Homemade Boiled Bagles

425° - 20 minutes. Serves 8

Ingredients:

4 cups bread flour
1 T sugar
1 1/2 t salt
1 T oil
2 t instant yeast
1-1/4 to 1-1/2 cups of warm water.

Directions:

Mix all the ingredients in a bowl.  Knead 10 minutes until dough is springy.  Cut the dough into 8 equal sized balls, and let rest for 10-20 minutes.

Visit the Source for instructions on how to roll the bagels out. Envision a snake.  Or see the video in the notes section.


Let dough rise 20 minutes.  Boil one minute then flip over and boil another minute.  Remove from water, drain, then place on lightly oiled cooking sheet.  Bake for 10 minutes, flip over, bake 10 more minutes.

Let the bagels cool about 20 minutes, then enjoy.

Notes:

• To add toppings to bagel, do after bagels come out of water. 

• Short video on how to roll bagels:

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Baby Bum Spray

Ingredients:

Old (or new) flannel cut to wipe size.
Lg spray bottle filled to narrow neck with water
1 T Olive Oil
1 T Baby Shampoo
a few drops Essential Oil


Directions:

To moisten the wipes I've made a concoction in a spray bottle that I either spray onto the wipes or directly onto the baby.



Notes:



source: Sally Seashell

White Bean Soup for Garlic Lovers

Serves 6

Ingredients:

2 cups Great Northern beans picked over, soaked 8 hours (or overnight), drained & rinsed
8 cups (64 ounces) water
1 teaspoon dried rosemary
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 teaspoon fennel seeds
1 bay leaf
10 to 15 garlic cloves, separated but unpeeled
1 medium turnip, peeled & coarsely chopped
1 medium potatoes, peeled & coarsely chopped
3 medium onions, peeled & coarsley chopped
1 pound carrots (about 6 medium), scrubbed & coarsely chopped
1/2 cup (packed) chopped fresh parsley
Salt & pepper to taste
Several sprigs fresh parsley for garnish, if desired
Directions:

Put beans and spices in water. Boil then simmer 1 hour. Meanwhile put garlic in oven dish covered with foil. Roast at 350 for 30 minutes. Peel after cooling.

Add vegs to beans. Boil then simmer 1 hour. Remove bay leaf.

Puree garlic & 2/3 soup till slightly chunky. Return to pot.

Stir in parsley, simmer 30 minutes or until beans are soft.

Notes:

Can use immersion blender instead of traditional.  I will be using ham bone soup stock instead of plain water.

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Whole Wheat Beer Bread

375° - 45 minutes. 1 loaf

Ingredients:

2 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 Tablespoon granulated sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 Tablespoon baking powder
14 ounces beer (or 12 ounces beer & 2 ounces water)

Directions:

Combine dry ingredients. Slowly stir in beer until just combined. Will be a thick batter. Pour in pan. Bake 45 minutes.

Notes:
 
Optional glaze: 1 egg & 2 teaspoons water, beaten. Glaze before baking.


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