The recipe I use makes two loaves, and the first one came out of the oven about 20 minutes ago! It had a nice oven spring, meaning that when I shaped it, enough tension in the dough was created for it to rise well. For the bread noobies out there, think of it like winding up a rubber band so it can explode. Same general feeling. I can't wait to slice into it!
Blivy, the bread you made not only looked delicious, but it tasted amazing as well. While I have never baked bread myself, since I was a small child, I have been raised to appreciate nice bread(especially when it is fresh and warm out of the oven). I can remember going to a local bread shop every week with my mother and getting a slice of buttery cinnamon-raisin bread that I attempted to savor but was already inside my stomach before my mother got her slice. A good quality bread can be the icing on the cake to a home-cooked meal. I look forward to seeing and hopefully trying some of the masterpieces you knead so much passion into.
ReplyDelete“If thou tastest a crust of bread, thou tastest all the stars and all the heavens.” --Robert Browning
Well thanks, Scribs. Baking during the week is really hard, but I think I can pull it off again. I mean, I need to have something to post on here, right?
ReplyDeleteI understand the sentimentality you hold towards fresh bread -- the comfort food of comfort foods, I believe.