I do love baking. It takes a lot of time and I don't love that about it, but I love creating something wonderful from ingredients. I am interested in the process of turning basic things like flour, yeast, and water into something really outstanding. And tasty. I also think I have a knack for it so that's a bonus. I ordered some new bread-baking books from Amazon last month and have been poring over them. I'm ready to take my baking to the next level.
All that being said, today I'm going to a class about baking artisan bread in 5 minutes a day. The idea is that you start with a no-knead dough that is stored in the refrigerator and you can cut off whatever is needed for your baking that day - loaves of bread, rolls, pizza crust, etc.
I have to say, I'm skeptical. I haven't had a lot of luck with no-knead recipes in the past; the recipes I've tried called themselves "batter bread" and the texture was way off - more like banana bread.
I'll let you know how it turns out. I'm excited to learn a new baking technique. And if I actually do get some really beautiful AND delicious loaves in 5 minutes a day, my family may never eat store-bought bread again.
Terrific! I always wanted to do sourdough--and do it regularly and well. I did pretty well with yeast, but the sourdough always eluded me. Maybe you can find out something about that, too.
ReplyDeleteyou have always made the best homemade bread stuffs around! I dont have that talent - yeast does not like me, and wont raise! Same thing with Jello - cant make that stuff work either!! :o)
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