Grandma's Bread Bowl

Have I mentioned that I now have an oven?  A gas oven!  Today I finally got around to baking some bread.  It's been almost four months since I've baked bread, I think my flour's gone bad. :) 
So today I took out my grandma's bread bowl.  This is the first time I've used this because my mom just gave it to me a couple of months ago.  I remember my mom making bread in this and she'd knead it right in the bowl.  That bowl would roll and move around the table.  The table would shake.  Now it's my turn.

My whole wheat bread dough ready to rise.  This bowl has a cover with a vent in it.

I'm not cooking it on the stove, just set it there to rise.
The finished product rose nicely and is soft and yummy.  I made rolls for Thursday's dinner, a couple of loaves of bread and way down at the end is a dozen caramel rolls-minus one. :)

My bread products don't always turn out like they should.  After 30 years of baking bread, I'm finally learning a couple of things that help.  One is to add the salt with the flour and not into the warm liquid.  Another is to make sure that the oven is preheated before I put my breads in.  Sifting the flour first has helped a lot too.  And maybe using Grandma's bread bowl will be the thing that finally gives me good bread every time.