- the weather
- Ali's post
- various images I've seen on Pinterest
- finding a bag of bread flour 4 months past the best before* date
- the fact I had nothing better to do
I baked cinnamon swirl bread.
There's a lot of recipes for cinnamon bread knocking around - my usual go-to recipe being Nigella's Norwegian cinnamon buns - but this time I used a recipe from The Pioneer Woman.
As usual for bread dough enriched with butter and milk it took a long time to rise. I made the dough at around midday and knocked it back at about 4:30pm. I left it to rise in the tin at 5pm and baked it at 7pm. Patience, as they say, is a virtue. At least it is when it comes to bread making. :-)
It is so, so good. Much of the loaf was eaten at breakfast time this morning. Equally good toasted as not.
Click on the Pioneer Woman link, above, for the recipe which comes with a handy step-by-step photo how-to. You won't be sorry!
It is so, so good. Much of the loaf was eaten at breakfast time this morning. Equally good toasted as not.
Click on the Pioneer Woman link, above, for the recipe which comes with a handy step-by-step photo how-to. You won't be sorry!
* the flour may have been past the best before date but, seriously, does it matter when it comes to flour? No flour mites means it's still fit for use in my opinion!
Hahaha - this reminds me of a conversation I had with my dad a few weeks back - my flour was well out of date, so I rang him (despite being 27, owning a house and being married, I still do this) to see if he knew how to tell if it was off. He asked me to smell it. I had however kept it in the cupboard with my spices. It threw him a bit when I replied with 'it smells of curry'!! Still using the flour though...
ReplyDeleteYour bread looks yummy :)
Thanks for visiting my blog - and now I've found yours, full of lovely things that interest me! One day I'll learn to crochet, but in the meantime I will just gaze in awe at all the pretty, yarny things you've made!
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The bread looks delicious. I wonder if I am genetically coded to crave cinnamon in the Autumn? Not a bad thing either way! And I really need to find my gloves, there is a definite chill in the air now. :D
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely warm post. I must have a go at the bread it looks yummy.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how much food gets thrown out because of the date being overdue, loads I bet.
Briony
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Who can tell what arbitrary date a miller will put on a flour bag? It obviously matters not one jot. I ignore use by dates and use my eyes and nose to tell me if something is still edible. Your bread looks gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteI am salivating at the thought of your scrummy cinnamon loaf, it would not have lasted till the morning in this house ;o)
ReplyDeleteI can just about smell it through my computer! x
I've been told that the difference between "best before" and "use by" is that something marked with a "use by" date will go off whereas something marked with a "best before" date won't actually go off but it's consistency and flavour may change. I really can't see how that would affect flour.
ReplyDeleteMe wants Victoria, glad to have had a part in inspiring it.
ReplyDeleteI must make this soon! xx
That looks so so yummy xx
ReplyDeleteOh yum, I thought the cinnamon was Nutella on first glance!
ReplyDeleteMmm...the cinnamon bread looks wonderful. I bet it smelled great too--so warm and cozy!
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