• Jethro
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  • Registered: 2010-10-15
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Topic: Bread for the Family for Christmas

This has taken me a while to get back to.

Over Christmas, like many of you I'm sure, we had lots of people round for Christmas and the surrounding period. We get through a lot of bread so I wend on a mission for an afternoon. Mainly just tin loaves but a couple of hand crafted loaves and buns thrown in.

As always when the kitchen is busy it is warm the hardest problem I had with these was timing. There isn't an exact time for proving your bread and it depends on environemental conditions loads. As I'm always taking up loads of room in the Kitchen with bread proving I had to cook on both the Aga and electic cooker in the picture.

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Proving Bread by jethro - 1, on Flickr

When cooking bread on an Aga you many not know the exact tempereture for the timings. In this scenario you need to check your bread. When you think it is ready get it out and tap it on the back. The sound should be a hollow thud.

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Christmas Loaves by jethro - 1, on Flickr

Anyone else have a bit of a baking session over Christmas? Anyone make their own Christmas Pudding or Christmas Cake? I would love to hear or see some pictures.

Happy Baking

Jethro

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  • Registered: 2011-04-14
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Re: Bread for the Family for Christmas

Christmas Bread looks wonderful!
I'm extremely envious of your 'Aga'.  How I would love to own that!
Come on Jethro, as it's Christmas Bread, I thought you may have a recipe for me with fruit, nuts & eggs.....He he he
Still waiting eagerly to find one....Thinking of trying a 'Brioche-style' loaf & adding my own twist with some spelt, wholewheat & white flour to 'lighten the load', so to speak.  Make the loaf less dense, think it'll work?
I make my own Christmas Cakes every Year & puddings, not that they last until then as I enjoy them far too much, especially with home-made almond paste & nice soft icing..... Mmmmm the thought of cake with a good cheese, delicious!
Odelle.