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Last week I made some cinnamon swirl bread from scratch. I had a day off from work and decided that it would be a 'fun' activity to make some bread. Originally I was going to make white bread, but I decide the cinnamon bread would taste better. This bread was great with a little butter and a cup of coffee. I have included some pictures of the bread making process.

It is important to monitor the temperature of the liquids you are going to mix with the yeast because if it is too hot your yeast will die and your bread wont rise.

This is a picture of the yeast and water mixture.

You know the yeast is ready to be used when the water, sugar and yeast have risen a bit in the measuring cup. I don't know if the word risen is the correct word, its more like bubbles and had an obvious chemical reaction. It also shows that you didn't kill the yeast by having too hot of water.

This is the dough before it has had a chance to rise. For this kind of bread I had to let it rise for about an hour before it was ready to be put in the loaf pans.

The finished loaf! Delicious!

Posted by Joe Keifer at 9:50 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Over the summer I am working at multiple places. The two main places that I work are Shoprite and for my neighbor. At Shoprite I work in the Frozen foods department. This involves stocking out popsicles, ice cream, frozen bread, frozen dinners, and pretty much anything else that is frozen. It’s great during the summer because it’s nice and cold. The only downsides are your hands get pretty cold sometimes and it can be a lot of heavy lifting. The neighbor who I work for had a stroke many years ago, but still requires some help around the house. Simple tasks like washing dishes or recycling paper. All activities that we take for granted that we can do. It is very rewarding but also fun at the same time. I have worked for her for almost five years now and we have gotten to know each other pretty well. On the side I work at Parkside Fire Company as an EMT and in Widener Admissions on Mondays.

This is a picture of the Shoprite that I work at. Not too exciting.

This is ambulance 45-7A one of the ambulances that I ride on when I work as an EMT.

I hope everyones summer is going well stay cool!!

Posted by Joe Keifer at 9:37 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)