God's Provision - Baking Bread

"Give Us Today Our Daily Bread" (Matthew 6:11)

Today's activity was all about giving thanks for the ways in which God provides for our every day needs, like food.  One of Wugs' favourite activities (and one of my least favourite) is cooking. I had a close friend in Singapore who used to send over her culinary delights every fortnight and she would talk about food with such passion and detail.  I admired her and would nod unknowingly, wondering what it must be like to experience such satisfaction at having spent ages cooking something and for it to taste so delicious.  Well, today God was clearly with us because a miracle happened - we baked bread (something I have never tried before) and it came out brilliantly!  It wasn't burnt, under-cooked, congealed, lumpy, flat (I'm trying to think of all the cooking disasters I've had of late).  It was actually edible and took just 30 minutes to bake.

What we used:

Allinson Easy Bake Yeast (the recipe is on the side of the tin)

Allinson Strong White Bread Flour

Salt

Sugar

Butter

Warm water

I involved Wugs in measuring out the ingredients and Dooey in kneading the dough.  (I gave them a ball of dough to play with as they wished so that they could still enjoy the experience without me worrying that the entire batch would get ruined - given that usually these things get ruined anyway when I'm in the kitchen!)  It was very cute watching them both stand on the play tower.  I remember justifying our need to buy that play tower when I was pregnant with Dooey, on the grounds that it was big enough to hold two children.  Two years later and it was nice to see it being used by both of them, as intended, for the first time.