I have decided that the Doxycycline I'm taking for ten days is, for me, best taken with some kind snack. However, I have engineered my baking to boost calcium to prevent bone loss. I went back through my baking notebooks to find recipes where I can leave out the milk or powdered milk, so that I can have a snack to go with the medication. That gave me two baking projects for Wednesday.
The first one was a rye raisin bread. I had a recipe from Food & Wine that I made once before by baking it in the bread bowl I bought from King Arthur. However, I thought about the KABC recipe for "Everything Bagel Pumpernickel Bread," which is really easy and comes together fast, with almost no kneading. The ingredients are almost the same, except that the F&W recipe uses more whole rye flour, a bit more water, and more salt, and does not use any oil. So, I decided to use the technique of the "Everything Bagel Pumpernickel Bread," with the ingredients for the F&W bread, although I did add a tablespoon of avocado oil. I also adopted the shaping and the baking time from the KABC recipe. The loaf came out very well, and I am looking forward to slicing and sampling it tomorrow.
The other recipe I selected was "Baked Pumpkin Spice Doughnuts with Maple Glaze," which is my favorite baked pumpkin doughnut. While I sometimes just sprinkle them with Penzey's Cinnamon Sugar, I decided the weather is cool enough to do the glaze. As Scott and son also like them, the dozen doughnuts will not last long.
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