The Best Sandwich Bread Recipe

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cup hot water(105-110ish degrees)

1/2 tsp maple syrup (I am sure any sugar will do)

1 1/2 tsp yeast

1-2 tsp salt 

1 tbsp oil

4 cups total flour

1/2 cup - 1 cup whole wheat flour (i used white)

3 cups - 3 1/2 cups bread flour

Directions:

In hot water add maple syrup then yeast. Whisk to mix. Let sit for about 10 minutes until foamy to test your yeast.

in stand mixer add flour, salt, yeast mixture, and oil. quickly mix until mostly combined and knead with dough hook for about 10 minutes on low/medium speed.

Cover dough with plastic wrap(i sprayed mine with non-stick oil) and let sit UNTIL AT LEAST DOUBLED IN SIZE preferably more. (note:will probably take longer than an hour, be patient, mine has taken 3 hours. but i have left the house for 5-6 hours running errands and it’s been perfect.)

flour counter and place dough on it. press or roll it to about 8”x8” square(width of loaf pan)

Roll your dough like a cinnamon bun, pinch seam together and fold the ends under so you will have nice ends. Place in bread pan.

Cover again and let rise until doubled in size, again be patient, I have let it sit for 2 or more hours.

heat oven to 375 degrees

Bake for 30-45 minutes until internal temperature is 200 degrees(quickly reaches 200 degrees)

Let cool completely before slicing

store on counter if you will eat within 3-4 days. Store in fridge if you will eat it in a longer time.

Markets are ending - Holiday Fairs are starting! 2015

Come down to the markets before the season ends! Randolph, Northfield, South Royalton, and Chelsea all have great vendors. Stock up!

But that's not the last you will see of us this year. We plan on attending Holiday Craft Fairs in many areas. If you know of any let us know and we will see if it works with our schedule. We would like to be filled up.

We will let you know the final schedule once we have it all figured out.

I will also stock the website as I return my inventory to normal levels, so you can order from there as well. But don't hesitate to email us. We might have it in stock or I can give you an estimated date on when it can be ready.(Soap takes 2-4 weeks)

Thank you so much for a great season. You all kept me very busy, and I know I will be very busy this winter getting ready for the next season.

CSA: Week 1 - May 29th

This was the first time we have ever done a CSA. For those who don't know what a CSA is it stands for Community Supported Agriculture. Farms will offer "shares" that you usually pay for at at once at the beginning, monthly, or weekly. The one we chose you pay it all up front and they offered full and half shares. The shares run for 22 weeks and the full share is $500, and the half share is $300. We chose the half share. It's only the two of us. Pick up is every thursday.

This week we got: a head of Green Lettuce, a bunch of Kale, Chard, Arugula, Rhubarb, and a half dozen eggs.

What we made with our share this week:

Gemelli with Sausage and Swiss Chard

We substituted the ground sausage for baked Kielbasa. And we did not use pine nuts.

Mashed Potato and Kale Cakes

We didn't have bacon or leeks so we didn't add that. We also only have red potatoes instead of russets.

Rhubarb Crumb Bars

I used half what was called for Rhubarb and added Strawberries.

We also used the lettuce, arugula, and some kale for salads.