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My biggest baking accomplishment thus far....I made bread. From SCRATCH! For those of you that don't know (because I certainly didn't), bread recipes are complicated! The yeast has to rise at a very specific temperature, there is a lot of waiting for the dough to rise, blah blah blah. But, thanks to my New Years rezzy of patience, I succeeded!

I had to improvise because I couldn't find a bowl large enough for the dough to rise in, but here is stage one:

After rising for an hour, stage two:

Into the pan!

Bake for 30 min...

This NEEDS a close up...

 

Helloooooo cheesy goodness!

 Here is the recipe!