Bread Bakers Apprentice - Bagels

(or how I almost killed a KitchenAid stand mixer)

Have you ever had one of those moments where you're in the middle of something, and you suddenly think you've made a critical and expensive mistake? That was about how I felt when I heard grinding coming from our big KitchenAid mixer as I started mixing the dough for the bagels. Then the paddle stopped moving temporarily, and I started seeing little bits of smoke coming up.

After a brief moment of panic, I started hand-kneading the dough, and boy that was challenging.

Baked potato bread

It's like a baked potato sandwich!

Well, the other day, I was looking for something like potato bread, but wanted a bit more than the normal bread (I love potato bread). Google helped me out marvellously! A quick search turned up a question someone asked ("Is potato bread vegan?"), so I went and looked, and saw that one of my favorite bread recipe sites had a recipe that called for bacon... hmmm... bacon, potato bread, all combined into one delicious loaf? I must try this Baked Potato Bread!