Mini Baguettes

Afternoon all, 

Yesterday was a bit of a 'stay in bed' day.  Saying I felt rough would be a bit of an understatement...  However by the afternoon I was going slightly mad from being in bed so I bundled myself into my poorly jumper and headed to the kitchen, pulled up my stool and let the kitchenaid do all the hard work. 

So these were made with the hope that they would be little delicate breadsticks to go with the delicious garlic dip that the delicious Miss Rachel made.  They turned out quite chunkier though...all the more to dip with!

I do like a recipe like this that you dont need to go and fetch special ingredients for, you can just mix and make.

Ingredients.
2 tbsp honey,
1 1/2 cups of warm water,
1 packet fast acting yeast,
4 1/2 cups of bread flour,
1 tbsp salt,
2 tbsp melted butter

Method (could not be simpler!)
*Measure your ingredients using the darling measuring cups that cousin cath bought.
*Melt the butter in the new sospan fach that the parentals bought me for Christmas.
*Pop all the dry ingredients into your mixing bowl and give them a quick stir.
*Add the honey, water and melted butter.
*Start the mixer on a low speed and mix just until the dough comes away from the sides of the bowl...I told you it was easy!
*Plop the dough onto your work surface and squidge it into a rough rectangle shape.
*Divide the dough into 12/18 pieces (this is where I struggled,  division was never my forte)
*Roll each piece into a long sausage and pop it onto a baking tray.
*Cover and leave in a warm place (under the duvet) until you're ready to bake.
*Bake in the oven until they're golden brown at 200ºc 

Toppings
I put a mixture of garlic salt, butter and olive oil on ours last night but I think you could put anything on them...within reason.  Maybe poppy seeds, chilli flakes, sesame seeds,  parmesan. ..

Eat and Enjoy

xBx