March 2024

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Over the years, we've always compared our family life to a wagon train heading west. Just as everyone had to do his part to get to Oregon years ago, so everyone in our family must do his/her part to make our journey through life successful. If somebody climbs in the wagon and lets the others do the work, we just don't make any progress. We all have to pull our weight and work together. Along the trail we find lots of pebbles that make for a smooth ride and some bigger rocks that jar us a little; we hit the occasional pothole that can slow us down. But if we purpose to search diligently, there are countless gold nuggets and precious gemstones along the way as well. This journal is an attempt to preserve some of those precious moments for our children, and our children's children, as together we travel this trail called life.

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. Psalm 16:11


Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Pull-Apart Bacon Bread

This one is a favorite from way back when. I used to make it a lot on Saturdays when a hungry crew would polish it off for lunch. I use whole wheat bread dough, the recipe of which I intended to link to this page (not sure that’s grammatically correct but oh well), but when looking for it under recipes to remember, I discovered it’s never been posted. How strange is that? So that recipe will be forthcoming soon as well; for now, if you have frozen bread dough on hand, use that. I’ve never used it for this recipe but am quite confident it would be just as good if not better.

So way back when I used to make it was way back before Sarah and Jewel and Josh remember it. Which is quite a while ago and I really have no idea why I stopped making it for years. Maybe the ninth baby ended such treats? Don’t know. Anyway, here it is, back again, just as good as we remembered it. And just as easy too.

Ingredients:

12 bacon strips, diced

1 loaf bread dough (~2#)

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

1 envelope Ranch dressing mix

Cook bacon until partially cooked. Drain on paper towels. Roll out dough to ½” thickness. Brush with 1 tablespoon oil. Cut into 1” pieces. Place in a large bowl. Add bacon, cheese, dressing mix, and remaining oil; toss to coat. Arrange pieces in a 9”x5” oval on a greased baking sheet, layering as needed. Cover and let rise in a warm place for 30 minutes or until double. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes. Cover with foil and bake 5-10 minutes longer.

A few px of the procedure as executed by my very able assistant.

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Enjoy!

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