Bread and I have had a contentious relationship...
I love eating it but making it has never been this fulfilling experience I always imagined it could be. The closest I've gotten until recently was mastering a pizza dough from scratch recipe which I then used for Cinnamon Bread and Cinnamon rolls...Until now it satisfied all my bread baking needs.
But lately everyone has been on this kick cooking from "Artisan Bread in 5 minutes a Day"
I kept my distance...
I continued to bake my sweets and cook my meals...
Then my best friend The Fab Miss V and recent new blogger got on the bandwagon and started baking amazing looking bread...
Hmmm.
Now she bakes all their bread even their sandwich bread...
?????
So I decided to try it...
I found a great recipe from the Baking and Books Blog that was taken from the
It was amazing...And not only that but it made 4 loaves...SCORE! When you are cooking for two that is like a month's worth of bread...
I'm pretty much addicted to bread making now. And its Fab Miss V's fault.
I'm on the waiting list for this book at the library. I also am not a bread baker but want to try....
ReplyDeleteJust made my first batch yesterday and it turned out great! Have another batch rising on the counter...yummmy
ReplyDeleteI love baking bread. Yeast used to scare me until I just hunkered down and practiced practiced practiced.
ReplyDeleteArtisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day is a cool (pun intended :P) concept and great for busy families. You don't have to sit at home for hours, babysitting dough and baking. Good flavor, low time commitment. It's a good method.
What I didn't like was it was *freezing* cold working the refrigerated dough. My hands get cold faster than normal and my fingers were really hurting by the time I was done shaping. Plus as a traditional bread baker and even though I use my KitchenAid to do the bulk of the kneading, I kind of miss the hands-on finishing of the dough before the first rise. I can tell what the bread will be like by how it feels.
I am addicted to this as well. I actually have some of this amazing dough rising on the counter. It has changed the way I think of baking bread :)
ReplyDeleteOne of the BEST presents my hubby gave me for Christmas was this book.
very beautiful..nice mate.
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