Little Sister Sweets

Today was an exciting day. While I was golfing this morning with my Grandfather, I was really thinking about heading home, and baking the beautiful loaf of bread dough rising on my counter. I blame the thought of fresh homemade bread on my bad game. 🙂

The best part? It’s the easiest bread you’ll ever make. There are only 4 ingredients, and no kneading is required. You just mix all of the ingredients in a bowl, let it rise for awhile, and then throw it in your dutch oven, and bake for 45 minutes! Baddabing baddaboom! Crusty Italian Bread! 🙂

You can make it using the recipe I included here. Or check out my snapguide.

Here is your ingredient list:
3 cups flour
1 tsp yeast
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 cup warm water

Stir together 1 1/2 cup warm water with 1 tsp yeast, until it is dissolved.

Once dissolved, stir in flour and salt, mix with a spoon!

Don’t over mix. Dough will be sticky!

Cover with parchment paper, and then lay a towel on top.

Let your dough rise for 8-12 hours. I let mine go for 24 hours and it was great too! When you’re ready to bake it, pre heat the oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit and place your dutch oven and lid on the lowest rack. Allow 30 minutes for the dutch oven to pre heat.

Meanwhile scrape out dough on a heavily floured surface.

With floured hands, carefully roll it into a ball, or whatever shape you want your loaf.

Then pull out your dutch oven and carefully place your dough inside of it. Put the lid back on, and bake for 30 minutes. Take off the lid, and bake for another 15. Ta da!! You have beautiful crusty Italian bread!

Oh so yummy! I let it cool. Actually, no not really, I burnt my hands trying to get a slice of it, the pig that I am.

Just a little butter will do. Thank you very much. 🙂

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Any who, enjoy everyone! 🙂

My mother has been begging me to make scones. Literally begging. Recently she purchased a fine jar of Lemon Curd. The only thing she could possibly imagine to eat it with was a scone. Not just any scone either. She loves moist scones, fluffy, moist scones. My mother has a spit fire Italian personality and is nothing but passionate about everything. Nothing bothers her more than dry scones.
So there I was, 8 o’clock this morning in the kitchen, sifting flour, and cutting in butter, determined to make the best scones she had ever tasted.

It starts with a sifting process. You sift together 3 cups flour, 2 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp baking soda, and 1 tsp salt. Be patient! The extra TLC will do these little scones wonders!

When it’s all sifted in, you just cut up 6 tbsp’s of cold, cold butter, and work it in with a pastry blender, or your hands. (My preferred method) 🙂

After its all mixed in, you start pouring in 1 cup buttermilk. Mix it in, in 3 increments. Soon you’ll have a fine, semi sticky dough. Roll it into a ball and flatten it on a piece of parchment paper.

Then cut the dough into 12 pieces, with a long knife.

Slide a baking sheet beneath the parchment, and spread each piece out about 2 inches apart.

Brush with an quick egg wash. (Just a beaten egg) and bake for about 12-15 minutes in the oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Watch them carefully! They should be golden on the bottom, but still cream in color on top.

As you can tell I had to have a quick bite. The most moist (that’s kind of a tongue twister) scones I’ve ever had! I pulled out the lemon curd and served up some for my Mother too. Wanna see her plate?