An urge struck me this afternoon to make Nut Rolls. I have no idea why-but I went with it. It had been a building urge. Something that had been calling to me for days. Baking is not usually something I do without reason. But here I was making nut rolls in the middle of the day, in between and during conference calls.
I made the scalded milk, added the butter and sugar and then the eggs. Then the yeast. Now it was time to pour all that in the mixer and add the flour.
As I am doing this, I am reminded of the last time I made nut roll. It was Christmas and I was already exhausted from making the 5000 cookies. I had cracked the 7 eggs in a bowl instead of separating them, poured my tea into the eggs instead of my tea cup and then used the wire whisk instead of the dough hook to mix in the flour. A disaster ensued. ALthough it was one I ate in private and it was quite yummy-but that is another story.
All the while I chalked this up to extreme exhaustion.
Today I am making everything fully rested, reading the recipe twice to make sure everything is going in at the right time. Actually measuring (for the most part), altering the recipe for things I want to try out (more egg yolk, less egg white) and in general--being "present"--or so I thought.
Enter senior moment. Staring at the mixer I am thinking about how the last time I had been so stupid as to use the wire whisk and watch and wonder why the dough was not climbing the dough hook. How silly, I thought.
There I am staring at this going round and round in the bowl and wondering why it isn't climbing the dough hook.
Are you ready for this? I wasn't using the dough hook! I put the pastry paddle on this time instead of the dough hook. I couldn't believe it. While thinking about how I did it the last time-I did it again! there is definitely something wrong with my brain!
I recovered this time - getting the dough hook on and finishing the job. But really-how can I be so stupid?? You don't see THAT on the food network!
The nut rolls came out beautifully. I forgot to take pictures before I put them in their respective ziploc bags. But I enclosed one from the christmas set. they look the same. Most of them are getting sent out for Easter-but I am keeping the little ones I make in the Brioche tins. they are so cute. You can just pop them in your mouth. Pop! yummy! Expand. Oh well.
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