I have…run out of things to talk about….

I usually have a funny or at least borderline entertaining anecdote to share after the weekend.

But when you do the same thing four weekends in a row, it all starts to blur.

I finished a puzzle. We watched Ozark. I’m reading a book. Sometimes I nap. It’s getting wild up in here, is what I’m trying to say. I really just feel like a worthless bump on a leg, quite honestly. I’d prefer to feel a little more useful while in quarantine but I have no skills. I can’t sew masks for hospital workers, I can’t provide any services to those in need. What am I good for, seriously? Do you all know of any way I can contribute to society from the comforts of my home? I need to do SOMETHING.

I can’t keep making bread, I’m going to actually explode.

 

 

Time: 3 hours (prep + baking) | Serves: 1 loaf

Ingredients:

• 2/3 cup of plain almond milk
• 6 3/4 tsp. of active dry yeast
• 1/4 cup of coconut sugar
• 3 cups of all purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp. of S
• 5 tbsp. of vegan butter, softened
• 1/2 cup of blueberry jam

How to:

• Warm the milk in a sauce pan to 98.6-113 degrees
• Turn off heat, stir in yeast + 1 tbsp. of sugar, let activate for 10 minutes
• Meanwhile, combine flour + remaining sugar + S in a bowl
• Stir in yeast mixture + softened butter
• Mix with your hands until combined + knead for 8-10 minutes or until a dough forms
• Place dough in a large greased bowl, cover with a dish towel + let rise for an hour
• Place on a lightly floured surface + knead for a while longer until air is out
• Roll out the dough to a rectangle
• Spread with blueberry jam
• Roll up the dough taco style (long ways)
• Transfer to a greased baking dish
• Obvio, it won’t fit like this, so just smash it all around, folding the dough in on top of itself, this is gonna give you your swirls
• Cover with a dish towel + let rest another 45 minutes
• Meanwhile, preheat oven to 355
• Brush loaf with a lil more milk
• Bake for 40 minutes
• Let cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to cool more
• Serve warm or room temp
• Slather a slice with a lil vegan butter + slap on face, repeat with remaining slices until totally covered in bread

 

Adapted from here!