Makayla teaches Great-Grandma to bake bread.

annie1992

17 years ago

As I mentioned in "What's For Dinner", my mother came over for lunch yesterday. We had one of her favorites, frog legs. Amanda came over with the kids and because it was too cold to swim, Makayla decided to teach my mother how to bake Frisian bread in the bread machine.

She carefully read the recipe and measured all the wet ingredients into the bottom, added the flour and explained that "yeast and salt are not friends" and they "need separate rooms". She showed mother how to make two little hollows in each end of the pan, to keep the yeast and flour separate:

She showed Mother which buttons to push, and after the dough was finished, how to shape the loaf. She's not allowed to use the oven without help, so I put the risen loaves into the oven and they came out looking like this:

Mother took one home and Makayla took the other home for breakfast this morning. I'm sure my mother was very appreciative of the baking lesson, LOL.

Annie

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lindac
17 years ago
And she will never ever forget that "yeast and salt are not friends"....and great grandma will savor every bite of that bread!
Now....when are you going to teach her to can??
And I remember when you were stressed out thinking the word Grandma didn't apply to you!
Kinda of comes natural, doesn't it?

Linda C
trixietx
17 years ago
Oh, that is so sweet. Makayla is such a pretty little girl and a good cook also. I bet Great-Grandma loved the baking lesson!

I think their bread looks just yummy!
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annie1992
Original Author
17 years ago
LindaC, she helped me peel tomatoes last year, so she's coming right along on that canning thing, LOL:

Heck, she can bake bread with a broken arm! She's breaking up the sugar cubes for the Frisian bread, and that's why she likes it so well, it's that whole cup of broken sugar cubes. (grin)

Yeah, grandkids are fun, aren't they?

Annie
doucanoe
17 years ago
Oh....that is some very special bread! What a sweet little "grown-up" you have there, Annie! She is such a cutie!

This is the stuff that makes for great memories, for both young and old(er)....heehee.

Linda
lindac
17 years ago
Yeah, grandkids are fun, aren't they? "
Particularly when they are a cutie-patootie like that one!
User
17 years ago
Makayla really is a little beauty. I love the whole idea of her teaching her great grandma how to bake. You and Makayla really have a special relationship.

Ann
riverrat1
17 years ago
Oh Annie! I have a tear in my eye over seeing that child. She is growing up so fast and such a beauty.

I know that GGrandmaw appreciated the lesson and every bite of the bread tasted wonderful.

My Maggie has been on vacation for 2 weeks. They come home tomorrow and I can't wait. I'm having Grandmaw withdrawls.

Oh and Annie, your fridge front looks like mine ;-) 1st picture!
annie1992
Original Author
17 years ago
RR, here's what's on my refrigerator right now, from Makayla:

Believe it or not, my Mother is not much of a cook, so she was impressed with the lesson. She doesn't bake bread at all, so she appreciated the loaf too.

Annie
shaun
17 years ago
Dang, maybe she can teach ME how to make a good bread. I still am challenged by bread dough. Dont ask why, I just am.
lorijean44
17 years ago
Oh, Annie, I can't believe how big Makayla is getting!! What a beauty!

I have pictures of Chelsea (DD), around 2 years old, kneading bread dough by hand. She was up to her eyebrows in flour - it's one of my favorite photos of her.

Gavin (GS), has sent me some of his artwork from NY. His "pieces" are also on the fridge, holding court over the kitchen. Chelsea laughs when I tell her I'm going to have them framed!

I love that Makayla is helping you can! You're building a wonderful bank of memories for her - that's so great!!

Lori :D
jimster
17 years ago
She's as sweet as can be and we all know who she gets it from.

Jim
artsyshell
17 years ago
That's so sweet! She is adoreable alright.

Shelley S.
Cloud Swift
17 years ago
How very special. My mother thought bread came from the store. I didn't make anything with yeast until I was an adult. My granddaughter sees us and her parents make challah, sour dough bread, pizza dough, pita and naan.

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