She has the attention span of a gnat on red cordial

There are times when being distracted can be disastrous, and there are times when its actually an advantage.

Sis and I were chatting this morning … mostly about how inconsiderate our men are, how they do it without even conscious thought, and was the effort of yelling at them worth it. You know, normal bestie/sister type chat. I had had planned to make bread and cakes, and thought that I could chat while mixing, but the hugely noisy motor on my mixmaster put paid to that. As a result, the wholemeal dough I was mixing got kneaded/stopped/kneaded/stopped ….. for heaps of time, a lot longer than I usually machine knead it for. When I got it out, it was much smoother and more elastic that I usually get. And it seems to have risen more evenly, and is a great looking texture. I did a similar thing for the white dough, with similar results.

then …. I got distracted again …… and let it prove for a lot longer in the tins (those are my big tins too, these loaves will be enormous) ……. I think they look bootiful!

Then …. into the oven for baking …. the house smells divine. I iced the chocolate cupcakes at the same time, and so my kids are salivating about getting fresh bread and a cupcake to follow.

Out of the oven ……. must remember to cool before I cut it.