I'm on a Roll!

Bread# 2 is a no knead sourdough recipe.  I'm on a sourdough roll, er I'm having a boule!   Ok all terrible puns aside this one had a much lighter crust and I think I like it better than the painful 24 hour knead by hand version.  It only takes like 4-6 hours and was so easy!







This came from the godfather of no knead bread recipes, Jim Lahey, of the Sullivan Street bakery.   Here's the recipe: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-27/new-york-s-bread-master-teaches-you-how-to-make-easy-sourdough   I didn't have whole wheat flour or bread flour so just used all unbleached AP flour, and I didn't have wheat bran so I used regular flour.   It spread out a bit while I was letting it rise (I was at the park) so when I got back I just had to deal with the fact that it was larger than the pot and it has wrinkles on the sides from where I dropped it in, parchment and all.  I also still cannot get scoring down, but this recipe is a keeper!   Delicious!

My first Sourdough bread

I've been nurturing a starter from a friend since Tuesday and today I've finally had some success with bread.  This loaf was about 24 hours in the making and required a lot of kneading.  I added the salt in a step too soon so I'm wondering if that's what caused me so much kneading and I still didn't get a windowpane.   It was good though!  I'm going to need to figure out a better way since I had to get up at 1AM to shape the loaves due to my getting a late start!   I also need to figure out how to score the bread better, my serrated knife did nothing.

Easter Baking 2018

Has it really been over a year since I've posted anything?   I guess so!  I was busy baking, I made a plain lamb bread, a cranberry pecan lamb bread and a bunny cake for Easter.  Also still proofing is a rosemary garlic bread that I put in the fridge while I went over to my in-laws house for Easter Brunch.   The kids helped me mix up this no knead recipe from Artisan Bread with Steve on YouTube

Artisan Bread with Steve's No Knead bread in a pan

It's so easy I might start making more bread at home!  It just requires patience.

I'm also hoping the techniques will work with the sourdough starter that a friend is giving me.  Hopefully I'll post about that soon :)