Re: [CnD] What do I need to begin baking bread?
Hi Will, You don't have to have a bread machine to make bread, but many people make bread using a machine. If you don't have a machine, then you just have to do all the mixing and kneading by hand. Some people find it peaceful to knead bread and do it all by hand. If you want yeast bread, then you will need yeast, water, sugar, flour, whatever the recipe calls for. You can also make several breads without yeast--like biscuits, cornbread, etc. I used to have a bunch of bread recipes but I think I got rid of them as we don't make anything like that now. But there are lots of recipes on the Internet, and probably in the Betty Crocker cookbooks. Also, I'll look around and see if I still have some. I remember the first bread I ever made. It was my aunt's recipe; she called the biscuits "cat's heads". They sure were ugly, but all I had to do was mix and drop on a cookie sheet. Then I made bread by just pouring the batter into a pan and cooking it in a "cake". Kneading and nicer-looking breads came later. mailto:cookinginthedark@acbradio.org] Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2017 4:52 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: William Henderson Subject: [CnD] What do I need to begin baking bread? Hello, It's kind of cool that I'm asking this, as my cooking skills have begun to get better and now I can prepare very simple meals and am getting better. I love bread and have always wondered how to bake bread. Even if it's just bread I can just use for eating with dinner or sandwiches and then getting better. I want to know what materials I need to begin. I know I need some kind of bread machine but don't have one. What do you recommend? And, does anyone have recipes to get me started? I hope it will be easy. Will ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
Re: [CnD] What do I need to begin baking bread?
You don't have to have a bread machine. I don't have one. I started out making white bread. > On Jan 7, 2017, at 4:51 PM, William Henderson via Cookinginthedark > wrote: > > Hello, > > It's kind of cool that I'm asking this, as my cooking skills have > begun to get better and now I can prepare very simple meals and am > getting better. > I love bread and have always wondered how to bake bread. Even if it's > just bread I can just use for eating with dinner or sandwiches and > then getting better. > I want to know what materials I need to begin. I know I need some > kind of bread machine but don't have one. What do you recommend? > And, does anyone have recipes to get me started? I hope it will be easy. > Will > ___ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
Re: [CnD] What do I need to begin baking bread?
There was this really wonderful lady who used to make white bread for me when I was little. I don't know what her recipe was but it was the best bread I ever had--she didn't have a machine, and I've never tasted any bread (machine or otherwise) that tasted as good as hers. mailto:cookinginthedark@acbradio.org] Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2017 5:29 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Kathy Brandt Subject: Re: [CnD] What do I need to begin baking bread? You don't have to have a bread machine. I don't have one. I started out making white bread. > On Jan 7, 2017, at 4:51 PM, William Henderson via Cookinginthedark > wrote: > > Hello, > > It's kind of cool that I'm asking this, as my cooking skills have > begun to get better and now I can prepare very simple meals and am > getting better. > I love bread and have always wondered how to bake bread. Even if it's > just bread I can just use for eating with dinner or sandwiches and > then getting better. > I want to know what materials I need to begin. I know I need some > kind of bread machine but don't have one. What do you recommend? > And, does anyone have recipes to get me started? I hope it will be easy. > Will > ___ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
Re: [CnD] What do I need to begin baking bread?
Hi Will, You can certainly purchase a bread machine, but you don't need one! I'm going to share an easy recipe for crusty French-style bread. The dough makes enough for at least 3 loaves, and you don't have to use it all at once. You can store it, covered in the refrigerator, for up to 2 weeks, and take it out to bake another loaf as needed. I love this bread and made it quite a lot at the beginning of 2016, then I got out of the habbit. I think you are inspiring me to begin making bread again! Hardly anything in the world is more delicious than homemade bread with sweet Irish butter! Simple Crusty Bread, from "Artisan Bread for 5 Minutes a Da " Here's the recipe for Simple Crusty Bread that ran in The New York Times: "In a large bowl or plastic container, mix 1 1/2 tablespoons yeast and 1 1/2 tablespoons kosher salt into 3 cups lukewarm water (about 100 degrees). Stir in 6 1/2 cups flour, mixing until there are no dry patches. Dough will be quite loose. Cover, but not with an airtight lid. Let dough rise at room temperature 2 hours (or up to 5 hours). "Bake at this point or refrigerate, covered, for as long as two weeks. When ready to bake, sprinkle a little flour on dough and cut off a grapefruit-size piece with serrated knife. Turn dough in hands to lightly stretch surface, creating a rounded top and a lumpy bottom. Put dough on pizza peel sprinkled with cornmeal; let rest 40 minutes. Repeat with remaining dough or refrigerate it. "Place broiler pan on bottom of oven. Place baking stone on middle rack and turn oven to 450 degrees; heat stone at that temperature for 20 minutes. Dust dough with flour, slash top with serrated or very sharp knife three times. Slide onto stone. Pour 1 cup hot water into broiler pan and shut oven quickly to trap steam. Bake until well-browned, about 