BakerAunt
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When my Maytag washing machine--stored two years in the shed--could finally be moved into the house and hooked up, it had developed a problem: it cannot go past the wash and initial spin cycle. It is stuck on that time, and repeats the cycle. I had to call Maytag to find out who could repair it, and they gave me the number of a company that works in this area. The guy came out on Wednesday, but according to his "test" program, the machine is fine. However, it is still unable to advance to the rinse cycle and beyond. He left, promising an answer for me, which I hope will come this week. I suspect that two years in the unheated and uncooled shed has mucked up the central processing unit. I may have to calculate the cost-benefit of an expensive repair versus replacement. It's a Maytag Epic front loader I bought eleven years ago.
So much for the legendary Maytag repairman.
The guy did fix the dryer in the stack unit in the garage apt., so at least we can do laundry out there.
I realized on Friday morning that we were almost out of bread, and my husband had not told me. I baked another loaf using my basic bread machine mixing recipe. I used 1 cup of BRM 5-Grain rolled cereal, 1 cup whole wheat flour, ½ cup white rye, 2 Tbs. flax meal, 2 Tbs. special dried milk; 2 Tbs. wheat bran (need to use it up) and 1 ½ cup bread flour. I used 1 cup buttermilk but reduced the water to ½ cup, and that made a better loaf. I used half regular and half special gold yeast, which I need to use up. The bread, baked in an 8x4-inch pan, came out very well, and I look forward to cutting into it tomorrow.
On Friday, I again baked Black Raspberry Oatmeal bars, using that Apricot Oatmeal recipe. I tried adding 2 Tbs. of powdered milk to the crust/topping. We will see how that turns out.
Addendum: The bars are as delicious as always, so sneaking in a fine powdered milk works.
