Sunday, March 22, 2009

Bread

Given how neglected our poor blog has been in 2009, I've now forgotten if I've posted about this before. I'm sure our scores of readers (hi Holly, Ashley, Maired, and Katrina!) will forgive me if I have. 

For Christmas, Kate bought me a cookbook detailing how to make artisan bread using an easy recipe. Two reasons why I thought this idea could work: 1) I love bread; and 2) I'm lazy, so easy is about my speed. 

I made my first attempt early in January, which is documented below. I haven't branched out much beyond the classic white boule....mainly because it's so damn good! But, I have made a whole wheat version and am planning on trying a white, bran-enriched boule and then a classic rye bread recipe. 



Yes, that is a Miracle Blade knife...our one late-night, TV infomercial impulse buy. Everyone has at least one such item tucked away, be it a Shamwow, a Snuggie, or a classic Ronco Dehydrator. "Set it and forget it!"


Freaking delicious

5 comments:

CBK said...
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CBK said...

Your boule bran is most definitely enriched.

Set it and forget it!

Kate said...

Add another reader to the ranks. I knew Adam's shout-out missed a major market segment...the men!

Mairead and Jason said...

This is awesome! And thanks for the shout out. Speaking of Snuggies. . . have you heard about the "Snug pub crawl?" Its coming to Boston soon!

Katrina said...

I can report that the bran enriched bread is awesome! I am in love with this book! We'll have to add fresh bread to our farm dinner menus.