Baking Day

 

 When the oven is hot, ya gotta bake! Whereas the June weather is taking a vacation and we have rain, rain, rain..... we fired up the oven and over two days have baked up a number of things. We are working hard to become proficient with this, but there are so many unknowns. What a different experience in life from traditional  baking where everything is more controlled and exact, more or less. Timing is a big, big factor with the temperature of the cooling over descending at some unknown pace. Pizzas are best in a very hot oven, we made each in about 4 minutes. Later we baked a corn bread (a bit too much), a fruit crisp that is definitely very crisp, and the Lasagna which came out really well. So baking day is official: when the weather is crumby and we need to stock up on meals.

First baking... pizza and bread

 The first baking was a bit slow. The fire was not hot enough, but in time the pizza came out to be quite edible. The bread cooked in just under 20 min, to an internal temp of 190. However, (long story) the dough was not the greatest. So there is room for much improvement. We enjoyed the pizza and will try the bread for breakfast. It's a start and with luck and patience, we will figure this out. One thing for sure, this way does not heat up the kitchen!