Grandma’s Famous Buns

Last week my mother-in-law came over.  She’s well-known for her Grandma Buns and I thought it was a perfect time to learn the how’s of them since I needed buns for Zachary & Hannah’s wedding.  For years I’ve wanted to have her come over and teach me how to make them and for my kids to watch her making them but just never did it.

The recipe for her buns was handed down to my mother-in-law from her mother who made it quite often since they were a large family with 9 kids and of course, there weren’t the stores around like we have today – especially when you lived on a farm in Canada!   She even used to sell her bread to the young single men who would come knocking on the door.  I don’t think anybody knows if it was handed down from her mother, which would be Russell’s great-grandmother, but I wonder…  All we really know is that it was handed down from Russell’s grandma to his mom. A multi-generational bun recipe.  Love that!

I had such a good time that day.  My mother-in-law didn’t measure anything, she just started adding a little of this and that.  “No exact science,” she said.  She used this roasting pan because this is what she works with all the time.  She started off by pouring in 10# of flour.

One of my favorite parts of the whole day was right before she added her liquid to the flour.  She stopped and said, “And now for the secret ingredient.”  We all immediately wondered, “What could it be?”  Then she bowed her head and prayed that God would bless it, that it would be good and that He would bless Zachary & Hannah’s special day.”

As she was kneading the bread, it started squeaking.  She told Audrey that her mother used to say, “If the bread talks to you, that means it’s good bread.”

The kids spent some time watching, mainly Serenity but they all were very happy when they were able to taste the finished product.

The famous Grandma buns.

The Baker with her beautifully risen dough.  It looked like a chef’s hat to me.

After spending her day with us making a few batches of bread, she then went home and made more bread for us (on a different day).  All the bread for the wedding is now made and in the freezer.

She has a true servant’s heart – always willing to lend a hand.

Giving is true having.–Charles Spurgeon