I made a delicious onion bread I found in the King Arthur Flour Baking Book. I don't usually think of onions in a sweet bread. But this combination is like comfort food.
A rich dough with butter, sugar, milk, and sourdough starter. Then on the second rise, adding chopped onion and caraway sprinkled on top. Also baked on a bed of cornmeal sprinkles. This is one of my new favorite breads.
I made sweet rolls with the sourdough starter I have going. They turned out great except that the brown sugar didn't caramelize. It stayed course and if anything, got more crunchy. Not sure why. But anyway, they were still delicious.
I also painted the cut peonies you may have seen my previous post. I love these peonies because of the tinge of pink on the white petals. SO pretty. Also, it's hard to capture the fuscia pinks in oil paint. They have a transparent quality that glows and is really hard. I worked with effort to get that punch of color without overpowering the whole painting.
I recently started diffusing essential oils in the home. Not only is it satisfying, it's fun to use. The variety of essential oils is vast and practical. One can get calming, uplifting, cleansing, sensual. It may sound hoaxy. But the oils really can lift the mood or calm the mind (in my experience).
Even as a young child, I never liked the chemical scent of air fresheners. But essential oils are a different story. They are genuine organic oils (by organic, I mean not man made -- but some are certified organic too).
