Workshop in Mraclin with ''Anđele'' - How to bake bread our grannies used to do. 

Our Daily Bread 

Thank you dear Vesna and Boža for sharing with us this inspiring afternoon, showing to us how our grannies used to bake their daily bread. They would bake bread usually once a week to have it for the whole week and share it with the whole family, which was large at that time. 

''Anđele'' - The Women's Society ''Anđela Lovreković'' helped us again with our project. Today in Mraclin our dear hostess Vesna Tafra spent with us the whole afternoon, showing us how to make bread from different types of flour and bake it in a bread oven, the way our grannies used to do. But first, we visited our local mill ''Pukanić'' to buy some flour. We needed corn, rye, wheat and buckwheat flour

Thank you for watching and following us during our workshops of the project ''My granny's dishes''.

Students and teachers of Srednja strukovna škola Velika Gorica Mraclin, 25 February 2022

While the bread was being baked in the bread oven, we had the opportunity to see what the traditional house of Turopolje looked like in the time of our grannies, what furniture it was furnished with and what utensils people used at that time. Very interesting indeed! We have learned a lot in Mraclin. Thank you Vesna and Boža! 

So, we've learned so far what the main ingredients for bread are: flour, salt, yeast and warm water. For today' s bread the base was corn flour and then our granny mixed it with, rye, wheat and buckwheat flour.

Let them rise for half an hour or so and then make a cross with a knife on them. Our students were not just watching, they were working along with our granny. Look at our Leon how deftly he puts the loaves into the bread oven

And after some half an hour or so, our bread is baked. If only you could smell it! 

Leon is taking his job very seriously. The fire is going to be great, just the way it should be. 

Then, cover the dough and let rise for 1 hour or so. 

Our Daily Bread Workshop with ''Anđele'' 25 February 2022

Then add a little fat or oil and knead again  and again .

Then, we had to put some more logs onto the fire to prepare it for baking bread. Our students Antonija and Leon were taking care of it. 

So, you add all the ingredients and mix everything. After that you knead a lot. 

Punch down the dough, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface, and knead it briefly to remove the air bubbles. Divide dough in thirds, knead each section a few times, and then shape into a loaf. 

Before you can get to mixing and kneading, it's important to proof the yeast. ...

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