Friday, June 19, 2009

A Most Excellent Loaf


I have been on a bread making binge lately. Buns, regular white bread, self-ground whole wheat bread and most recently, this no-knead bread recipe. It is SUPER easy to make. I made four changes to the recipe though: 1. I use 1.5 cups of water; 2. I don't use a towel under the bread, but piece of wax paper with a tiny bit of Pam sprayed on it and then cover the Pam with some flour (I was having trouble with dough sticking to the towel); 3. I don't bake it for an additional 15-30 minutes with the lid off, but about 10 and 4. I put the pan on a heavy cookie sheet to help moderate the bottom temperature. Also, the bread is better if you let it rise more toward 18 hours rather than 12. I cooked mine in a Le Creuset 3.5 quart risotto pan (looks like a wider, shallower dutch oven) and it worked perfectly.

I am known for many things and cooking isn't one of them. But I do think the loaf above does look yummy.

2 comments:

  1. I love when you comment on our blog.

    About my phone call: I'm glad she seems excited. I got a hold of him yesterday and gave him both numbers. His schedule is busy the next few weeks but I made him promise me that if I gave him the phone numbers that he WOULD call. He promised.

    I'll have to stay in touch.

    It's always fun to see you and your family when we are visiting.

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  2. YEAHHHH! I'm so glad she had fun. You never know when you set people up how it will go.

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