A Loaf of Apple Sauce Bread a Day - Keeps the Doctor Away

The boys have had a rough week.  They've both had fevers, sore throats, walrus coughs, and Micaiah had a double ear infection.  Fun stuff!  I spent almost all day Tuesday on the fold out bed with them, with a boy tucked under each arm. (The girls were at Gramma Sally's)  

By the end of the day, though, Zayin had had enough of the laying around business.  So with Micaiah occupied with books, and Zayin no longer content to stay on the "bed", we ventured into the kitchen.  What could be better than cooking with a highly contagious child!?  I figure, we are going to be the only ones eating it, and I have been exposed to their germs all week (been exposed = sneezed on, coughed on, drooled on, and been a human kleenex all day), so why not?   And it turned out to be just what the doctor ordered. 

Applesauce Bread - by Laura from Heavenly Homemakers - Picture Tutorial by Zayin

1st:  Put on the manliest apron you can find.  (We didn't have to worry about covering his shirt, it was already covered in a days worth of slobber.)

2nd: Concentrate very hard on getting the ingredient into the bowl and not onto the floor, like the previous spoonful.

3rd: Smile thankfully at the ingredients for staying where you put them.

4th: Use all your strength to saw through a giant stick of butter.

5th: Unwrap butter, like you are peeling off decades of old wallpaper, minuscule strip, by minuscule strip.

6th:  Pretend to grate nutmeg, so your mother can take a picture.

7th: Poke delicately at the batter.

8th:  Pat yourself on the back, you did a great job!!