I already feel the dryer air and we have actually had some days in the 80s. Today will be in the low nineties, but after today it looks like at least a week long stretch in the low to mid seventies for highs. I love, love this time of year. Cool weather means baking (not good for my waistline), but fun none the less. Two days ago I made my first ever batch of English muffins. In the middle of the process I had a light bulb (or should I say Duh) moment and thought I should take pictures to post on my blog! So next go around I will do two things. First is take pictures of the process so those of you that want to know how can, and second, make the muffins larger. The recipe was supposed to make 18. Mine made 22. I used a biscuit cutter to cut them out. Next time I am going to just divide the dough into 18 pieces to make a decent sized muffin. However, this batch did turn out really good. I will use half wheat and half white next time as well. Since this was my first try I wanted to make sure they had the best chance possible of succeeding. Using white flour is easier to me anyway. I know they recommend using white flour to learn how to make bread so I just extended that to cover English muffins.
Grocery day is Friday and I have plans today to get my fridge cleaned out and organized. I also want to organize my refrigerator freezer. I need to make my list and check it twice. It is harder to get the good deals out there right now. Hence the reason I am making our bread products. Whatever I can make from scratch saves money to be used to buy other things that are still rising in price right now. Items I make from scratch include: loaf bread, french bread, pizza crust, hamburger and hot dog buns, English muffins, cinnamon rolls, dinner rolls, Cream soup mix (aka white sauce mix), chocolate syrup, pancake syrup, salsa, wheat thin type crackers, spaghetti sauce, cake mix, frozen biscuits, season salt, granola, yogurt and shake &bake mix. There are other items I have recipes for, but these are the ones I make consistently. It is an amazing savings to be able to make these things as opposed to buying them. The ingredients are much less than the pre-made item. Plus I know what is in it and that makes me feel good giving it to my family. And don't think I don't have convenience. It takes seconds or minutes to make these things up and then I have them on hand. I get the benefits of convenience, but cost savings as well.
I will be waking the youngest offspring momentarily so he can get breakfast and be ready to begin school. This is the first normal school day we have had this week. He had a mild asthma attack Sunday night, which kept him up, so I let him sleep in and we had a light day on Monday. Yesterday was test taking and we had school at my mothers. So today is back to the routine. I hope everyone has a great day.
Psalms 104 vs 33-35
"I will sing to the Lord all my life;
I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
May my meditation be pleasing to him,
as I rejoice in the Lord.
But may sinners vanish from the earth
and the wicked be no more.
Praise the Lord O my soul.
Praise the Lord"
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