The cold weather continues, but the weather man has promised us that it might get up to freezing later this week!  Could happen.  We might actually hit 32 degrees!!!  So today I combated the cold and snow with homemade bread and ham and bean soup.  I have a bunch of great bread recipes, but I wanted to try something new.  Found this recipe on Pinterest and everyone loved it.  (I just used all purpose flour.)  If you want to make some amazing white bread, check it out!  It definitely rivals my other favorite bread recipes!  Thanks Andrea (from the blog Pennies and Pancakes)!

I think the only thing I did differently was to butter the top after it came out of the oven for that lovely, shiny crust.  Unfortunately, with my family, there wasn’t enough to test the assertion that it freezes beautifully.  Half a loaf disappeared before it was even cool enough to cut in to.   Happy baking!