[TheForge] OT bread

[Jerry Frost]

While I haven't tried this recipe. . . Yet, It's pretty 
similar to a number of Italian breads I've seen. 
Usually they use more yeast and have more normal 
raising times, 1-3 hrs. Even my sourdough doesn't need 
12-24 hrs raising time. This bread is almost like 
baking the sponge.

The recipe I've been tweeking is the white bread from 
Joy of Cooking. It's the oldest and most popular white 
bread recipe in the book. The bread comes out with such 
a light flavor, butter almost hides it. I had to change 
the amount of liquid as what's called for was WAY too 
dry. Once I get this recipe straightened out I'll start 
playing with some of the others.

Normally I prefer a heartier bread but I need to shake 
the rust off and white bread is the most straight 
foreward. I think the next type will be either cracked 
wheat or whole wheat. Once I have my basic types down I 
can start really playing.

White chocolate cherry bread anyone?

Frosty
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From: <schade at acegroup.cc>

> If you're up for something new and better!!! follow 
> this link.
>
> http://fanaticcook.blogspot.com/2007/01/new-york-times-no-knead- 
> bread.html
>
> I just took out our first loaf of this "no knead 
> bread" that has been  passed around the www many 
> times since it's development. There is a  video of 
> the making of the no knead bread.
>
> What I did.
>
> I don't have a dutch oven as recommended by the 
> recipe but I saw on  several bread blogs that it 
> wasn't necessary. So I made my loaf on a  cookie 
> sheet. Worked great! Beyond expectations. The recipe 
> also calls  for "instant yeast". I used regular dry 
> yeast. Worked great!  The  recipe also called for 
> 450F for 30 min and then taking the lid off the 
> dutch oven for another 30 min. I preheated to 500F 
> and the bread was  done in 25 minutes. A beautiful 
> chewy crust. Big holes. Better than the  good bakery 
> bread for 5$ per loaf.
>
> Bob
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