With that my shopping is done for this year. The package under the bear on the left is the last one. I am sure Maryann will love it. I don't think she knows what it is. However, she was hinting before it arrived that she might know.
Today was time to bake another loaf of bread. My favorite is this Light Whole Wheat bread. Earlier this year a friend gave me his technique for letting the bread machine make the dough and then letting the dough rise for about an hour and baking it in the oven. Since I have been doing that I have even enjoyed baking bread more.Last week I was very busy baking three loaves of Pepperoni Pizza Bread to give to friends for Christmas. We had three other couples in for dinner on Saturday. Part of the meal was samples of three different loaves I bake - Pepperoni Pizza Loaf, Whole Wheat Cornmeal, and Light Whole Wheat. There were favorable comments about the Pepperoni Pizza Bread. That was good because that is what they all received.
Marie Jo, a dear friend from France got me started baking about five years ago. We were visiting and she insisted I try it. Even though the first loaf was a disaster I am grateful that she did get me to do it. Within a week of our return home I had my own machine and have been using it ever since. At first I let the machine do all of the work. However, the bread came out very dense. Since I learned about baking it in the oven instead I really love home baked bread.
I hope you have found something similar that brings you pleasure.
Serve well and live fully.
6 comments:
Do you know you can actually MAKE someone's stomach grumble from a ton of miles away? That bread, looks amazing! And let me see if I get this right. You let the bread machine mix it, then you remove and let it rise and finally you bake it in the oven?
Droooool!
You got it. That is exactly what I do. Steve Holloway gave me the instructions on how to do it. I let it rise for an hour after kneading 6 or 7 times. I then put it in the oven preheated to 375 degrees. I let it bake for 35 to 40 minutes. I chose 35 minutes for this loaf.
Next time you come to town we will have some for you.
that sounds like a plan!
If you follow Jerry's recipe exactly it will bake perfectly in the machine. It is a dense bread to begin with, it is the perfect breakfast bread though. Try it with dried cranberries instead of raisins, you will have to rinse them first though. I love the smell of fresh baked bread.
At one time in my life, I spent 15 years running a bakery, so I know how to bake. Get rid of the bread machine, and do it the old fashioned way. You'll thank yourself. Just my $.02.
Good post.
We inherited a bread machine from dad. I let Clem do the creative stuff. His pizza dough is lovely. Nothing like the smell of fresh bread cooking. Dad had won some prizes in our local 'show'in the past so was very pleased along with his grapefruit marmalade. Delicious together.
Looks like you are on a winner, with all your readers, Jack. Delicious!
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