I opened on of my Christmas presents early this year - and it will be hard to beat. My mom sent me a stonewear bread pan made by the King Arthur flour company (click here). It is designed for the 3 cup of flour 'no knead' bread recipe. But instead of a big round ball you end up with more of a 'french bread' type loaf - much easier to slice.
I make a modified version of the 'no knead' bread recipe that I found in one of those Cooks Illustrated cooking magazines (click here).
http://breadtopia.com/cooks-illustrated-almost-no-knead/
It uses less water and you also add beer and vinegar. The beer and vinegar give the bread more of a yeasty and home baked smell than the original version. It also gives you a good excuse to buy and drink beer!
The first night I baked up a loaf Stuey, Nora and I ate the whole thing. We sliced it hot from the oven buttered with salt sprinkled on top mmmm mmmm. ..
Thank you mom for the best Christmas present of the year!
Patrick
Ooooooh! That looks amazing.
ReplyDeleteThe bread pan looks great. You need an excuse to buy beer Patrick?
ReplyDeleteAlphie
Yeah Alphie, I was wondering about that too.
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