I was looking for DIY bird feeder ideas, and found lots of cute ones. Then I had an idea for re-purposing a plastic hanging lantern that I've had for some years.
It looked very suitable, which turned out to be because it actually was a bird feeder.
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A child and I have developed a tag-team approach to making cheese-topped breadsticks: I make the dough, and the child puts it onto the pan, does the toppings, and bakes it.
The dough is very simple, 6 cups flour, 3 cups very warm water, 2 tablespoons yeast--I usually use 1 and 1/2 tablespoons. This covers a large cookie sheet thickly. Halving the recipe or doing one-third of it is advisable.
The lack of salt in the recipe and the relatively high proportion of yeast (best bought in bulk) helps the dough to rise more quickly than most bread doughs. The recipe's source recommended 10 minutes of rising time.
We've been topping it with melted butter, mozzarella cheese, and garlic powder, and maybe also Parmesan cheese, and then baking it for about 20 minutes at 375 degrees. It's good hot out of the oven, not so good cold.
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Happy Thanksgiving!
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