Bacon & Cheese Rolls - Thermomix recipe

Yesterday was the most perfect blue skied day. I decided to make the most of the warm sun and bake some fresh Bacon & Cheese Rolls which are perfect for filling those hungry little tummies. 
Using the Thermomix makes this process so quick & easy with so much less mess.


Here's my recipe for Bacon & Cheese Rolls.

8g sachet dry yeast 
2 tsp caster sugar
280g warm water
480g bread flour 
1 tsp sea salt
1 tblsp good olive oil
200g rindless bacon finely chopped
1 1/3 cups grated tasty cheese
1 egg lightly beaten


Place yeast, sugar and warm water into TM jug, mix 20 secs - speed 4. Stand in a warm place for 10 mins, or until frothy on top.

Place jug back in TM, then add salt, flour and oil, and mix 5 secs - speed 7 to combine.
Set dial to closed lid position, and set for 1 minute 30 secs on interval speed.

Place in a large, lightly greased bowl, cover with clean tea towel and set aside in a warm place for 1 hour, or until doubled in size. (I placed mine on top of the kids slide - whatever works! ;) ).

Using your fist, punch dough down. Knead until smooth (this is where my heart swoons I love kneading after the first rise :D)

Grease two large baking trays (I used olive oil spray makes the base nice & crunchy). Divide dough into 8 even portions. Roll each portion into a 10cm x 12cm oval shape. Place ovals, 5cm apart on a prepared trays.

Cover with clean tea towel & set aside in a warm place for 30-40 minutes or until dough has almost doubled in size. (On top of the boat this time - chasing the sun!)

Pre-heat oven 200c normal, or 180c fan force (preferred). Once ovals have risen, brush with whisked egg, and sprinkle with the cheese then bacon pieces.


I finely diced cheese and bacon in the Thermomix first.

Bake for 20 minutes.

Enjoy!!!

First Market Experience

Well I'm happy to say I survived my first market experience and wasn't nervous at all, just way too excited. Oh boy it was soo much fun.

It's incredible how many talented ladies there are and it's soo lovely seeing all there work in real life. I met lots ofbusinesses I've interacted with on Facebook, it was so great putting faces to the names.

I think one of the most important things to an enjoyable market is having friendly stall neighbours and my neighbours far exceeded lovely.

I loved hearing the feedback of so many customers, complementing my creations, so good to hear that they all love my stuff as much as I do.  It is hard though parting with your favourite goods, it's funny how I"ve become so attached to all that I make. I can't wait to do some more markets.

Market Preparation

So it's my first real life market on Saturday and I'm sooo excited - alright and a ltitle nervous. Not knowing what to expect, but the ladies from Mammas Market and other stall holders are just soo lovely in sharing their knowledge and wisdom with me! Coffee is high on the list of musts haha

This week is all about preparation and I'm finding it soo much fun pricing things putting them in baskets, I just hope it all comes together and looks as good on the day as it does in my head.

I'm borrowing this really old clothes rack off my mother in law but have spruced it up by spray painting it a cream, it's amazing what a coat of paint does. (Okay I didn't do it my handy dandy hubby did!) - but I quietly suggested it! lol.

Would still love any advice or tips for a novice ;-)

See you on the other side........

Freedom of creativity

I love the freedom creativity gives. 

In every new project that comes my way....knowing I can create anything however I like gives such a feeling of freedom it's hard to contain the excitement!!

Creating rings with complete freedom of choice.....bows, crochet flowers the choices are endless is you see the freedom in it.

Playing around with neutral tones - white on white

Even baking allows freedom and creativity, shaping a scone however you like and seeing the beauty in it's uniqueness

Going crazy with matching fabrics for some boys shorts....

Even right down to the littlest choices creativity gives such freedom!!!!

Knowing when to stop

You know when you really want to get something done and you're going great and then all of a sudden things start happening to tell you.....that's enough fun, time to do something else!

Well that's been the case with me today. I was having soo much fun working on a Little Ladies Tea Dress when the signs were coming thick and fast that it's time to step away from the sewing machine and have a break! Here are my signs.....

To start off you have to replace your overlocker thread that you didn't want to do yesterday,

Your needle breaks,

Your stitching starts to go loopy (you will too soon)

 Your lace, ric rac and kids are having a party and didn't invite you

 

Yep definately time to stop and wait till the house is asleep tonight.

For the record my stitching got back on track, turns out I put my new needle in back to front....as I said definately time to stop.

From Mother to Daughter.

I love Fridays for a few years now my mum comes over on a Friday to sew, have a light lunch.... and we chat and chat and chat in between the pauses of  the overlocker....seriously someone could make a fortune if they invented quiet overlockers, most mums I know do their sewing at night when the kids are asleep!!!

Today for me was working on some boys shorts and for mum was a bit of hand sewing which she loves!! (give me machine sewing anyday!)

My mum made a lot of our clothes when I was younger. With 4 daughters I'm not sure whether it was a way of saving money or purely for the joy of sewing, but it got me thinking.... if she wasn't such a crafter and I never saw her sewing as a child would I have still developed the love of sewing that I have today - I think not. 

I also love the fact that I'm carrying on the tradition of creating clothes for my kids... a generation later. I also wonder if one of my children will continue making homemade clothes for there children....I sure hope so.

One last thought....How many of us crafty ladies today had crafty mummas back in the day?

Thanks mum for giving me your crafty love and making lovely memories on our Fridays together  :-)

Catch up with a picture post

It's been a while since I've posted on my blog, but I'd really like to get back into it and share my 3 biggest loves of baking, sewing and above all family life. My days are always filled with all three of these. Although sewing comes when the house is asleep and then it's my time...a pot of Spearmint Chamomile tea and the buzz of my sewing machine then fills the house. I've been very much focusing on getting my handmade childrens clothing line Dashes of Love up off the ground so it's been a very busy few months of nurturing my baby and I'm soo happy to say it's paying off. I'm soo delighted that others are enjoying my style of childrens clothing as much as I enjoy creating them....really there's love throughout the whole process for me from the cutting to the sewing to the wrapping and posting.