sunny-hunny bread
2009
mmmh … there’s a bit of a theme going on here – lots of yellow and honey on the brain. Must be the lack of local sunshine.
I have to confess to being a soule-mama groupie and on long, quiet nights, can be found sitting up in bed, tea by my side, reading her archives. See, I didn’t find her until the second half of last year, so I’ve got a lot of reading to do before I catch up. Now – the other night, I found an entry about baking bread with honey, and it sounded so good, I had to try it.
And it IS so good. I didn’t follow her recipe because I buy a beautiful bread mix from one of the last family owned mills in Australia - Laucke of South Australia – it is so delicious and pure and good. So last night, when making bread for this morning, I added a tablespoon of honey to my regular Whole wheat dough, basted the top of the loaf with warmed honey, then sprinkled it with rolled oats. :: Quick intake of breath ::
It is beautiful – so moist – so yum! I don’t know if honey does something to the bread – you know, like added vitamin c keeps it fresh for longer. I did a quick google but didn’t find anything. Maybe you know?
Such beautiful bread needs a bread bag – especially since Carol-Ann now has my first one. Out came the osnaberg – I had more luck googling this – don’t you love the name! – it is named after the German city, Osnabruck and is a coarse, durable fabric. It has been made from flax, jute and tow (a mix of flax, jute and hemp) and is now made from short bits of cotton and waste cotton – sounds very practical and thrifty. And perfect for a bread bag.
I added a sunny hunny dresden plate with some wee owls in the centre (it’s that gorgeously perfect Alexander Henry fabric – or Henry Alexander – you know what I mean) …
and after appliqueing it on, pulled out the hot-favourite crochet cotton, and added some olde-worlde quilting. I LOVE it! Makes it look like the dresden plate came from an old cutter quilt. I reckon so :-)
I trimmed the top with some beautiful Finnish lace – thank you Anne! - and added a sneaker shoe lace. Julian has a fetish for coloured converse and replaces the laces with elastic for quick on and off – so I have bundles of pristine laces. Perfect for a bread bag drawstring. Don’t you just love the pretty lace with the workaday osnaberg.
Now our lovely sunny-hunny bread is nestled safely in it’s bag. I love adding crafted bits like this to my home. Makes my kitchen look so cheerful every time I walk in- like it’s winking at me, reminding me that good things happen here, and gives the place a stamp that declares “Lily lives here”.
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*sigh* Once again I need a crafty mama to sprinkle my floating home with beautiful little things like bread bags! Wow!
I love putting honey in and on and over everything! We always add some to our pancake batter. Mmmmmmm.
I love your dresden block…so fun and happy looking!
It is just lovely! I’m so amazed at how many lovely things you make to brighten up your home. That bread looks yummy, too.
that bread looks delicious! and that bag is too cute!
LOVE! Enjoyed this post very much. You should give away some of the bread mix for giveaway day tomorrow. We here in the States would like to taste it!
Aaahh! The bread bag is sooo lovely!! Will have to be on this summer’s to do list, thank you! I agree – looks so cutter quiltish – lovely!! And the bread I can almost smell … aaaahh – Hugs
Such a soothing and simple post – I will be making a bread bag – I have everything I need right here.
What an inspiring post!!! Will be asking hubby to add some honey to our bread this weekend and I will be making some bread bags!! Only hope they will be half as pretty as yours.
Lily that is a beautiful bag and such a wonderful idea for storing bread.
What a very lucky friend that Carol-Ann is – bookmarks, bread bags, etc. Lovingly hand crafted goodies beat boring generic flowers in my book any day.
Gorgeous bag, and yes – I add honey to my whole wheat bread, too, and it’s yumptious!
MMMmmm… in both cases–the bread and the bread bag! That is the happiest Dresden around, I think! I need to get off my lazy duff and prettify my home with your inspiration. But first maybe I need to bake some bread. Lovely again, Lily!
Honey is great in baking– but if you’re using larger amounts, just be sure to compensate by cutting down the other liquids. Also, using lots of honey will cause the bread to brown very quickly, so watch that it doesn’t burn. :-) Your bread looks DELICIOUS! I think I’m going to try sprinkling mine with oats next time too!
Love the bread bag. Patchwork gets me every time.
The bread looks really good too. I only recently found her blog and haven’t had time to look through the archives either. Now I see what I am missing out on. :)
I am definately going to try some of that bread. i agree Lauckes is the best bread mix. Love you PW and applique so refreshing.
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The bread bag is sooo lovely!! I Love !!!
that is a beautiful idea
thank you !!! thank you