Good day Hive 🔆 Today I had a bit of work to do on my best friend, the Wood stove.

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It was warm enough this morning to not need a fire so I took out the badly cracked/ broken fire bricks and replaced them.

Pretty easy job, took maybe 15 minutes.

I will try to be more gentle this year when putting wood in the stove lol! They were all replaced last year hahaaa 😂

I really like to throw that wood in with a lot of force apparently 😅

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Any ideas what I could use these broken bricks for? I'd love to repurpose them...

Today's Bakes

After my slack day on Saturday (which still involved the laundrymat, grocery shopping, making dinner and cleaning haha) I had catching up to do for my bakery.

Sea salt and olive oil sourdough loaves:

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After 12 hours of bulk ferment of my dough in the fridge, and 12 more hours on the table with 2 shapings, I'm ready to bake.

First I brush on a generous amount of olive oil.

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Next I sprinkle on copious amounts of sea salt.

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After they come out of the oven I brush with more olive oil while they are piping hot. I love how they glisten!

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🧐 The glistening doesn't show up very well in pictures sigh ...

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Here's the whole batch:

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That style of bread doesn't tend to last very long on the shelves. It's sooooo good.

And I don't care what DR'S say, sea salt is good for us. Our body needs it! We are made of salt water FFS.

I also made 9 loaves of banana bread:

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50 Chocolate chip cookies:

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And 50 haystacks 💗🥰

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I have two ovens and a 20 quart mixer if you were wondering.

I could not do this without them, and a very good level of organization. Oh and you gotta be good at doing lots of dishes too lmaooo. FML...

Well, I'm gonna relax for a bit with my book. I hope you have an awesome day where you are 😄 Thanks for vising me!