My first real experience with homemade bread was no-knead bread was over two and half years ago. I found it terribly sticky & very difficult to work with every time I tried it, and I gave up and haven’t tried again in a very long time. I stopped messing with no-knead, and concentrated on mixing [...]
Posts Tagged ‘yeast bread’
Experiment: Whole Wheat, Cornmeal, Barley Sesame Seed Bread
I love experimenting with cold fermentation for developing flavorful bread dough. I started a new (for me) bread experiment yesterday, based on the technique of Peter Reinhart’s book “Whole Grain Breads: New Techniques, Extraordinary Flavor“. In the book, Peter advises to mix both a mash and a biga, refrigerate for at least 12 hours, then [...]
Peter Reinhart’s Transitional Whole Wheat Bread – Using a Bread Machine
I’ve been experimenting with bread dough, and have found that a long slow fermentation makes the most flavorful, delicious bread! I experimented with my own recipe, but wanted to keep exploring. I’m all about whole grains, so reading Peter Reinhart’s Whole Grain Breads: New Techniques, Extraordinary Flavor seemed like the next logical step! I’m really [...]
First Soaker and Biga!
Well it was my first try at a soaker and biga. Whoo hoo! I followed a recipe from Peter Reinhart’s Whole Grain Breads: New Techniques, Extraordinary Flavor I followed the Multigrain Stuan recipe on page 102. Actually I shouldn’t even be calling them recipes, (thanks Pen!) they are actually called “formulas” I started out very [...]
Most Delicious Flavorful Whole Grain Bread!
I’ve been experimenting for a few weeks, and I think I’ve found the trick to making delicious flavorful bread dough. It’s easy, but it’s time consuming, taking about 2 days to complete. You can use any whole grain/whole wheat bread recipe, but reduce the yeast amount to 1/2 or 3/4 tsp. Here’s what you do:
Baking Bread Blindfolded!
Ha! Well, the title is a bit misleading. I don’t think I could bake bread blindfolded, but I do have my base recipe for bread memorized. I am so proud of myself! 2 Tbsp Olive Oil 1 cup plus 3 Tbsp of water (optionally includes 1-2 Tbsp of honey or molasses or OJ) 12 oz [...]
First Bread Dough Kneaded By Hand
INSPIRATION from the Kitchen Bootcamp – this month’s challenge is yeast breads. I tried to think outside the box and try something new…very timely since I think my wonderful (and old) bread machine died this morning. I don’t know if it’s recoverable, we’ll see if DH can fix it. The ingredients were in the machine [...]
Whole Wheat Rye Sunflower Caraway Bread
I found a great “cooking challenge group” called Kitchen Bootcamp. The challenge this month is yeast bread, so I’m trying to bake out of my comfort zone. It’s tough because when I bake bread (twice a week), I just don’t have the time to experiment with new techniques, but when I realized my loaf pan [...]
Mixing Bread Dough in Food Processor – Best Bread Ever Book
(For Kitchen Bootcamp. The challenge this month is yeast bread) I found a copy of the book “The Best Bread Ever: Great Homemade Bread Using your Food Processor” at the library. I was intrigued because he introduced a technique for mixing bread dough in a food processor. The book is currently out of print (it [...]
100% Whole Grain No-Knead Bread Retry
When will I learn? Hahaha. I just don’t seem to be meshing with the no-knead bread craze! Whenever I try, it always seems like more work to me, and always makes me feel intimidated by the sticky flimsy dough! Very frustrating. But I keep trying. I’m sure this will not be my last attempt, especially [...]
