back to basics

It’s been a few years now since I found myself brave enough to make yeast bread. It’s not difficult at all, but my mom has a hate/hate relationship with yeast, so I grew up thinking it would be fairly difficult to make a yeast bread. I really should have thought things through more, since my grandma used to bake all of her own bread. She would talk about going through 50 pounds of flour a week, just to make sandwiches for her family (back in the days where many people in this country actually worked manual labor).

I must say, that whether it’s bread or pizza dough, I am SO happy to be making these foods myself. I love the yeasty smell my home has after making the dough, and I love all of the different variations out there. This article contains two recipes, one for brioche and one for a basic honey white. So tasty!

Tomorrow I am pulling some pizza dough out of the freezer for our Super Bowl meal. I’m telling you, no frozen pizza or delivery is as good as making it yourself. I’ll post that recipe tomorrow!