The cinnamon rolls from a few weeks ago were a big hit. So, we are going to do a different variation this week…sourdough strawberry rolls. I am super excited to try these. Again, I will leave off the frosting to keep the carb amount down for our T1D. But, they should still taste amazing without the frosting. This recipe, as written, uses all purpose flour. To convert AP flour to fresh milled flour, you usually need about 10-15% less fresh milled flour by weight because whole wheat absorbs more water and is denser. So, for 650g AP flour, 650g x…

When baking with fresh milled flour, you quickly learn that your baked goods are more dense and might not be as pretty as they would be with all purpose flour. My bagels were a perfect example of this. In the end, if they taste good and don’t spike our T1Ds blood sugar, that’s what matters. I decided to stick to plain bagels and not add any toppings or mix-ins so that we could keep the carb count lower. Each one of these bagels has roughly 50 g of carbs. To continue the theme of unattractiveness, we have our pasta. LOL!…

Ever since I made the fresh milled sourdough pretzels a couple weeks ago, my boys have been asking for BAGELS. So, this week, we are going to make some bagels. I plan to play around with cinnamon sugar and plain for now. We will also venture into the fresh milled pasta world. I have a super easy, hearty recipe that I use and it works every time. We really like this pasta because it doesn’t spike my T1D kiddo’s blood sugar. Regular, boxed pasta caused huge spikes in his sugars and we avoided it for the first little bit after…

I was super excited to try the pop tarts this week. I doubled the recipe and added active sourdough starter. This recipe called for 1 pound (4 sticks) of butter so I ended up using 2 pounds (8 sticks) of butter. The end result was a soft, buttery, fluffy pastry. I used Smash foods strawberry jam for the filling on these pop tarts. This jam is amazing in that it only has 5 g of carbs for 1 tablespoon and only 5 ingredients. Normal jam/jelly has 10-15g or more of carbs per serving and not ideal ingredients. For our Type…

I’ve always wanted to recreate the classic strawberry pop tart. My plan is to rearrange this recipe by adding some sourdough and using fresh milled flour. To keep the carb count down for our Type 1 diabetic son, I will use Smash Foods Strawberry Jam. This stuff is liquid gold in this house. One Tablespoon only has 5 g of carbs compared to upwards of 10-15g for most other jams. It tastes amazing too. Check back later…lol. I’ll be sure to write up the recipe I use so you too can recreate the pop tart. I plan on doubling this…

We started out the bake day with a sourdough discard peach quick bread. I despise the word moist, but this is the best way to describe this bread. So good! I used my USA pan and, per usual, it came out perfect. This recipe used 1 cup of my sourdough discard. Using more of our copious amounts of peaches, this fresh milled sourdough shortcake recipe turned our usual biscuit into a scrumptious dessert with homemade whipped cream. I added some organic maple flakes and cinnamon to the biscuit dough to give it a more sweet, dessert flavor. It was delicious.…

We are knee deep in juicy peaches right now. What better to do then use them in our weekly baking? First on the menu, fresh milled sourdough discard peach shortcake. This is a twist on the classic strawberry shortcake, of course. We will plan on serving this shortcake for dessert after we make our fresh milled pizza dough. Also on the menu is a sourdough discard peach quick bread. Finally, we will play with a different granola bar recipe that was a big hit the last time I made it. Super simple and minimal ingredients.

The Nutrimill and Bosch mixer were put to good use again this weekend. Hard white wheat berries from Dave’s Farms were used for all of the recipes. It was our Type 1 diabetic’s 3 year ‘diaversary’ and his requested recipes were on the menu. I used my silicone donut pan to make these lovely muffins into donuts. Something about a donut just hits different. We skipped the cinnamon/sugar topping to these donuts to keep the carbohydrate and insulin amount lower. The sourdough banana bread was a huge success! My USA pan made this recipe so much easier. The loaf popped…

8/28/2022-the day our oldest was diagnosed with Type I diabetes. A day that changed our lives forever. It has been three years since his diagnosis, but it feels like yesterday. We have learned so much, but yet have so much still to learn. The challenges that each day brings are immense. Nothing is spontaneous, everything is planned out. For some, this may sound daunting. For us, it was an opportunity to thrive. I almost felt like my life, up to that point, had been lived to prepare for this moment. But, don’t get me wrong, even with the knowledge my…

It was a great weekend of baking and celebrating our middle son turning 13. Plus, we have a ton of leftovers to munch on this week.