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Bakery Day 23: It comes in threes, um, two’s?

This morning I woke up late and was rushed to be at the bakery by 6, which is already late ... 1

I took the croissants out and put on a try to prove and put on my shelf ... then another tray crashes on that tray, it flipped and went to the floor... luckily only two croissants actually hit the floor but they took quite a beating ... 2

I forget the third thing for a moment but I will get back to that

I was sad about the croissants but I had a total of 24 more so I baked them and put them out for sale ... and at exactly 11:02 am, the 24th one was sold... that is three days in a row when I sold out completely of the croissants ...

The first customer, Freddie, came in and got three fresh from the oven, and his daughter came in an hour later to thank me for the amazing croissants and then post the most perfect message - I will edit and add to today’s photos what she said ... that was awesome



So I decided to make a double batch of croissants - I have to find a more efficient way to do this as I have no more space in the refrigerator ... but now I have 55 or 60 ready to go (I didn’t count them)... this should hold us over for tomorrow and Thursday - you know Thursday’s are crazy so maybe not, let’s see...

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There is a spanish pastry chef who has a successful YouTube channel ... last night he gave me the perfect idea for the leftover croissant dough (the cut off ends, etc)... I made crumuffins with them.. basically they are plaited croissant pieces baked in a muffin tray... they taste great and are fun.

The owner of Villa Vegana came in today too. Super nice guy ... sadly he took one treat which was a bit dry and I should have warned him but I didn’t 😕 ... let’s hope he forgets that oversight as I would love to do a bread project or something with him and them!!!

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Still trying to remember the third thing

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Poor Sandra is not feeling so great today. She works so hard and really burns the candle at both ends (it’s an expression for non English as a first language people which means to work from morning until night - has nothing to do with the mouth or ....) 😂 ... I am happy to say she is now resting at home and I am driving the ship, um bakery... it’s scary because the Spanish does not flow but I will not worry. Also, I think very few people will come in because it’s so hot and everyone is on the beach. If you are reading this, send her your wishes for a speedy recovery... she is amazingly strong but the Dave virus might have been too mucho ...

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I rolled up two pieces of pasty dough and baked them out of boredom ... tell me they do not look like the eyes of the grinch!!!



 

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Ok... I cannot remember the third thing but it was small, maybe I spilled flour all over the floor or something similar ... not so important as it’s in the past

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And finally ... very little bread sold today .. I cannot figure this out for the life of me, but I just hope it is because it’s hot and still August ... I love making bread and I want everyone to love the bread I make ... I love saying I have the best croissants in Mallorca too but I don’t wanna be a croissant shop... I wanna be a baker when I grow up... herbie became a dentist so I am sure I can be a baker

As always, thank you for reading this... it means the world to me...

#doeverythingwithlove

ps - the moon was beautiful this morning
And if you made it this far, something very special is happening tomorrow .. I may burst if tomorrow doesn’t come fast enough ❤️

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