{"id":5657,"date":"2014-08-12T20:03:52","date_gmt":"2014-08-13T00:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/?p=5657"},"modified":"2014-08-22T14:56:29","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T18:56:29","slug":"bread-baking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/12\/bread-baking\/","title":{"rendered":"Bread Baking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While I LIKE cooking and baking and the like, I don\u2019t get to enjoy it as much as I want to.\u00a0 I cook daily but baking happens much less frequently and when I do bake, I admittedly use a lot of mixes (just for ease and time saving).\u00a0 There are a few things that I enjoy baking always make from scratch, though, and now that the girls are getting bigger I like to try to get them involved too.<\/p>\n<p>Our two favorite things to make together are (oddly), both breads.\u00a0 The quicker and easier of the two is Banana Bread.\u00a0 The recipe I use is one my family has used since I was a child which we found in a Sesame Street Library book and is named \u201cBig Bird\u2019s Banana Bread\u201d.\u00a0 And while it is super easy to make, it\u2019s also super delicious!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5658\" alt=\"big bird banana\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/big-bird-banana.png\" width=\"715\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/big-bird-banana.png 715w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/big-bird-banana-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/big-bird-banana-600x442.png 600w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/big-bird-banana-339x250.png 339w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The girls are able to help with pretty much every step from measuring, to pouring, to mixing and putting into the pans.\u00a0 They also love it because it doesn\u2019t have eggs in it so they can eat the batter before cooking!<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5657 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/12\/bread-baking\/sony-dsc-786\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"166\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC09660-e1407886968838-166x250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC09660-e1407886968838-166x250.jpg 166w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC09660-e1407886968838-300x452.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC09660-e1407886968838-600x903.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC09660-e1407886968838-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC09660-e1407886968838-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC09660-e1407886968838.jpg 1520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 166px) 100vw, 166px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/12\/bread-baking\/sony-dsc-787\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"376\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC09663-376x250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC09663-376x250.jpg 376w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC09663-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC09663-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC09663-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC09663-1000x664.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/12\/bread-baking\/sony-dsc-788\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"376\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC09664-376x250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC09664-376x250.jpg 376w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC09664-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC09664-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC09664-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC09664-1000x664.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/12\/bread-baking\/sony-dsc-789\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"376\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC09666-376x250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC09666-376x250.jpg 376w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC09666-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC09666-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC09666-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC09666-1000x664.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none; font-size: 13px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC02295.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5667\" alt=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC02295-199x300.jpg\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC02295-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC02295-300x452.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC02295-600x903.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC02295-166x250.jpg 166w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC02295-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC02295-1000x1505.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC02295.jpg 1520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our second favorite bread to make is Pulla, Finnish Coffee bread.\u00a0 Hubby was raised on pulla and I started making it at home when we moved into our first place together (10 years ago!)\u00a0 Unlike the banana bread which is mix and bake, pulla is a rising, shaped bread which is quite an undertaking.\u00a0 But the girls love watching the bread grow as well as helping me knead and shape the loaves.\u00a0 I usually give them each a few small pieces and let them form it however they want while I braid the rest of the loaves in the traditional way.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-5657 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/12\/bread-baking\/sony-dsc-790\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"376\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC02214-376x250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC02214-376x250.jpg 376w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC02214-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC02214-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC02214-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC02214-1000x664.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/12\/bread-baking\/sony-dsc-791\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"376\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC02215-376x250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC02215-376x250.jpg 376w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC02215-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC02215-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC02215-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC02215-1000x664.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/12\/bread-baking\/sony-dsc-792\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"376\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC02221-376x250.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC02221-376x250.jpg 376w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC02221-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC02221-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC02221-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC02221-1000x664.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC02221-390x259.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC02217.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-5668\" alt=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSC02217-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Quick tip for braiding: \u00a0I used to make three &#8220;snakes&#8221; and braid them together. \u00a0I learned it was much easier (quicker and prettier, too) to make one fat snake, flatten it out, cut into three pieces with a pizza cutter and then braid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While I LIKE cooking and baking and the like, I don\u2019t get to enjoy it as much as I want to.\u00a0 I cook daily but baking happens much less frequently and when I do bake, I admittedly use a lot of mixes (just for ease and time saving).\u00a0 There are a few things that I 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