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Bakery Day 22: It happened again...


Well kinda sorta!!

Sandy made that funny sign that you saw yesterday about the croissants being the best in Mallorca... funny enough, it brought in customers this morning and by 10:40 am, we were sold out of croissants so I had to quickly bring the sign in to not cause a c.roit.ssant attack... Then the boss ordered me in the kitchen to make more - ok, that part may not be true, but it adds to the drama, don't you agree?

So, I made 33 more croissants, some with chocolate, and some plain.. Only baked 10 more and the rest are for tomorrow ...

I also made some funky thing, I used the standard "sweet dave" as the title but I am not so sure they turned out super great. I used the old pastry from the previous croissants. I rolled them up and froze the dough so I could cut it better. I then baked them with a fruit... boring, I know.. but, they are super cheap in the bakery (.95 cents) so I think you will get your money's worth. If not.. well, I can always eat them.. 😂

In other news, it was pretty busy this morning. I had two customers before Sandy came in to the bakery, and then continued until about 11:30 with many people coming in. That is always fun as I was super busy before she got there By 7:30 AM, I ....
- baked the white breads
- baked the integral breads
- baked cookies
- baked raspberry muffins
- and baked those croissants that sold

I guess this gives new meaning to "I do more by 8AM than most do all day"... ok, maybe that is not true too.. but I can tell you, I multitask and bake things in between other things and it works out well... but, what I am most careful of is the baking temperature of the croissants, so I insist the other things (except the breads) adhere to my rules or they get timeouts... its that simple!!

Thank you for those of you who signed up to follow the blog... I just keep reminding you that this will stop here and only continue there. Not because I do not want to post it here, but really it is extra work to post this twice and most days I am hanging on by a thread. Today, I managed to come home after about 10 hours so I have some spare time.. but I am planning on being in bed by 9PM again so I can be up and fresh first thing tomorrow.

I love the bakery.. even when I am struggling at times and stressed most of the time, and worried all of the time. I read a quote from Gary Vaynerchuk the other day that said something like 98% of entrepreneurs fail... he gave good solid reasons of course, but that number sticks in my head all the time as it is a reality..

and that is that

#doeverythingwithlove ❤️

ps - teaspoon says hello.. ok, that may not be true either as she is asleep 😂

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