Those masks are great!
With the bread I sliced it to make grilled cheese sandwiches with a homemade tomato soup I made for dinner. It was hard to make even slices— now I understand why they say “it’s the best thing since sliced bread!” haha. My family really liked it and I thought it tasted good, too. I put some leftovers in the toaster this morning for my breakfast (I eat leftovers for breakfast a lot) and it was really good that way, too— it reminded me of the grilled cheese uncrustables which I don’t think they make anymore.
The first recipe I tried was “no-knead bread,” which turned out fine but wasn’t as tasty to eat as the white bread because it was very hard and crusty. I ended up slicing this loaf to make garlic bread for a spaghetti dinner.
I tried dinner rolls next. That took two attempts. The first time the rolls did not rise and it was very disappointing— like Play Doh. The second time, they turned out beautifully! My family liked the way they tasted, but I wish they’d been fluffier. They were good, but just a little bit too dense in my opinion.
As for stuff that doesn’t call for yeast, I made banana bread for the first time. I used a recipe with chocolate chips and then made a peanut butter glaze to drizzle on top and it. was. delicious.
I’ve tried to make Levain style chocolate chip cookies (
https://images.app.goo.gl/PvEHUBisn5sPzRKW9 ) twice now but every time that end up spreading instead of staying “clumpy.” They taste fine, but they’re not the way I want them. I’m going to try a different recipe next time.
The very first dough recipe I tried in quarantine was for noodles. I wanted to make chicken alfredo for dinner but we didn’t have any fettuccine noodles. I’m glad it was my first recipe because it was so easy! And it tasted like store bought noodles which I consider a success haha. I always thought making noodles would be a really arduous process (and I’m sure the more complex variations are) but I was happy that my first attempt was so easy.
I want to try pretzels next!