11-25-2009, 10:37 PM
We NEVER buy bread here - it's too sweet, too full of transfats, too expensive, too 70's and just plain awful. And I mean all the bread here, not just grocery store bread. Someone could make a killing with a half decent bakery.
We make our own in a bread maker - it takes a few tries to find the right mix of ingredients for your location but once you have it figured out, it's easy. Home made bread goes stale in a day so you have to freeze it if you don't eat it all at once.
If you don't have a breadmaker try Jim Lahey's easy recipe:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/08/dining/081mrex.html
- but don't use as much water as he says! You have to just add enough to get a "shaggy" dough, (it does take a little experimenting). It's a great way to make bread if you don't like breadmakers and don't want to spend hours kneading dough.
This bread has a great crust and is full of air, because you let it knead itself by letting it sit for 18+ hours. Time does all the work.
We make our own in a bread maker - it takes a few tries to find the right mix of ingredients for your location but once you have it figured out, it's easy. Home made bread goes stale in a day so you have to freeze it if you don't eat it all at once.
If you don't have a breadmaker try Jim Lahey's easy recipe:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/08/dining/081mrex.html
- but don't use as much water as he says! You have to just add enough to get a "shaggy" dough, (it does take a little experimenting). It's a great way to make bread if you don't like breadmakers and don't want to spend hours kneading dough.
This bread has a great crust and is full of air, because you let it knead itself by letting it sit for 18+ hours. Time does all the work.