What are you baking this week?

[aero280]

I need to make some more focaccia today as it goes with the soup we have two or three times a week for a snack meal. The “semi sun dried” tomatoes I’ve tried on top are getting burnt, so I think that I will chop them small and mix them in.

[Sakkarin]

Focaccia £6.60 in town at the posh bread shop!
https://gails.com/collections/bread/products/focaccia

My loaf today, slightly more expensive than the one in the xanthan gum thread, as I used proper strong flour, so cost 33p instead of 24p.

[Earthmaiden]

Looks delicious ! You can't set up a stall without horrendous overheads - but maybe you could offer a sideline to friends for a 'donation'!

[KeenCook]

Looks really stunning, Sakk!

[KeenCook]

If Suelle happens to be reading this thread atm, I have a question for you!

I made your gingerbread, again - it's a firm fave here! - and I just wondered if I had to be as conscientious as I usually am about getting rid of all the little balls of mixture that haven't quite disappeared, or if it's ok to leave them, as I believe it is with muffins.

Thank you.

[aero280]

Since I retired and started making our own bread, I haven't felt able to buy anyone else's bread!!

[miss mouse]

My loaf today, slightly more expensive than the one in the xanthan gum thread, as I used proper strong flour, so cost 33p instead of 24p.

Hang on, at a rough calculation that is a 30% increase...maybe more. Goodness. Inflation takes hold.

Looks terriffic.

[Sakkarin]

MM: The previous one was made with Tesco ordinary plain flour (not bread flour...), which is 75p for 1.5kg, as opposed to this one which was made with their* cheapo STRONG flour, which is £1.09 for 1.5kg...

The strong flour makes a better loaf, but the ordinary flour makes a perfectly acceptable alternative for anyone on a budget.

*EDIT: Sorry, Lidl/Aldi's cheapo strong flour, Tesco's is £1.30...

[miss mouse]

MM: The previous one was made with Tesco ordinary plain flour (not bread flour...), which is 75p for 1.5kg, as opposed to this one which was made with their cheapo STRONG flour, which is £1.09 for 1.5kg...

The strong flour makes a better loaf, but the ordinary flour makes a perfectly acceptable alternative for anyone on a budget.

Sorry Sakkarin, I was attempting a joke, I'm, sorry if it missed. Or to draw attention to the dire straights so many of us are in and/or the venom heaved on them. I think your breadmaking skills are a marvel. My attempts have been...variable. I do not in any way consider that extravagant. Far from it. it's a miracle of thrift.