22. Bake a delicious loaf of bread

I made Pesto Bread. I wasn't able to follow the recipe excatly (no powdered milk!), and as a result my dough was a little messy and it took it a while to get doughy (rather than runny). But the girls at writing group assured me it was delicious, so I'm going to go ahead and cross it off the list.

When I added this to my list, I had hoped to make more of a habit out of making bread. Growing up the majority of bread in the house was homemade by my mom. For me there are few foods in the world that can compare to the warm heel of a crusty loaf of bread, a small sliver of butter melting in the center. It seems like a grown up thing to do, making bread. A sign that maybe I have my shit together.

It's little wonder that I haven't had the time or occasion to make much bread in the last ten months, since most days I feel like neither of those things. But this loaf was mostly a success, and nice with a warm bowl of tomato soup on a cold windy "summer" evening in San Francisco.