Doughing Nothing

Mary challenged me to depict the opposite of busy - to have all the time in the world.

The best bit about making bread, is most of the time I do nothing and it can take all the time in the world.

After mixing flour, sourdough starter, yeast and water I left this to ferment overnight. I then lazily used a hand mixer to start the kneading process and left it for another few hours. I kneaded it gently and shaped it to leave it again for a couple of hours. I scored it, bunged it in the oven for 40 minutes or so and am currently doing nothing as it bakes.

Post script - it turned out looking ok, proof will be in the eating it together tomorrow

[Taffy]

You've done a great response to the challenge! That downtime as it rises is a great way to capture doing nothing!

[Anne]

That’s funny Jackie! Does that mean being a baker is an easy job? 🤪 Nice selective colour too

[Joanne Diochon]

Nice.

[Susan Wakely]

A busy day of nothingness nicely depicted.

[Christine Sztukowski]

Wonderful still life

[Catherine]

Love this, sit, wait, enjoy!

[Peter]

Wonderful composition, detail and textures Jackie:)

[Junan Heath]

Fantastic shot!

[katy]

That is actually what I hate most about making bread ..........the waiting. A delicious looking response to the prompt though!

[JackieR]

@mcsiegle All the time in the world.........

[Joan Robillard]

Love homemade bread

[LManning (Laura)]

Great response to a challenging prompt! (Also, mmmmm…bread)

[Kathy]

I like to make bread, but even though there are few steps there's a bit too much waiting around. Got photo for your challenge.

[Mary Siegle]

Mission accomplished! Was there ever any doubt that you would come up with a good idea for that?

[amyK]

Nicely composed image of your down time

[Delwyn Barnett]

A very relaxed description of bread making.

[Issi Bannerman]

Lovely capture.

[Kathy A]

I don't think I'd have the patience

[JackieR]

@kjarn none required it just sits there

[Kathy A]

I mean the patience waiting for it to do its thing.

[JackieR]

@kjarn 😀
@jamibann thank you
@jamibann ta
@dkbarnett it is relaxing

@amyk I like down time
@mcsiegle so glad you like it
@randystreat thank you

@ljmanning hoping it tastes good
@joansmor us too
@grammyn 🤣

@paintdipper thank you
@pcoulson many thanks
@megpicatilly oh yes

@wakelys not quite a day
@gardencat hoping it will be
@365anne oh no, they get up when it's still sleeping time
@taffy glad you agree thank you

[Annie D]

such a rustic image :)

[Wendy]

Looks absolutely delish!
Bread doing its thing but you do need to do a bit of clean-up ... but fresh out of the oven bread is well worth it!