It was a productive weekend around here. Saturday, I was able to get all the linens washed, the living room, kitchen, and dining room swept and mopped and all the clothes that were clean in the basket put away. Sunday, I was able to use my new to me breadmaker. I found this breadmaker at the GoodWill for $5.00. It is a Toastmaster TBR15 and comes with a horizontal bread pan that makes both 1 pound and 1 1/2 pound loaves.
Our local stores have not had bread flour, so I ordered it fro WalMart.com. ( Come to find out, I also ordered bread flour from Amazon as well...oops) Oh, and yeast was not on the shelves either so I had to order that from Amazon.
The breadmaker did not come with directions/recipes, so I ordered a recipe book specific to this breadmaker.
It was easy enough to throw the ingredients in the pan and push the button and let the machine do all the work. I forgot just how good it smells when you have bread baking in your breadmaker/oven. It is the best!
My husband and I taste-tested the loaf after it cooled off but was still warm. If we didn't have family coming over for a Father's Day cookout, we could have made a meal just on the loaf of bread and butter.
My granddaughter is 6, so she was supervised while she made the cake. She reads the directions and can follow them pretty well, but she still needs someone to sorta double check when it comes to using a measuring cup. Her favorite part is licking the beaters and the bowl. That could be my favorite part too!
Time to start the day. There is always something to do and its time to be productive. It's going to be another hot one, I am going to try to get the yard mowed but that has been on my list for almost a week. I guess letting it go to seed it more of a positive way of looking at it.
I enjoy mowing the yard, but since my shoulder is so jacked up it is not near as much fun. My husband said he would do it, but the control freak in me won't let him. I know, I need to let that go. I just can't lol.
Hope your Monday is FABULOUS!
If you were curious, I posted my eBay numbers from last week HERE
I tried two different bread makers in my years and took both back as they would not raise a loaf.
ReplyDeleteFor years, I bought bread from places for under $5, washed them, made a loaf of bread and sold them for $10 more than I paid using a free ad in the paper. All worked and few were dirty, just never used. That can of chili is my favorite!
ReplyDeleteI bought bread makers, not bread!
DeleteGood idea! I wanted to try the breadmaker thing and see how the family liked it. So far so good, but this is only the first time. lol. I used the chili can for perspective , to show the size of the bread. But, yes the chili is pretty good.
Deletelol...I wondered why the can was there. I figured you forgot to mention what you were going to say about the chili.
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