New Bread!

I am so excited! This morning I told you that I was making bread... I mixed it up, let it rise for the 45 minutes, and got discouraged because it didn't rise any... Then I put it in the pans and let it rise for another 30 minutes... Still didn't rise... I turned the oven on and put the pans in hoping it would do something. Well, it did! The bread turned out wonderfully! The only person who doesn't like it is Roger, which is probably a good thing. :) I will give you what I have of a recipe. I say that because I really didn't measure any of it since I didn't know if it was going to work. I just sort of guessed at amounts of ingredients. :)

I do have to come up with a better name for it though... :)

Gluten free, Gum free, Flax Seed bread ;)

2 egg whites

almost two eggs

1/2 cup milk

a little over 1/2 tsp salt

a little over 1/2 tsp yeast

about 1/3 cup flax seed meal (or you can grind your own 1/2 cup whole flax seeds)

about 1/2 cup millet flour

almost 1 cup tapioca starch

Beat together eggs, milk, salt and yeast. Mix in flax seed meal and let sit a few minutes. Add millet, stir, and then add tapioca starch and stir again. The dough will be much thinner than regular wheat bread dough.

Let rise 45 min. Put in two miniature loaf pans and let rise in warm place 30 min. Bake at about 375 for 40 minutes.

I'll warn you though, it is too easy to eat the whole loaf while it's still warm! :)

On top of gluten intolerance, some people also have an 'allergy' to xanthan gum and/or guar gum. I have been using xanthan gum in the cornstarch bread, but we think that Eastin may have a problem with it. So in this recipe the flax seeds fill in for that since they get sticky and slimy and to the same job of holding the bread together. They also give the bread a wonderful 'whole grain' taste that's hard to get if you're on a gluten free diet.

Well, we have had the doors open all day today, with the breeze coming through. At one point I even got cold while I was lying on my bed reading for a few minutes of quiet time before I did the boys' English reading with them. I had a blanket over me, and Coen had the funnest time uncovering my feet!

Speaking of Coen, today he called me 'Na-na'. Today was the first time I've ever heard him say that. He's been saying 'da-da' for a long time, and 'ma-ma' for a few weeks, but today he actually called me by name...well, sort of. While the boys were watching the new Karate Kid after dinner, Coen and I were sitting next to one another in two dining room chairs pulled together so that he wouldn't fall off of his. For about the last 5 minutes of the movie he sat at the edge of his chair with both arms around me and his head against my side saying 'na-na' over and over! It was sooo precious!

Well, it is really late here, I know I should go to bed. I just had to share these few highlights of my day!

All my love,

Hannah