Ok I am a bread machine kind of girl. I use it for my kneading. Then I let rise on my own and shape myself and bake in the oven. I have gotten pretty good (meaning I dont get bread bricks anymore, rather something edible and even delicious most of the time)

So all the rave reviews on the buttermilk cluster made me decide I should attempt it. The recipe looked a bit large for my bread machine, but what the heck, lets give it a go.

It was, in fact, too much dough for my machine. OMG what to do now?????????

For the first time in my life, I just hand kneeded some bread. I kow how to do it, I just never have felt the desire to. Man what a work out!

So my bread in on its first rise, my hands are a bit sore and I am crossing my fingers.

Lets hope we dont get buttermilk bricks for dinner!