Session 46 - Baking Bread

I was aged about 6 or 7 when I had my first experience at baking, more specifically baking what can be known as a loaf of Irish Wheaten Bread. To this day I follow the same recipe as I did as when I was a child. Coarse wheaten flour, plain flour, salt, golden syrup, soft brown sugar,  Handful of oat meal, melted butter, bread soda/ bicarbonate of soda and of course buttermilk. I add an extra, and that's chopped walnuts. Mmmmm. At an early age, I discovered the importance of adding the right ingredients at the right time, and timing is all important. Following the method of the recipe is also important.  All is done using hand mixing, no mechanical mixing whatsoever. The buttermilk does the trick, and kneading is not necessary, just mixing it all together in the correct quantities at the right time. Preheated oven at 200 degrees centigrade for one hour. The result is a golden loaf of delicious wheaten bread, so tasty! I learned at an early age to follow a process, a process that was set way before I ever was on this earth. And the interesting thing is that when you follow a process, you achieve an outcome. The loaf of bread is baked. No matter how much I may try, I'll never be able to return the bread to it's individual ingredients.  Where is the buttermilk now? Or the sugar? golden syrup? The ingredients have done their job  and I had a hand in making that happen. It's complete! Be powerful.