Friday, October 29, 2010

Wake Up and Smell the Bread Baking

Earlier this year I bought a book Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day but yet to use it. The book calls for some special equipment (like a 6 quart food safe storage container with lid, a pizza peel, baking stone) that I would have to buy. Anyway, yesterday I decided I'd just use what I had. My huge Pyrex bowl has always worked well for rising, and I could use my perforated pizza pan to bake the bread.
The dough was a breeze to make, and after plopping it into the bowl to rise I set off to meet Heather and Rachel for some drinks, which turned into dinner, and so five hours later I came home to put the dough in the refrigerator for me to deal with the next day.
I woke early this morning, and it was chilly! I figured I'd bake the bread, and help warm up the house so I took the dough from the fridge, shaped it, and let it sit for 40 minutes to warm up. 450 degrees, a little water bath for the baking, and voila! 20 minutes later I had some delicious bread for my breakfast.
Today I'm off to buy some rye flour so I can try another recipe. I love this book!

3 comments:

  1. Nothing like the smell of freshly baked cake.

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  2. Your bread is welcome at our house anytime! Every loaf that I have tasted has looked and tasted amazing.

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  3. Hi, Ann...thank you for visiting and for your kind comments. It's nice to meet you and your blog. This bread looks wonderful...after Christmas I want to check this book out of thelibrary and experiment with the recipes. I've heard so much about it and I'm way behind in trying it!
    I hope you'll come by again soon.
    Audrey

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