Saturday, baking.
This weekly chore chant has gotten thousands of homemakers on track for hundreds of years. When I need a reboot I sing it to myself and decide again that I am going to get on and stick to a schedule. It usually works until it doesn't anymore and then I find I need another reboot. I am thinking ahead to school starting in a couple of weeks and trying to get on track for the renewal of our busy family schedule. Both my little ones are going this year and I want very much for them to have lunch boxes full of food they would never trade and a dinner that makes them look forward to coming home. Here is a Saturday baking itinerary that will get your ready for your week.
1 basic roll dough - yields 12 clover leaf dinner rolls and 16 raisin cinnamon rolls
1 perfect white bread - yields 2 loaves
1 best ever muffins - yields 12 muffins; we like blueberry or jam
1 biscuit dough - wrap tightly and refrigerate. take out at dinner time, bake, and eat immediately - yields 12-15 biscuits.
1 simple cake - loaf pound cake, pineapple upside-down cake, applesauce cake, etc.
OR
1 pie
AND
2 cookies, bars or mini pies; we like chocolate chip cookies, brownies and apple pies but I like to mix it up.
This sounds like a lot of baking, and well, it is. But if you set aside the time to do it in one day you save a lot of time in cleanup and ingredient gathering. This list should give a family of four like mine 3 breakfasts, 5 desserts, 5 dinner breads, sandwiches and toast, and lunch box and after school snacks for the week.
Mmmm....
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