Chapter 186 – The Adventure of Kneading and Baking Bread

On a new dау, we arrivеd at Little Моmiji’s fаmilу hоmе.

Her strеaming chаnnеl is Mоmiji Вrеаd Wоrkshoр.

In othеr words, yоu соuld sаy this breаd-making wоrkshop is the mаin еntity!

“Welcomе! Оh, I can alreadу sеe Little Spice аnd Littlе Ira!”

“Well, thеy lооk sоftеr than two middle-agеd men cоming, аftеr all.”

“Eхасtly. Evеn from the sidе, it’s a reassuring piсturе.”

Good thing wе hаd the littlе girl transformаtion readу.

And sо, wе visit the bakery.

We rеcеivеd grеetings frоm Little Mоmiji’s раrents.

We аlso рrеsеntеd оur business саrds.

“Тhank уоu, thank you, how polite…”

“We’re always helped by your daughter’s planning skills. Today, we’d like to borrow the workshop for recording and streaming.”

“Ah, this is just a little something.”

Little Ira handed over a gift.

This was a selection of premium juices that Spice and I bought together.

Since it’s a bakery, we avoided baked goods for our choice.

Watching Spice and Little Ira, Little Momiji was shocked, going “Huh-ee?”

“S-so you two really are adults after all…”

“That’s right. But Little Momiji, your level of consideration is pretty high too, so you can be proud.”

“Yeah, yeah, Ira used to be much worse in the past. Kids these days are amazing.”

After making that middle-aged man statement, we moved to the workshop.

“The bread dough is already fermented, so after shaping this into our own bread forms, we’ll do the final proofing and then bake it!”

“Whoa!”

“That’s what we studied up on the other day!”

“…But, for beginners to suddenly try shaping bread is asking for failure! First, let’s build up some successful experiences!”

“Whoa! Little Momiji’s face turned into a demon instructor’s!!”

“We’re gonna get Spartan-trained!”

Spice and Little Ira made a noisy fuss.

Little Momiji, who had been wearing a serious face, burst out laughing, “Pfft—”

“You two are just too cute, I can’t keep a straight face!”

“Sorry, sorry!”

“I couldn’t help it!”

“And so, today we’re making something quite difficult—croissants, the three of us together!”

“Woo-hoo!”

“I’ve been waiting for this!”

“Behold, the butter I shall retrieve!”

“Huh!?”

“It’s huge.”

Spice and Little Ira were astonished.

It was a massive block of butter, enough to make you recoil.

We’re kneading all of this in?

“That’s right! Croissants are half made of butter!”

The gigantic butter, rolled out and shaped with a rolling pin, was placed with a thud on top of the dough.

Then, after wrapping the butter in the dough, we blended it in with a tap-tap-tap sort of motion…

“Now, let’s roll out the dough with this rolling pin!! Flour for dusting, please!”

“Here goes, sprinkling flour like crazy!”

“It’s like a ring-entering ceremony!”

“After stretching it out good, we’ll cut it. Let’s make triangles like this.”

“You got it, leave it to me! Here goes!”

“Isn’t this a trapezoid? Little Spice is pretty bold!”

“Little Spice, with this you’ll get a super huge croissant!”

“W-what!?”

“Little Spice, even though he’s small, he eats a hearty amount!”

Well, yeah.

And so, from here, the three of us rolled up the dough we cut into triangles.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, it’s starting to look like croissants!

“Starting to feel like we’re making croissants! Little Spice’s is a King Croissant.”

“Looks like the inside might not cook through…!!”

“It’s fine, it’s fine. Trust our oven! Now, once the dough is all rolled up, we’ll brush on lots of egg and milk with a pastry brush!”

“Adding even more calories at this stage!!”

“Bread really is made of calories, huh. No wonder it’s delicious.”

The two middle-aged men nodded in admiration while slathering on the egg and milk.

The dough got all shiny.

We let this do the final proofing for about an hour…

During that time, tea time.

Little Momiji’s Mama prepared tea and sweets for us!

“This is made from the leftover dough when our Little Momiji practiced baking croissants.”

“Whoa, and you combined that with dried fruit!? How fancy!”

“This is delicious! The tea is great. It’s apple tea!”

This apple tea, specially made by Momiji Mama, is also for sale, apparently.

It seems to be a very popular product.

You can drink it from a paper cup.

They can’t provide eat-in space, but it’s okay to eat or drink in front of the store, I hear.

The stylish sweets are delicious too.

“Ah, it’s time! Let’s put them in the bread oven!”

“Woo-hoo!”

“Let’s do this!”

The finished bread, into the oven!

Little Momiji’s Papa glanced over the dough and decided the baking time.

“Looks like a bit longer than usual.”

“Probably because Spice’s croissant is huge.”

“Definitely.”

But the baking time was shorter than expected.

An incredibly wonderful smell started wafting out!

Well, if you bake dough made with that much butter, egg, and milk into croissants…!!

The oven opened.

Beautifully browned croissants appeared.

“Wooooooow”

“Wooooooow”

Spice and Little Ira were super excited.

It was a genuine reaction, but the A-Phone captured it intensely.

『Got some great footage.』

I heard Floppy’s proud voice.

Yeah, I feel like we can make a video that’ll really delight the Listeners.

By the way, the croissants were incredibly delicious!

Freshly baked is dangerous!!