The bread maker

Highlight of the week: BAKING!!! I remember my mom baking in the kitchen of my childhood home, and smelling fresh bread come out of the oven. That yeasty, comforting smell that only comes from baking :) Even today, I will be walking past a bakery and think it smells so home-y.
Something I always wanted to do was to start baking our own bread so that my boys can have those memories too. And my hope was to get to the point where we slowly transitioned from buying it, to making most of it ourselves. But, with our week as it usually goes, I was only able to bake bread once during the week. On Tuesday mornings to be exact. And let's be honest...those 2 little loaves were devoured within a day or so. (We do like our pb & j sandwiches around here) So, I decided to go on a quest to find a helper. Look at this fancy new gadget I found while I was out thrifting. Behold, the bread maker!

I do believe that this (not so little) machine will be a game changer for our family. In fact, I know so! Day 2 of ownership, and I've already made 2 loaves of bread. And while I do love to make my own peasant bread by hand, it is pretty nice to be able to leave the house while this thing works for me.

Fare thee well,
jaylyn