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This thread is about Baking.
redglasscurls:
I am actually right in the middle of rising of my favorite bread recipe! It's from Mother Earth News (aka best magazine) and fantastic because it requires no kneading but still turns a nice fluffy boule-style loaf with minimal effort.
YOU NEED THIS:
- 3 cups lukewarm water
- 1.5 tbps dry yeast
- 1.5 tbsp sea salt (or normal salt, doesnt really matter)
- 6.5 cups unsifted, unbleached white flour (or white whole wheat, for health that still rises!)
YOU DO THIS:
1. In a large (LARGE) bowl, combine warm water, yeast, and salt. Don't worry about dissolving the yeast all the way, it does its own thing here.
2. Measure flour into the bowl with gentle scoops- don't pat down the flour while measuring, just scoop and level.
3. Mix until uniformly moist with a wooden spoon- it will be very very wet and loose, not like something you'd want to knead. DON'T ADD EXTRA FLOUR.
4. Cover loosely and let rise about 2 hours at room temperature, until the top starts to collapse/flatten.
5. Refrigerate for 3 hours to a week, or use some now (you have enough for four smallish loaves)
Baking!
6. Sprinkle the surface of the dough liberally with flour, then cut off about a grapefruit-sized honk. Shape with floured/oiled hands by holding in one hand and stretching the sides around to meet at the bottom- this will make a pretty little boule without funky cracks.
7. Sprinkle your pan (or pizza peel if you are fancy and have a baking stone) with cornmeal, and plop down your loaf- allow to rest for 40min.
8. Dust with flour, slash the loaf a few times with a serrated knife, then bake about 30min in a 450 degree F oven.
Cool completely before cutting to make the texture good:) Eat whole loaf in an hour.
You can also add herbs to the yeast/water mix if you like a nice herby boule!
Caleb:
I am totally going to bake herb bread this weekend.
usmcnavgeek:
My parents got me a bread machine for Christmas. I mean, that may not be *real* baking bread to some people, but the end result for me is the same.
The end result is warm bread. Man, warm bread is up there with sex. I mean they're both in, like, the top ten.
I like bread.
Emaline:
--- Quote from: Slick on 03 Jan 2010, 21:01 ---I have just updated my baking blog for the first time in a while. Tourtiere and Brownie Pie.
--- End quote ---
James! I have been dying to make tourtiere for awhile now. Thanks! I'm totally making yours!
Toba:
Oh my god baking thread baking thread baking thread baking thread baking thread.
I have got to bake something tomorrow. And tell you all about it. That cheesecake looks good!
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