My Retirement Quest
Can I cook my way through this book?
I have so many interests I’m not expecting to be bored in retirement. But I’ve decided I need a quest. Weed free flower beds – although laudable – are not quest worthy. Neither is the perfectly organised linen closet . (Although also on my personal list of to dos).
My quest is to cook every recipe in my favourite baking cookbook ‘King Arthur Flour Whole Grain’. I haven’t dared to count the recipes (yet) but it runs to 612 pages including the appendices . It starts with granola and waffle recipe, runs the gamut of muffins, cakes, breads, scones, pies, rolls and quiches. Any type of baked good you can imagine is in this book and made with whole grains.
My sister gave me this book several years ago and there are a number of family favourites already; pumpkin bread, banana chocolate chip muffins, the best damn brownies ever and sunrise muffins. TBH – I’ve never had an out and out fail using this book. Some of the recipes require patience. Not sure I will report every single recipe separately but I will keep a running tally. And report back on the good, the bad and the ugly.
Cake or death!
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Fantastic quest – are you going randomly or starting at the beginning and working through (there speaks a lawyer).
Love the book and will follow with interest.
Happy baking
Thanks for the follow. I don’t have a firm plan on order, yet. I’m going to count the recipes up and then figure out how many recipes I have already done. Forever the accountant – I’m going to do a chart with number of recipes by category (bread, rolls, muffins, etc) and keep a tally of how many have been completed.
I think I’m going to hopscotch through the book. It’s too difficult for the family and friends to eat ten different kinds of muffins in a row.