There are day's that throw themselves at us periodically throughout the year when the whole family is together at home and there are jobs to be done. Today was one of those days. I am not naturally one to sit still when there are places to visit and experiences to share but the lawn needed cutting and the wardrobes were literally bursting with clothes that could find more loving homes. Thankfully the garden is plenty big enough for children to burn off excess energy and we all rumbled along enjoying the time spent together and the satisfaction of ticking off the 'to do list'.
Pre lunch however and the children needed an activity to concentrate their minds so we settle in to the kitchen to bake bread. I have always loved bread and it was such joy to realize when we moved here that so do the Danes. Lucky for me we have an excellent bakery nearby with some delicious offerings suitable no matter what the mood of the day, I did reach a critical point with my bread
consumption where enough was becoming enough but that was more for the amount of butter we were eating on top of the bread than anything else. Nowadays I treat myself to the occasional loaf and feeling much more inspired make my own for fun. I really miss good Danish rye bread when I am out of the country and there are a great many variations to discover and enjoy depending on your area and the baker etc.
Today we made a whole meal dough, purely because that was the ratio of flour I had left in my beloved store cupboard but it turned out to be the perfect quantity for a little lunchtime creativity. 500 g's fuldkorn's mel/ hvid mel. a table spoon of sugar, 11g's yeast, 1 pinch of salt and 300 ml of warm water/natural yoghurt.
I let the children lead the way today and they measured out the ingredients making sure our quantities were exactly spot on before we let the mixer do it's job and then finally leaving the dough to rise for an hour in a warm place.
During the break the boys had decided on a wildlife theme for their bread and when the dough had doubled in size they set to work creating hedgehogs and snakes using seeds and dried fruit as embellishments.
It took quite a long time to perfect each hedgehog so I made a batch of mini rolls that the boys took turn at covering with poppy seeds in the meantime.
The first creations were ready to be cooked before the last of the hedgehogs had shuffled their spiky way on to the baking tray. We hadn't even finished cleaning up the inevitable cooking mess before we were being watched by four fat hedgehog rolls ready to be enjoyed in an entirely home made children's lunch.
The children, eager to sample their cooking, helped themselves to plates. They took out the butter, cheese and ham and set the table for a satisfying and quite amusing meal. Amusing? well, have you ever tried eating an incredibly spiky hedgehog?
I can't promise that the bread was as professional as that you will find in the Danish bakery's here but we enjoyed the process and consumption very much. Happily refueled we went back to work and sharing a lazy Sunday afternoon together at home.
Pre lunch however and the children needed an activity to concentrate their minds so we settle in to the kitchen to bake bread. I have always loved bread and it was such joy to realize when we moved here that so do the Danes. Lucky for me we have an excellent bakery nearby with some delicious offerings suitable no matter what the mood of the day, I did reach a critical point with my bread
consumption where enough was becoming enough but that was more for the amount of butter we were eating on top of the bread than anything else. Nowadays I treat myself to the occasional loaf and feeling much more inspired make my own for fun. I really miss good Danish rye bread when I am out of the country and there are a great many variations to discover and enjoy depending on your area and the baker etc.
Today we made a whole meal dough, purely because that was the ratio of flour I had left in my beloved store cupboard but it turned out to be the perfect quantity for a little lunchtime creativity. 500 g's fuldkorn's mel/ hvid mel. a table spoon of sugar, 11g's yeast, 1 pinch of salt and 300 ml of warm water/natural yoghurt.
I let the children lead the way today and they measured out the ingredients making sure our quantities were exactly spot on before we let the mixer do it's job and then finally leaving the dough to rise for an hour in a warm place.
During the break the boys had decided on a wildlife theme for their bread and when the dough had doubled in size they set to work creating hedgehogs and snakes using seeds and dried fruit as embellishments.
It took quite a long time to perfect each hedgehog so I made a batch of mini rolls that the boys took turn at covering with poppy seeds in the meantime.
The first creations were ready to be cooked before the last of the hedgehogs had shuffled their spiky way on to the baking tray. We hadn't even finished cleaning up the inevitable cooking mess before we were being watched by four fat hedgehog rolls ready to be enjoyed in an entirely home made children's lunch.
The children, eager to sample their cooking, helped themselves to plates. They took out the butter, cheese and ham and set the table for a satisfying and quite amusing meal. Amusing? well, have you ever tried eating an incredibly spiky hedgehog?
I can't promise that the bread was as professional as that you will find in the Danish bakery's here but we enjoyed the process and consumption very much. Happily refueled we went back to work and sharing a lazy Sunday afternoon together at home.
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