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At last we have a reprieve from the heat and humidity with temperatures almost 10°C lower than what we were experiencing during the week.

The cooler temperatures and comments on previous postings (thanks Janet) have inspired me to bake some wholemeal loaves.

 Gilchesters’ Miche/Boules.

Double-leavened Dough, made as a Sandwich Loaf and a Boule.

Believe it or not, Floyd's Sweet Potato Rolls can be made even better.  And I wouldn't even have known that but for a bit of Thanksgiving serendipity.

My buddy and I are setting up Reinhart's panettone recipe to do 80 medium loaves.  Last year we did the large ones (dont remember how many as there were other loaves done that day). This year we are just doing the panettone and will use  commercial flour in the soaker.  I love playing with all these big quantities, like 7 dozen eggs!  I have a 16-20qt Hobart which make it possible. Will let you know how it turns out!

It seems that all that was required was to step back, breath deep, and allow time to create a little distance.  As I started to bake this again my wife asked "So, what are you baking?".  After I answered she asked "So, what are you going to do different?".  I said "I'm going to bake this like I never saw it before and see what happens."  She just smiled and left me to it.

A few days ago, my lovely stepdaughter, Cat, convinced me to join twitter. As if I didn't spend enough time already on my computer!

I don't know about you guys, but last week wore me out. I'm just now recovering and have the energy to recap :)

Here's the last week or so of production. The struan I kept, everything else went on Thursday.

Hi all.   Cruising around the various forums and recipes and I see an ingredient ' 1 bottle of soft butter'.    I live in northern Illinois USA and here we have butter in sticks, tubs and by the pound.   What is bottled butter and how much butter is in the bottle?   And where does one find this item?  And can melted & cooled butter be used in place of 'bottled butter'?  I'm 'fused here...   Thanks in advance to one and all!    Joey the Doeyo