Thanks to everyone on this site for the great baking. I learn a lot and take away many great ideas. Tonight, I wanted to make something lighter, so we had a salad with tuna and homemade balsamic dressing and carrot and coriander soup with curry that I had made. I thought the popovers would be the perfect complement, and they were. My husband and I really enjoyed them. I will be making them again!
I had a lot of trouble with using knives to score my bread, and I ordered the French bread cutter, Bordelaise, from Amazon. It makes doing this so much easier. Love it! Made a 9-grain boule today, and the markings looked good. My husband even remarked about it! It was well worth it, as I think it only cost about $15.
I think that this batch is a bit better than the first, as I changed the proofing schedule a bit, making the dough late yesterday and letting it proof overnight. I also hand kneaded it, rather than use the mixer as the recipe detailed. You learn something every time. They seemed to puff up more during the boiling (that's the fun part; I love boiling the bagels!) I made some homemade tuna salad, and my husband and I are going to try the still warm bagels topped with onion and garlic with the tuna salad for lunch.
I changed a recipe I found for Cinnamon Swirl Sourdough Bread to include whole wheat, two kinds of raisins, oat bran and walnuts. It came out OK, but I think I may have left the dough to prove a bit too long as it had very strong sourdough taste. My husband liked it, however, so that's a plus!
