1/15/2024 0 Comments Artisan bread recipes with honeyOne of my favorite bakeries, Pain D’Avignon in Hyannis, MA makes these delicious cranberry-pecan rolls so I wanted a cranberry sauce that could steer me in that direction. Every year I make a cranberry sauce and every year I have leftovers. With the November 2018 full moon falling the day after Thanksgiving, cranberry sauce was begging to be a signature ingredient for the Full Moon Baking Club. This will release the dough from the edges. Uncover the dough and with a wet hand, gently scoop around the edges, lifting from the sides and folding the dough onto itself.Cover and let rest for 6-10 hours, and the dough has become pillowy and doubled in size.Give the liquid mixture a stir and then pour into into the flour bowl.Add the yeast and let "bloom" for 10ish minutes. Add the rest of the water until you have 1 and 1/4 cup of the liquid mixture. In a large measuring glass (or bowl), combine 1 cup of the warm water, melted butter, molasses, honey, and brown sugar and stir to combine.In a large bowl mix the flour and the salt.So, in honor of my dad’s favorite meal, I’ve figured out this Soft Sandwich Bread Recipe. As much as I love a crunchy-chewy crust, seniors with sensitive teeth might not share the love. “It’s better late than never” and I guess you could say, Soft Sandwich Bread has arrived! It comes a year and a half to late for my dad but hopefully it’s right on time for you and your loved ones. As a caregiver, you quickly learn to pick your battles, and fighting over food was not going to be one of mine. Who am I to argue with a man in his 80’s suffering from dementia? PS- You don’t argue with a person afflicted with dementia or Alzheimer’s. He wanted soft, store bought bread slathered in traditional grape jelly with your standard hydrogenated peanut butter. I should have known that preparing senior meals was going to be harder than expected. The crust was too tough, or the crumb too dry… Each and every attempt to share love through a home cooked meal felt like failure and I eventually gave-up. The baker in me set out to add wholesomeness with homemade artisan bread, but even that fell short to his liking. I would make him these beautiful and nutritious meals and he would scoff at them, preferring his childhood favorite. As a chef, you can imagine that was frustrating for me. Over the five years I was the caregiver to my father, all he wanted to eat was peanut butter and jelly. You know that expression, “too little, too late"? That’s how I’m feeling about this Soft Sandwich Bread Recipe…
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