Trying New Things

I have been all about finding ways to save money lately. I scoured Pinterest and came across plenty of tips...some not so reasonable. For example, I have been searching for weeks for ground beef that is $1/lb because some woman on a money saving blog says she only buys meat when it is this cheap. After weeks of searching, my mom finally let me know that I will NEVER eat meat if that is the price I plan to buy it at! Some of these woman make their own soap, laundry detergent, make their own clothes, and grow all their own produce. That all sounds just wonderful....and totally beyond my scope of homemaking. I did find however, that a lot of these women make their own bread. How hard can that be?

I called my mom and asked to borrow her bread maker that I remember from my childhood. I brought it home and dusted it off, poured in all my ingredients, and set the timer. After about 2 hours the house started smelling FAB! My inner fat girl was going crazy. The timer finally went off and.....um....there was flour still sitting there. And the yeast was on top of that. Nothing had mixed together. I took out the canister and realized that I had not pushed the canister all the way in to begin with. None of the ingredients mixed...total fail.

Long story short I dumped it all out and tried again and it turned out great! I only have done the basic white bread so far, but I have found recipes for cinnamon raisin and another for how to make bread bowls for soup. I will let ya'll know how those turn out!