Baguettes

Hello all I finally have uploaded the pictures from when I made the baguette.
So The preparation started and I had to get all my ingredients out. Boy is there a lot of ingredients for this one but when done right it tastes so good.
As well it is always fun to try new recipes. And as well out of all the baguettes I have made so far, this one holds it's shape well. I would however like to mention when cooking this specific baguette you can have problems. On this one we don't have a food processor so we mixed by hand which is tough, as well each batch we made came out differently. And lastly depending on the batch we made it was slightly too salty so, for the last ones that we made we reduced the salt by half.

Overall though I tried another baguette recipe from a book I just bought, I told you all about it last time I posted, called "You Won't Believe It's Gluten Free" by Roben Ryberg. I tried their Rice based baguette this time because I have been craving bread. And I made muffin sized ones and hamburger sized buns as well. I must say these ones turned out very well, they kind of taste like a mix between pancakes and scones in the words of my brother. But definitely good. However I would say don't use these ones for hamburger buns. I tried last night and the taste just did not suit that of the hamburger flavour, it was a little too sweet. I will however be experimenting with more from that book to see what other things I like.
On another note because I do recommend this recipe, it also has time going for it. I must say there is around 10 ingredients and it takes about 10 minutes to prepare if you are mixing by hand, much faster if you are using an electric beater. And the cooking times is 30 minutes. For me that is pretty sweet. The only thing I have against this bread is that is does not rise that much and the reason is it has no yeast in it. One of these days I will try the yeast breads in the book and let you know how they go.

As for my quilting, I haven't gotten around to taking pictures of all of them but I will shortly I just have to find some time. I have however started work on another comfort quilt and my own quilt that I have duly called "Beast's Rose". In honor of it's theme to "Beauty and the Beast". So hopefully in the next couple days I can get you some pictures of them up and running.
For now though I will leave you with a picture of a flower to help you keep in mind that it is summer despite the rain.

Long time to write

Hello all,
It's been awhile since my last post and I have been busy. I started a new design for a new quilt, I finished my recent comfort quilt and will be designing the next soon. Pictures will come soon when I have enough people around so that they can be held for the picture.

As well, even though it has pretty much been raining 24/7 for the past week, or so, I have been able to take a few pictures and when I finally make my way to downloading them to my computer I will post a few up. Like I said rain makes perfect droplets to take images of. As well I am planning a new photoshoot with some friends for next week and hopefully we will get a sunny day to do it on.

And lastly I have been cooking some gluten free recipes. I must say trying the baguette again from the allergy free cook book was difficult and it didn't turn out as nicely as the first time however my dad really liked them. I also have some pictures of my attempts, therefore again when I upload them to the computer I will add them. But I recently bout a new gluten free cook book called something along the lines of 500 recipes you wouldn't know are gluten free. I tried the potato based dinner rolls and a corn based baguette and I will have to say they were good but they didn't taste the way that the writer said they would. Personally to me both kind of tasted like pretzels and well to be frank also kind of had the same look but in a different shape. Oh well they were very easy to make about 10minutes to prepare and then 20minutes in the oven, so if you want a quick receipe that is the way to go. And the last thing I have tried recently to cook was the pizza crust blend from the Bulk Barn and I would just like to say it tasted very doughy and the crust was very thin. but if you like thin crust pizza well this just might be for you.

Happy Days.
-Photo Alley