Petit pain a la Suzanne
Mixed: 9:30 pm Christmas Eve
Folded: 1:15 pm Christmas Day
Molded: 1:30 pm
Baked: 3:45 pm
Gave: to the family!
Apparently my family thinks I should keep on baking. I received two new baking pots this 09 Christmas and another addition to my bread baking library. I couldn’t have been more thrilled. I already had a batch of bread rising, so used the green pot (that you can see better below) for making this beautiful loaf for our Christmas dinner:
All week I’ve been in hyper-baking mode. The family has been helpful, but more than once they’ve been shushed away from a hot loaf or a batch of scones. “Those are for…” I was continually saying… I took a poll and determined that they were getting a bit miffed by the fact that I was churning out bread, but there was none, not even a crust, in the cupboard. So today, this Christmas day, I baked just for us–our own loaf, not cut in half, perfectly whole and hot–and delicious!
Mmmm. It was good.
Tomorrow I’m back to sharing, and now I have two new pots, that will fit side-by-side in the oven, to fiddle with.
Two. One so I can bake for the new neighbors down the road, and the other, for… us:)
By the way, I’m taking orders for the new year.
The Woman and the Wheat 
All I ask for is a bread-baking lesson when I visit you in the south of France this summer. It all sounds so yummy and warm and comforting. Joyeux Noel!
Liesl–yes, God willing, we will be baking loaves together this new year!
Tell us about Paris–what are the sights and sounds around you–this time of year? I bet you’ve been eating some good bread 🙂