11-25-2009, 03:10 PM
I stumbled across an article on baking no knead bread on a day whenI once AGAIN discovered mold on a loaf of bread I hadn't gotten a single piece of. When I am paying up to $6 a loaf for high quality bread it really pisses me off when it molds right away. I think a lot of bread sold here was bagged warm and that increases the mold risk.
As a former professional baker a gazillion years ago, the thought of bread you don't knead was totally counter intuitive, but I figured the proof was in the pudding, so to speak. I was blown away by the results! This is good bread, and while it requires advance planning, it doesn't take much time or baby sitting. There now are a ton of variations, but this bread recipe started as a 4 ingrediant round loaf, which is baked in a dutch oven on 450. So far I've done one of those, a whole grain sandwich bread variation, and tonight started the dough for a cibatta loaf and pizza.
Do yourself a favor, and Google no knead bread, the online videos are especially helpful, and recipes for variations abound. I figure each loaf is costing me about half a buck, including electricity.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!.
Carol
As a former professional baker a gazillion years ago, the thought of bread you don't knead was totally counter intuitive, but I figured the proof was in the pudding, so to speak. I was blown away by the results! This is good bread, and while it requires advance planning, it doesn't take much time or baby sitting. There now are a ton of variations, but this bread recipe started as a 4 ingrediant round loaf, which is baked in a dutch oven on 450. So far I've done one of those, a whole grain sandwich bread variation, and tonight started the dough for a cibatta loaf and pizza.
Do yourself a favor, and Google no knead bread, the online videos are especially helpful, and recipes for variations abound. I figure each loaf is costing me about half a buck, including electricity.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!.
Carol
Carol
Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb
Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb