I was working off of Mom’s handwritten recipe card for this year’s batch, not my version that spells out all the steps… couldn’t find my own card so had to wing it, until I remembered I’d blogged the full recipe a few years back. Whew. Her card is just a list of ingredients, very casually grouped together with brackets… and the brackets run from the front to the back of the card. Uh, well, everything is together and has been kneaded lightly and set aside for the first rise; I should have put all the savory ingredients in the double…

Dough is ready to knead if it’s doubled in size. I always punch two fingers into it because Mom did, helps to gauge the consistency. Also: punching down is recommended, but I forgot. Via: Flickr Title: Dilly Bread! Knead You, Baby By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 26 Nov ’09, 10.14am CST PST

Bread is done, oddly shaped, but done. I’ll slice it once it’s cool to take to dinner… Via: Flickr Title: Dilly Bread! My Trapezoids, Let Me Show You Them By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 26 Nov ’09, 11.13am CST PST

Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: Dilly Bread! Half Done, Half Turn By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 26 Nov ’09, 11.09am CST PST

Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: Dilly Bread! First Rise By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 26 Nov ’09, 9.26am CST PST

Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: Dilly Bread! Onion, butter, cottage cheese By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 26 Nov ’09, 8.43am CST PST

Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: Dilly Bread! And so it begins By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 26 Nov ’09, 8.42am CST PST

That’s 15 pounds lost so far! Go me, I rock a little, akshully. #fb

Ate breakfast at the Rosebud Cafe, Elk Grove Village, where quotation marks were used festively, but inappropriately. Via: Flickr Title: "Have" a "Happy" Thanksgiving By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 24 Nov ’09, 8.51am CST PST

At Siegelman’s Deli in Rolling Meadows; my father in law would LOVE this ginormous halvah. Via: Flickr Title: Hunk o’ Halvah By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 9 Nov ’09, 5.26pm CST PST