Busy Betty White

 

Earlier in the week I had made a loaf of bread using Brown Betty's morning discard and it was too sour. I know some people really like the sour aspect of sourdough but I'm not one of them. I did some research on how to un-sour Brown Betty and the first thing they said was use white flour. It took me three days to turn some of Brown Betty back into Betty White but when I did I put her right to work. 

First I made pancakes for dinner with her discard. I usually have to put a pile of leftovers in the freezer but we ate them all. 

Then it was pizza. This was the easiest dough I've ever rolled out. It didn't fight back one bit. 

I could get it nice and thin. What I didn't do was have the oven hot enough to really crisp up that crust. I like a crispy crust but The Mister doesn't so he was happy with it. 

The whole time it was baking I was terrified that it would stick. I oiled the pan but I still worried. It didn't stick. I was doing a happy dance when that spatula slid right under it. I could have lifted the whole thing up and tossed it like a Frisbee. It was so good we ate the whole thing.

Finally, the real test. Would this be the kind of bread that I can eat with just a bit of butter and not have to pucker up?

It was. It wasn't as full of bubble holes as Brown Betty usually is but it had a much milder flavor. Whew. Betty White and I had quite the workout this week and I didn't even mention the pile of waffles or the jar of crackers we made. Yesterday I mixed her back in with Brown Betty so I didn't have to keep up the care and feeding of two jars but it's nice to know I can resurrect her when she's needed.