Sour Dough Bread Starter

Sour Dough Bread Starter Experiment 

Day #1

After spending the better part of the past several days trying to find on-line instructions for sour dough bread starter, 
I finally stumbled upon these 

Sour Dough Baking, The Basics

There is A LOT of information out there about sour dough bread and most of it confused me.  At one point, I even googled "sour dough bread for dummies"!  ;-)

So here I go!  Hoping this works and we have our first loaf of sour dough bread sometime next week! 

The chickens are 6 months old!

Patsy Cline

the Rhode Island Red

Loretta 

the Barred Plymouth Rock

Tammy

the White Plymouth Rock

Emmy Lou

the New Hampshire Red

Dolly

the Buff Orpington 

And who is responsible for all these eggs??

Miss Patsy Cline has laid an egg a day for the past week!  

We know for sure that she is laying and she lays in the nesting boxes.  

We also have another layer, but I haven't figured out who it is yet.

She is laying in the yard in the same spot.  

It has been such a fun six months!

Bible Quiz Day 60

Answer to 59 - Stephen (Acts 7:54-60)

Question 60 - __________ is called the apostle "born out of due time."

It's coming along...

I already love the changes Mr. H. is making.

Doesn't this look so much better,

than before? :-)

Now that the fence is down,

you can see the previous color of the shed.

MY part of the barnyard project is to paint it!

The plan is to cutesy it up with barn red paint and white trim. :-)

Banana Muffins

Banana Muffins
12 servings

1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
3 bananas, mashed
2 cups flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt

Cream butter and sugar.  Add eggs and beat well.  Add bananas and mix well.  Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.  Add to banana mixture.  Pour into a greased or paper lined muffin tin.  Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes.  Serve warm with butter and enjoy!

Out of the blue my daughter requested "banana muffins, no nuts" for breakfast.  This is the recipe I used.  She loved them.  I think my son did as well after hearing him proclaim them "as good as chocolate chip muffins!" ;-)

Bible Quiz Day 59

Answer to question 58 - Nichodemus

Question 59 -  __________ is called the first Christian martyr.

The start of the barnyard!

Mr. H. has started to build a barnyard.

He is using some existing structures, but changing things up a bit.

He's taking down some fences to reuse in other ways.

And making room for animal pens.

 He'll also be extending the chicken yard.

The girls will be so pleased.

(Though they aren't too fond of the power tools being used right now!)

I'm not really sure what the finished result will look like.

It's all in Mr. H.'s head right now!

But, as always, I love to watch the process! 

Bible Quiz Day 58

Answer to question 57 - Judas; Peter (Matthew 10:4; Matthew 26:69-75)

Question 58 - __________ a ruler of the Jews, came to Jesus by night.

I very rarely fry anything around here.

Fried okra is about the extent of it.

But, I took a deep breath,

made the

Pioneer Woman's Apple Fritters

and didn't burn the house down. ;-)

~frost on the leaf pile~

It was 25 degrees here when we woke up this morning...brrrrr!

Heritage Farm Fresh Egg vs. Store Bought Egg :-)

Mr. H. wanted to do a blind taste test!

I gave him a bite of the fresh egg first, 

then I gave him a bite of the grocery store egg.

The result?

He said the first bite he had was richer and had more flavor.

:-)

The temperature has been falling steadily since we got up this morning.  I figured it'd be a good day to have some roll dough rising by the fireplace, and try out the Pioneer Woman's Buttered Rosemary Rolls with supper.

Announcing...

The first egg!!!

Found in the far right nesting box on January 20, 2011.

So exciting!

Bible Quiz Day 57

Answer to question 56 - 12 Peter, Andrew, James, John, Philip, Thomas, Matthew, Bartholomew, James, Simon, Thaddeus, Judas

Question 57 - __________ betrayed Jesus; __________ denied him.

Bible Quiz Day 56

Answer to question 55 - Jerusalem (Luke 2:41-46)

Question 56 - Jesus called __________ apostles.  Name them.

New Neighbors!

        

Learning...

 ...some new stitches in knitting. :-)

Menu Plan Monday

Supper Menus
January 10th-15th

Monday
hamburger soup, jalapeno cheese corn bread, vermont maple oatmeal pie
Tuesday
saucy chicken sandwiches, potato chips, apple slices
Wednesday
spicy spaghetti, caesar salad, focaccia bread
Thursday
chicken pot pie, blueberry quick bread with vanilla sauce
Friday
out for supper
Saturday
stir fry, white rice

Please visit Menu Plan Monday for more menu planning ideas.

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