All Day Countryside Homemaking | Cinnamon Bread, Butter Churning & Rustic Breads with Family

Early winter baking in our English cottage kitchen – spend a full cosy day with me as I bake for the week for my family of 5: soft cinnamon bread, warm rolls, and homemade butter, all in our little countryside home. ❄️🍞

Today I'm sharing traditional butter churning techniques, baking cinnamon swirl bread, and creating rustic loaves. From churning fresh butter to baking warm bread, this is the simple country life I adore - slow living, traditional skills, and cosy family moments.

Perfect for anyone who loves autumn baking, cottagecore lifestyle, traditional homemaking, and creating a warm family atmosphere in your own home. Whether you're interested in hand-churned butter, cinnamon bread recipes, or just want to escape to countryside cottage life, there's something here for you.

RECIPES:

🍞 Sourdough Cinnamon Babka

All natural leaven • Soft & fluffy • No yeast

Ingredients

Dough:

400g strong white flour

100g wholemeal (or all white)

100g active sourdough starter

300g warmed buttermilk/milk

30g butter

20g honey

9g salt

Cinnamon Filling:

80g soft butter

120g brown sugar

2 tbsp cinnamon

Pinch salt

Optional Glaze:

2 tbsp sugar + 2 tbsp water (simple syrup)

Instructions

Make Dough:
Mix starter, buttermilk, honey + flours. Rest 20–30 mins.
Add salt + butter and knead until smooth.

Bulk Rise:
Let rise 3–5 hrs until doubled.

Make Filling:
Cream butter, sugar, cinnamon.

Shape Babka:
Roll dough into a rectangle.
Spread filling.
Roll up tightly.
Slice the log lengthwise and twist the two strands together.
Place into a greased loaf tin.

Final Proof:
Rise until puffy and near the top of the tin (2–4 hrs or overnight in fridge).

Bake:
Bake at 190°C / 375°F for 35–40 mins.
Brush with simple syrup for shine.
Cool fully before slicing.

🫓 Quick & Soft Yogurt Flatbreads (No Yeast!)
Easy 2-ingredient-style flatbreads made in minutes. Just mix, knead, roll, and cook!

Ingredients (makes 8–12):

2 cups flour

1 cup Greek yogurt

2 tsp baking powder

½ tsp salt

Optional: 2 tbsp olive oil

Instructions:
Mix ingredients, knead until smooth, rest 10 minutes, divide and roll thin. Cook 1–2 mins per side in a hot dry pan. Keep warm wrapped in a towel. Soft, fluffy, and perfect for wraps or dipping!

🌿 (Garlic-Powder) Avocado Oil Mayo
Ingredients

1 large egg (room temperature)

1 cup avocado oil

2 tsp lemon juice (or 1 tsp lemon + 1 tsp apple cider vinegar for tangier mayo)

½ tsp Dijon mustard

½ tsp salt (adjust after blending)

½–1 tsp garlic powder (leave out if you want a plain mayo)

½ tsp = mild

¾ tsp = medium

1 tsp = stronger but still smooth

Instructions

Add to a wide-mouth jar:

Egg

Lemon juice

Dijon

Salt

Garlic powder

Pour in the avocado oil.

Place your immersion blender at the bottom of the jar and start blending.

Once the bottom emulsifies and turns creamy white, slowly raise the blender to pull in the remaining oil.

Taste — add a pinch more salt or garlic powder if needed.