Bread and potatoes

Elder Son talked about bread-making when we walked on Saturday and it gave me the urge to make cranberry pecan bread again. Last time it wasn't very good with so I tried a different recipe, and as I was following it I became convinced it was going to be a disaster. 

First of all the dough wouldn't stick together so I added more water. Then it was too sloppy so I added more flour. The mixer struggled to knead it so I took it out and finished it by hand but when I added the pecans and cranberries they were impossible to incorporate into the dough. Each time I folded some in, others fell out. Then I put it in the greenhouse to rise and Husband knocked it over.

So all in all I wasn't very hopeful.

While it was rising I planted some potatoes. A bag of salad potatoes I'd had in the pantry were shooting.

I have no idea if they'll grow but decided to give it a go. Halfway through planting it occurred to me that the shoots might be stalks not roots so I planted them the other way up. We shall see. My caulis are still alive after a week so I consider that a win. Unlike the runner beans that have been eaten away. (I think they were runner beans but I can't remember how I acquired them.)

Back to the bread. After brushing it with honey I stuck it in the oven expecting a solid unpalatable rock to emerge.

What did emerge was a pleasant surprise. As long as you avoided the rock-hard cranberries on the surface it was definitely edible.