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A couple of days ago, I suggested to DH that he try to bake bread. (He's a margarine & slice of bread snack guy.)
The recipe we've wanted to try is the New York Times no-knead bread recipe. Actually there are several versions of them
The reason why I asked DH to do it is that he really doesn't do that much cooking - stirfry, roasts w/potatoes, and carbonara. He's not a baker by any means, so if he could do it well the first time, there's no tricks and no tweaking necessary. The main reason, heh heh, is that we buy a fair amount of bread at the grocery store, so perhaps making our own might be a tad cheaper, and we avoid the extra ingredients, like BHA, BHT and whatnot. And the final reason is that BA needs a cooking project.
The loaf he made last night is nearly gone and it turned out spectacularly well. It even works with ancient, over the hill yeast from 2007. DH was a bit concerned before baking because the loaf didn't double in size. I figured if it was that bad, we'd have Passover matzos early!
March 27th, 2009 at 04:44 am 1238129043
I printed, years ago, Mark Bittman's 11/06 NYT article on the lazy, minimalist bread baking method. I still haven't tried it, but guess I should soon.
March 27th, 2009 at 12:23 pm 1238156589
I have a wonderful Irish soda bread recipe which is simple enough for my DDs to make. I don't care if it is "poor man's" bread. We love it, and can add raisins or chocolate chips for a change.
March 27th, 2009 at 05:19 pm 1238174379
March 27th, 2009 at 07:33 pm 1238182389
Looked it up, said the fellow Gentile. Passover starts April 9. See you amongst the yellow capped Cokes!
momcents - did you post the soda bread recipe? I might be trying that myself.
March 27th, 2009 at 08:07 pm 1238184455
Well, not awesome in a, "boy, the guys I hang out with sure are going to be impressed" sort of way.
But yeah, nothing compares to freshly-baked bread. The only thing I've done and liked so far is yeast rolls. I can't believe how easy it is to bake those delicious little darlings. It's almost criminal.
But I haven't gone further than that. I have no idea what's beyond it, and truth be told, I'm not really a bread person so....
But I welcome any suggestions you may have!