[TheForge] OT bread

[Mark A. Pesetsky]

 This is the original...Was cleaning out the old e-mails and I saw that
it was still in with all of my old mail...


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