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A Yoghurt Sour Bread That Nutures The Soul.

This quick and easy dough mix and bake, is my ultimate go-to for tray bread and bread rolls.

You need just two ingredients: plain yoghurt and self-raising flour.

It takes only 5 minutes to mix together, and a few minutes to knead.

Baked in a hot oven, you will have scrumptious bread or rolls in 30 to 40 minutes.

Yoghurt Sour Bread or Rolls

2 cups of self-raising flour

1 and 1/2 cups, plus three tablespoons of plain yoghurt

(I use Greek Yoghurt)

Extra flour for kneading.

A tray lined with baking parchment paper.

To Make:

Preheat your oven to 200 °C (392°F)

Sift the flour in a bowl.

Add 1 and a 1/2 cups of yoghurt.

Mix to a dough.

Add the extra yoghurt to make the dough form a ball.

Sprinkle a board with extra flour.

Knead together for a few minutes until smooth.

For Buns or a Long Loaf:

Shape the dough into a log. (For a loaf, leave it like this)

Or for buns, cut the log into four pieces

Shape each piece of dough into a bun.

Place on the prepared tray.

Brush the top with milk and sprinkle with dried herbs, sesame or poppy seeds, or just leave it plain.

For A Moist Cheese and Onion Loaf:

Preheat your oven to 200 °C (392°F)

Sift the flour in a bowl.

Add 1 and a 1/2 cups of yoghurt.

1 cup grated tasty cheese

1/4 of a medium red onion, that's finely diced.

Mix to a dough.

Add the extra yoghurt to make the dough form a ball.

Sprinkle a board with extra flour.

Knead together a minute before shaping into a log.

Bake 35 to 40 minutes until golden.

Note:

Make sure the unused bread is cold before wrapping or placing it in an airtight container.

The next day, I pop back in a hot oven for 4 or 5 minutes, to warm up before serving.

Serving Suggestions:

We devour the warm buns spread with garlic butter.

We enjoyed them with a salad and steak, for a restaurant meal at home!

So:

Garlic buns with a meal, and the next day, a ham salad bun for lunch.

And the Cheese and Onion Loaf, served with soup for dinner,

And the next day, with scrambled eggs for brunch.

You'll find a printable recipe HERE.

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Let's Talk About Creativity With Paint By Numbers Kits

I was approached to paint and then write a review of a paint-by-numbers kit offered to me by Davincified.

Even though I am an artist and am blessed to create my own original artworks, I truly wanted to revisit paint-by-numbers, as it has been fifteen years since I last did one, when I had major surgery and was recuperating for some months.

I went on Davincified's website to choose my artwork image, and boy, that was so tricky.

There are simply hundreds to choose from!

I finally decided on a guitar, as once we shift into our tiny home, the barn lounge will become our music studio.

Delivery was super fast!

I also ordered an extra set of paints. I had memories of the kit from another brand all those years ago, being dried out, with not enough of some of the colours.

Note: I did not use the second set of paints I bought on this artwork, but I will use them on other craft projects

I opened my parcel, and my initial thought was WOW.

This is actually quite a complex paint-by-numbers!

And my kit was a 26-colour beginner's kit on a stretched canvas.

I like that the canvas has the paint colours lightly printed on it too, as an extra guide.

Plus a paper sheet guide.

Once I got started, I thoroughly enjoyed painting it.

Think adult colouring but with paint.

Such fun.

But I have to be completely honest with you, that I did have a few challenges:

1. I have arthritis in my hands, so the three quality brushes supplied were too thin for me to handle.

I fixed that issue by using this brush, which was used to paint the entire artwork.

2. I might be showing my age, but those numbers were quite hard to see, even on the printed paper guide that comes with the kit. Problem solved with a magnifying glass.

3. Getting the wet brush, excess water paint flow sorted for those very thin lines on the piece.

Solved that issue by having a paper towel on the table to dry excess water/paint, and practice.

Once you've worked it out, the paint flows much better on the canvas.

4. Pale colours do not cover the numbers even with two or three layers of paint.

The problem is solved by using a dry brush and creating texture with thick paint.

I also like that this gives the painting a more interesting textured appearance, which is more my thing.

Davincified does have a number remover product, which I suggest buying as an extra with your kit, if you want to remove the numbers before painting each colour.