Credo ↔ Oratio

Today was the day of preparation. I made Saucijzebroodjes to go with our poffertjes tomorrow morning – our little family’s traditional Christmas breakfast.

I’ve also managed a loaf of 100% whole wheat bread. The wonderful thing about this loaf isn’t just that it’s 100% whole wheat (which is a bit tricky), but also that it’s the first real loaf I’ve managed with my own home ground flour. I used red hard wheat and hand ground it in my new Back to the Basics Grain Mill and modified a recipe I found on the internet. I’ve learned, over the past week that home ground flour doesn’t bake the same way as the store-purchased stuff. I’m happy with this loaf though. It turned out heavy, nutty and moist – almost perfect:

My first 100% wheat, hand-ground loaf!

All of which is preface to the real purpose of this post: a very blessed Christmas to you and yours!

May it be a perfect continuation of a wonderful holiday season!

Grace and Peace,
`tim

Well… It’s been a process.

I had to update my WordPress (the program I use for blogging) and find a new theme (the old one didn’t work), but I’ve managed. We’re up and running with a new and improved theme on new software!

Let me know if you find any major problems!

Grace and Peace,
`tim