Turkey Hunts and Baking

Ya'll are gonna get sick of my posting about these turkeys but I never dreamed they would be so amusing.  I sure hope this one is a girl because I keep calling her "What's the deal, Lucille?"  She will not stay in the tub.  I'm trying not to get attached to them but, regardless, this one is a keeper.  It just insists on being noticed.  I finally had to put wire over the top of the tub to keep me from going on turkey hunts.

Tonight is Bible Study so I had to fix something to take for dessert.  This is Lemon Crumb Cake.  I actually needed something quick so I used a Duncan Hines cake mix and got the recipe off their website.  Looks and smells good...I think I'll drizzle some lemon sauce over the top... Yummmm.

Here's yet another batch of One Rise Bread.  You can find the recipe here.  This time I used honey instead of sugar.  Can't wait to try this too!!  Oh my goodness, it smells so good.
Happy Trails...
Berte

One Rise Bread

I apoligize so much to the blogger who initially posted this recipe to give you credit but I didn't write it down and I can't remember.  I have tried this once before but it didn't turn out so great.  I used one of those silicone loaf pans...I do not like them for baking (to put it lightly..)  I had these that I wanted to do a little comparision test.  My everloving spatterware pan and a Wilton pan.
 So here's the original recipe-

One rise bread (makes 2 loaves)

In a large mixer place:
2 1/2 cups hot tap water
1 T salt
1/3 c. oil
1/3 c. sugar or honey
2 T yeast
1 egg

Mix together a little and then add 6 c. flour.
This can be any combination of wheat and white flour.  For white bread use all white flour and for wheat bread use half and half or more wheat if you want.

Mix flour until it "leaves" the sides of the bowl.  Then continue mixing 10 minutes.
Pour dough onto an oiled countertop.  Divide in two.  Form into two loaves and place in bread pans sprayed with Pam.

Turn oven on to 350 degrees and set bread to rise on top of it for about 30-40 minutes or until it peeks over the top of the pans.
Pop in oven for 25 minutes.
Remove yummy bread from oven and from pans.
Beam with pride while you butter the tops.
Let cool completely before slicing.

But wait.
You can also make these into cinnamon rolls!  Or make one loaf of bread and one pan of cinnamon rolls.  

To make cinnamon rolls:
Roll out half of the dough on an oiled countertop to form large rectangle about 9x12. 
In a bowl, mix 1/2 cup sugar & 1 T cinnamon with 2 T softened butter. 
With a pastry cutter or fork, cut butter into sugar & cinnamon until it forms a crumbly mixture.
Spread out on top of rolled out dough. 
Roll the short side toward you to form a log. 
Cut cinnamon rolls about 2 inches thick and place in cake pans sprayed with Pam. 
Rise for 30-40 minutes. 
Bake for 12-18 minutes.  
Glaze with powdered sugar mixed with milk.

*I had to let mine rise longer than the recommended time. 

I think both pans did equally well.  I'm just pretty partial to my spatterware.

I also used sugar instead of honey.  I also used 5 cups of white flour and 1 cup of whole wheat.  This recipe is okay in a pinch but I still like the ol' fashioned double-rise bread.
Happy Trails..
Berte