Dawn Brocco's Life & Design Blog

to get an upper body workout! Just kneed the dough for 2 loaves of (oatmeal) bread, seen rising below


and roll out 4 sheets of paper thin dough for egg noodles!

I must be crazy to do this, but ya know, it's fun! And it beats sitting in front of the computer.


My last 2 loaves were a bit dense. I usually light the oven briefly to warm it up, then put the dough in there to keep warm, but I'm finding that just putting the bowl of dough on the stove over the pilot light works best. I'm sure I learned this lesson previously, but forgot it, as it's been awhile since I made bread.

Same for the noodles and pasta. I want to do it enough to ingrain the process in my head. Lordie knows how many pounds of pasta and noodles it will take to do that! But I'm sure it will sink it, just as I could write raglan sweater shaping directions or sock knitting directions in my sleep now, especially the socks - have knit more pairs than I could count.

Speaking of which, I finished brother's thick wool socks, which are soaking now. Musta used about 8 ozs of Briggs & Little's Atlantic, so they're sure to keep his feet warm.