Homemade Bread

I don't make New Years resolutions.  I hate setting myself up for failure and disappointment.  So, instead I make New Years recommendations.  This year I had a list of several things I wanted to try to do or try to make.  One of them was homemade bread.  I have fond memories of my Nana making bread. 

My first attempt went pretty well.  I made two large loaves of whole wheat bread and two small loves of whole wheat cinnamon swirl bread.  Both were pretty dang good.  It's pretty much an all-day job, waiting for it to rise, then punching it down, and rising again....but so worth that warm bread smell when it's in the oven!