We are deciding to officially take the month of August to just roll with the punches. We moved the workboxes out to the “school  Craft Storage Room”.  Nathan is taking a very cool online class on Middle School Paragraphs that I’ll share later – and we will continue to go on our zany Handbook of Nature hikes – but even at that we are more exploring that notebooking. 🙂

Yesterday was a cold one in the Pacific Northwest, I’m not sure it hit 60 here – grey clouds – wind.  So we put the oven to work and took Ruthanne’s Advice and made Choco Chip Cookies in a jelly roll pan – Yum and Fast! 

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While the oven and kitchen were warm – I decided to make what we call Tishie Bread from my Sister in Law. This bread has a distinct texture, flavor and smell. My Tishie lived in Missouri for a time, had a huge rock fire place, warm windows and a stove that was ever baking.  On Bread Day there would be silver bowls of rising dough in every warm nook and crany of the house. She’d make 13 or more loaves, especially the knots, then eat them with her family or share them with families around town. We’d sit to the table and there was always a knot of bread with butter and honeycomb at each evening meal. 

She passed away suddenly 5 years ago – and the distinct taste of this bread became just too painful to enjoy.  I pulled out the recipe a few days ago and thought that it would be a good thing to make. I am so glad.  Time and the Lord are healing – and the flavor of this dough is just too wonderful – the memories so joyful – that time has smoothed over a bit of the pain of loss.  Even Hubby really enjoyed the bread yesterday and declared that he is ready to have it around the house regularly again. :) 

Here’s the recipe for you:  Tishie Bread – by Tish Evans
This batch will make two loaves or 4 knots or um, 1 loaf and two knots or um . . .

• 1 Cup Warm Water
• 1 Pkg Yeast (I put in a tablespoon of yeast)

Let sit, when frothy blend in

• 1 cup of flour,
• 1/4 cup oil
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• & pinch of salt.

Using a food processor of kitchenaid add 1 cup of flour at a time until a ball forms. (around 4 cups)

Rise til double, punch down and let rest up to 10 minutes, then form loaves of bread or snakes to make the knots out of. Let rise again – I did 45 minutes yesterday. Bake 350 for 20-25 minutes.