Digressing......

I LOVE BREAD!! One of my favorites is La Brea Bread, especially the raisin current rolls with butter, lots of butter, of course. Several years ago I found the La Brea Bread book. So I immediately bought it~ I was so excited because I like to bake bread as well as eat it. Well once I got into the book I found that it was quite involved and I just didn't have the time with working and family etc. So I shelved it. Then recently my daughter, Hollie, mentioned that she wanted to make bread and I gave her "The Book." She and her darling hubby followed the instructions and got the 'starter' going and gave me some starter. You can guess what came next..... Yes I made my own rye current rolls. Twice now! Yummy, but not as dark as the ones you can buy. (I had a heck of a time just finding rye flour without having to buy 25 pounds of it. It said it was dark, but I don't think it really was.) I've also made the 'rustic' bread, quite yummy too. I know that this is digressing from my art, but it is something that I love to do.
My hubby says I should be devoting all my extra time to painting. He is my Biggest fan and supporter. But I really like to do a few other things for fun, like baking bread and gardening. There are actually a few other things, but I have tried to focus on the painting, gardening and then occasional baking.

The rolls you see below are 'The Hamburger Buns' from the "Book." The recipe made 16 and so I shared some with the kids and put some in the freezer. They are very good. The bread is really the best when it comes right out of the oven, but you can't eat it all then, even though I've tried : ) but, it does freeze well. O.K. just had to get this out of my system for now.