One Pot Bread

One Pot Bread.... It really is! Ok except for the one bowl you mix all the ingredients in, this is truly a One Pot Bread recipe. Its so super easy, with just an over night resting period, and your family is going to love it!

I couldn't think of a better first recipe to share here... And, just a word of caution, once those aromas start wafting through the home, your specials will be lining up with the same questions every time...

WHEN IS IT GOING TO BE READY?

That my friends I will answer right now, before we carry on..... literally 35 minutes from the time that dough hits that oven.

So lets get to the recipe shall we.

3 cups all purpose flour

2 level teaspoons salt

1 level teaspoon instant yeast

1 1/2 cups water

*** cast iron pot with lid ***

Right, you got all of that?

In a bowl mix in your flour, salt and yeast. Add your water and stir with a wooden spoon. It should end up looking a little shaggy. Cover with cling wrap and slid to a safe spot on your kitchen counter and leave to rest overnight.

Then in the morning.... have a peek at your bowl and you should see that your dough has risen, almost doubled in size, and that there are tiny little bubbles everywhere. When you remove the cling wrap you can smell that yeast - right? Heavenly!

Switch your oven on and preheat it to 230 Degrees Celsius.

While your oven is getting all blistering hot turn the dough out on to a well floured surface and coat hands liberally with flour...I mean it - your really dont want to not coat them, it gets all messy and sticky... then tuck and turn the dough until it forms a ball. Cover the ball with cling wrap and allow it to rest for a bit.

Once the oven has hit that 230 Degree mark place your cast iron pot in for 30 minutes.

This is when you can go and pick a couple of herbs from the herb patch, check on the kids who have now started swinging dangerously from the new "swing" (which has been re-purposed from the jumpaleen) and this makes the dogs bark frantically on and on an on.... and on.. yell a little - then moan at Nugget our rooster as he tries to get amorous with the poor weathered looking egg laying, very broody girls AGAIN. And then... slowly meander my way back to the kitchen. That takes about half an hour.

Now, remove the very very hot pot and with floured hands carefully pop the dough in to it. Cut an X on the top with a sharp knife. Or in my case my sharp knife was in the dishwasher so I used my kitchen scissors. Cover with the lid and pop it all back into the oven for 25 minutes.

When the timer goes off, remove the lid, and bake for another 10 minutes.

Once done, turn out onto a bread board to cool... or as it is in my home... turn out onto bread board hand over bread knife and butter and allow the scavengers to consume!

There are times though, where I am left a slice to enjoy with an egg from the coop, Cherry Tomatoes off the vines and Basil from the herb patch.

Hello.

Hi everyone, my name is Angie, lover and soul partner to Rob. Mother to Tristan, Joshua, Garren and our StarSeed peacefully growing in my belly. We expect earth landing to be middle of Spring to early Summer 2016.

I come from my blog The Season'd Home where I shared all about our home and family shenanigans. But, as the Seasons move forward so does my need for change and casting a brighter perspective on my precious life here under African skies.
So this is how I've come to be The Season'd Mama.

My passions are collection eggs from my girls, harvesting fresh homegrown food from my backyard, crafting up bits of yarn on my needles and creating magic in my kitchen. I love living by the Seasons and always keep my eyes cast high to the skies following our moon.

A few things you will find on my blog....

I am a yarn along junkie. Every Wednesday (or as often a Wednesday I can handle) I pop on over to Ginny's Small Things Blog and Instagram and join all the lovely ladies for Yarn Along. This is where we share all that is happening on our needles and what we may be reading at that time. I do have Ravelry account and will add links to projects and patterns that I may be busy with. I hope that you join in the fun of the community spirit.

I am an Acornkids Dealer. Which in short means that I strive to provide children with fun products that grab their attention and provide them with a multi-sensory hands-on, minds-on experience. My vision is to magically transform each day into learning, growth and exploration with these fun products.

I do have an online shop were I occasionally list my homemade products that I have extra of. Although at times my products do make their way to distant shores. I unfortunately can only sell to South African residents. Reasons being, our international postal services is horrific at getting our goodies to their new homes in decent time and sadly pricing is ridiculous - were often the price of shipping exceeds the price of our actual product. This seems so unfair, so I hope to compensate by sharing how I make our homemade products so that you can share in the love of handcrafted homemade love for your home too.

I do have almost daily shares on my linked Facebook and Instagram accounts.
I have learnt over the years that many of my family and friends prefer certain social media platforms to communicate and keep in touch with each other on and that's perfectly fine ~ we all have our own unique preferences and its beautiful and perfect.
My sun sign is Libra, I like things that please the eye. Could that be why I seem to keep coming back here to blogger?

I hope you will too.

subtle changes

There seems to have been a lag on our updates lately and all I can seem to blame it on is the unrelenting heat. The last month seems to have been a stagnant one with hardly enough rain to keep our little home hydrated.

For those who have followed my "blogging" you may have noticed a little trend that happens in my shares, as have I. All the seasons hold my attention long enough to capture a few photos and type out a few updates - except for Summer.

There is such a subtle change in my day of late. The darkness from the evening before lingers while I busy myself with my early morning chores. The leaves from the trees are ever so slowly changing and falling. And although the midday heat still lays across the homestead like a heavy blanket there is a coolness to the mornings and late evenings that hint of change.

Dare I say -  Welcome Autumn....