.

Bread Day

It is a chilly 25° here this morning at 3 AM.  I got up at 2 to let Sugar out and never really went back to sleep.  I am embarrassed to tell you how early I went to bed to 'read' which never lasts very long.  I got enough sleep.

DH has a very bad cold which means in a few day I will have it too.  I think I will start Vitamin C today to see if it will help me ward it off.  He started feeling bad after our  company left Saturday.  I do hope none of them catch it.

We did a couple of errands yesterday afternoon.  I got a harness for Sugar to help me get her into the vet's and also a bag of treats.  I almost fainted at the price of the treats, 6 oz. for $4.99!  I have a recipe from my sis and will be making them asap.  I  also got her a bed.  The back porch is tile over non-insulated concrete and I thought she needed a better barrier between the floor and her rug. I think water could freeze on that floor.

Cooking

We weren't  out of bread.  I still have a loaf of the Hodgson Mills white bread (3 risings) but I needed hamburger buns and wanted some of Annie's whole wheat.  I had leftover steel-cut oats from breakfast and decided to add a cup to the 4-loaf recipe (think I could have added more) which worked out great.  You can see the little bits of oats in the risen dough,



I think I overcooked this batch  slightly,



and here are the free form hamburger buns.  I just read Ilene's blog  and think I need the pans for the buns!  Mine are never quite the same even though I weigh each one.  I have enough points on Amazon to get them. I love those points.


DH had an egg and bacon sandwich on one for dinner....I had a half slice of toast with a glass of milk.
He reports  the oatmeal  didn't hurt them at all.

We will be rushing this morning to get to the Vet's by 8:30.