Phew!
Phew! Well, I'm glad that's done for another year....
So, let's see....
One hour last night for mixing the two batches of dough. . . . my KitchenAid mixer should forgive me eventually. One of these days, I'm going to find a scale that can give me an accurate weight for these batches, but, figure . . . 5 eggs, half a pound of butter, 2 cups of milk, 3 tubs of candied fruit, plus raisins, nuts, and then something like 10 or 12 cups of flour . . . in each batch . . . that 5 qt mixing bowl on my mixer is FULL!
A half-hour this morning for pounding it into loaves. (Seriously, my forearms are still tired. This is heavy stuff. Hence the fact that I didn't knit at all today, or spin in the kitchen like I'd planned.)
And then, the baking? Started at 12:00, ended at 6:30. Four batches of two loaves each, which took between 1:15 and 1:30, plus the final batch of two mini-loaves, which took about half an hour.
Yep! I sure do love my Dad. (grin)
And, one other thing that's at least mostly done. The neckband is done, the last ends woven in, the underarm seams grafted . . . I just need to try it on and decide what to do with the no-longer-faux seams (or, more importantly, the seam allowances). And no, I haven't tried it on yet . . . too tired! And, of course, it will be blocked, too . . . at some point (grin).
Getting all those loaves done in one day is quite an accomplishment. So is the sweater!
Posted by: Carole | December 09, 2007 at 07:09 AM
Stollen looks good, but the sweater is gorgeous. I took my KitchenAid, which has been in storage, out of its box and beat marshmallows at top speed for 12 minutes. When I do things like that, I remember how my mother and I killed a mixer making icing.
Posted by: paula | December 09, 2007 at 09:59 AM
Wow, you have had an extremely productive weekend - sounds like you need a forearm massage now. :)
Posted by: Chris | December 09, 2007 at 06:49 PM
You've got my address for that stollen, right? Quit laughing.
Autumn rose is looking great too. You can keep the sweater and pass along the bread...
Posted by: Sil | December 09, 2007 at 08:29 PM
The stollen & Autumn Rose look yummy. I hope she fits! Fingers crossed.
Posted by: Kim | December 10, 2007 at 11:23 AM
Wow, your stollen looks great!
Posted by: Miss T | December 10, 2007 at 01:06 PM
Welcome back from stollen mountain! All those loaves look amazing - nicely golden, not overly brown at all.
Posted by: Ina | December 11, 2007 at 11:16 AM
Wow that stollen looks phenomenal. And the sweater is gorgeous. You really outdid yourself!
Posted by: Rebekah | December 12, 2007 at 11:46 AM