I made bread dough last Monday. That’s nothing new, but the fact that I roasted two sweet potatoes at 7am so I could make the dough when I got home from work and bake it once I got back from a meeting feels noteworthy. I can judge time! I woke up early enough to go for a (terrible) run, roast a sweet potato and still be at work by 8:30! I biked home, made dough and scones, ate dinner, went to a meeting! I baked bread until 11pm!
Really I just want to pull your attention away from what feels awkward to me and make you (and my mom) so very proud of my time management skills. See, I made bread for a potluck I signed up to attend on Tuesday night.
Long ago, when I first got interested in reading blogs and using Google Reader I looked up a few terms to find blogs. Philadelphia and food were two big searches for me, and crafting/sewing blogs followed soon after. Within a few weeks, I found Marisa’s site- Apartment 2024. I’v followed her writing for years and most recently her incredible blog about canning, Food in Jars.
Marisa was hosting a fellow blogger’s book tour potluck- Kate of the Hip Girl’s Guide to Homemaking. It was an open invitation, and before I knew it, I signed myself up!
And spent the next few weeks alternating between talking myself into and out of attending. In the end, I went. I put on my favorite skirt, arranged for my weekly karaoke peeps to meet me after at our regular spot and let it be just like any other Tuesday. I am so glad I did! The other women were lovely, Marisa and Kate were great to meet, and the food! Bring people together who you know appreciate good food, you are setting yourself up for an awesome meal! I’m still thinking about the meatloaf I ate that night- grass-fed, organic beef from someone’s parent’s farm in upstate NY seasoned perfectly. Yum. I even passed off a few of my business cards!
I made this sweet potato bread- which was not as savory since I served it with pieces of feta and honey. I followed the directions with the following exceptions:
-I halved all the ingredients except the sugar
-I added two medium sized sweet potatoes
-I only added the salt, pepper and sage. I didn’t have/forgot the other spices
-I only added one packet (2 1/2 teaspoons) of yeast. It was plenty!
This amount still made a massive loaf of bread that was on the denser side and definitely better the next day. I will be making it again, but playing with the spices some more- I think I want it sweeter/spicier as in nutmeg, cinnamon, honey. But not too much- I still want the feta and honey to work with it!
