What better way to spend our Sunday than making fresh bread and strawberry jam? Milk Pail had 12 pint flats of strawberries for $8, so we figured it was about time to buy a ton of strawberries and make our house smell delicious.
Strawberry Jam Recipe:
- ~10 pints of strawberries, chopped in half or quarters (astute readers will notice that 2 pints are missing from the 12 pints purchased... yum)
- ~2/3 cup lemon juice
- Zest from ~4 lemons
- ~2 cups sugar
Combine ingredients and simmer in a big pot until it tastes delicious, probably an hour and a half. Boil canning jars, fill jars, re-boil. Enjoy some immediately (after it cools!), and store the rest for later.
Bread Recipe:
- 2 teaspoons of yeast (I finally found bulk yeast for about 1/10th the price of those yeast packets, thanks Milk Pail!)
- 1 cup warm water
- 1 teaspoon salt
- A bit of olive oil
- Roughly 3 cups of flour
Proof the yeast to make sure it's alive - dissolve yeast in warm water, add a small amount of sugar, and let sit for 5-10 minutes. If a foam forms on top then the yeast is happily munching on the sugar, so proceed with making bread. If not, find new yeast.
Combine ingredients, knead for 10 minutes, let rise for ~1 hour, knead again and shape into loaf, let rise for another hour, bake at 350 for 45 minutes. Cover in butter and jam. Enjoy!
YUM!!
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