30 minutes. Cool completely. Yields 4 loaves." I usually get only 3 loaves from this amount of dough -- I guess my family likes a larger loaf. Like any French bread, this loaf does not keep very well -- but we have no trouble eating most of a loaf at one meal and making French toast out of any that's left over. Enjoy! Penny On 1/7/17, Deborah Barnes via Cookinginthedark wrote: > There was this really wonderful lady who used to make white bread for me > when I was little. I don't know what her recipe was but it was the best > bread I ever had--she didn't have a machine, and I've never tasted any bread > (machine or otherwise) that tasted as good as hers. > Deb B. > > -Original Message- > From: Kathy Brandt via Cookinginthedark > [mailto:cookinginthedark@acbradio.org] > Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2017 5:29 PM > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > Cc: Kathy Brandt > Subject: Re: [CnD] What do I need to begin baking bread? > > You don't have to have a bread machine. I don't have one. I started out > making white bread. > >> On Jan 7, 2017, at 4:51 PM, William Henderson via Cookinginthedark >> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> It's kind of cool that I'm asking this, as my cooking skills have >> begun to get better and now I can prepare very simple meals and am >> getting better. >> I love bread and have always wondered how to bake bread. Even if it's >> just bread I can just use for eating with dinner or sandwiches and >> then getting better. >> I want to know what materials I need to begin. I know I need some >> kind of bread machine but don't have one. What do you recommend? >> And, does anyone have recipes to get me started? I hope it will be easy. >> Will >> ___ >> Cookinginthedark mailing list >> Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > ___ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > ___ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
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White bread, huh? Yeah. Sounds great! On 1/7/17, Penny Reeder via Cookinginthedark wrote: > Hi Will, You can certainly purchase a bread machine, but you don't > need one! I'm going to share an easy recipe for crusty French-style > bread. The dough makes enough for at least 3 loaves, and you don't > have to use it all at once. You can store it, covered in the > refrigerator, for up to 2 weeks, and take it out to bake another loaf > as needed. I love this bread and made it quite a lot at the beginning > of 2016, then I got out of the habbit. I think you are inspiring me to > begin making bread again! Hardly anything in the world is more > delicious than homemade bread with sweet Irish butter! > > Simple Crusty Bread, from "Artisan Bread for 5 Minutes a Da > " > > Here's the recipe for Simple Crusty Bread that ran in The New York > Times: "In a large bowl or > plastic container, mix 1 1/2 tablespoons yeast and 1 1/2 tablespoons > kosher salt into 3 cups > lukewarm water (about 100 degrees). Stir in 6 1/2 cups flour, mixing > until there are no dry > patches. Dough will be quite loose. Cover, but not with an airtight > lid. Let dough rise at room > temperature 2 hours (or up to 5 hours). > > "Bake at this point or refrigerate, covered, for as long as two weeks. > When ready to bake, > sprinkle a little flour on dough and cut off a grapefruit-size piece > with serrated knife. Turn > dough in hands to lightly stretch surface, creating a rounded top and > a lumpy bottom. Put dough on > pizza peel sprinkled with cornmeal; let rest 40 minutes. Repeat with > remaining dough or > refrigerate it. > > "Place broiler pan on bottom of oven. Place baking stone on middle > rack and turn oven to 450 > degrees; heat stone at that temperature for 20 minutes. Dust dough > with flour, slash top with > serrated or very sharp knife three times. Slide onto stone. Pour 1 cup > hot water into broiler pan > and shut oven quickly to trap steam. Bake until well-browned, about 30 > minutes. Cool completely. > Yields 4 loaves." > > > > I usually get only 3 loaves from this amount of dough -- I guess my > family likes a larger loaf. Like any French bread, this loaf does not > keep very well -- but we have no trouble eating most of a loaf at one > meal and making French toast out of any that's left over. > > Enjoy! > Penny > > > On 1/7/17, Deborah Barnes via Cookinginthedark > wrote: >> There was this really wonderful lady who used to make white bread for me >> when I was little. I don't know what her recipe was but it was the best >> bread I ever had--she didn't have a machine, and I've never tasted any >> bread >> (machine or otherwise) that tasted as good as hers. > >> Deb B. >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Kathy Brandt via Cookinginthedark >> [mailto:cookinginthedark@acbradio.org] >> Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2017 5:29 PM >> To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >> Cc: Kathy Brandt >> Subject: Re: [CnD] What do I need to begin baking bread? >> >> You don't have to have a bread machine. I don't have one. I started out >> making white bread. >> >>> On Jan 7, 2017, at 4:51 PM, William Henderson via Cookinginthedark >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> It's kind of cool that I'm asking this, as my cooking skills have >>> begun to get better and now I can prepare very simple meals and am >>> getting better. >>> I love bread and have always wondered how to bake bread. Even if it's >>> just bread I can just use for eating with dinner or sandwiches and >>> then getting better. >>> I want to know what materials I need to begin. I know I need some >>> kind of bread machine but don't have one. What do you recommend? >>> And, does anyone have recipes to get me started? I hope it will be >>> easy. >>> Will >>> ___ >>> Cookinginthedark mailing list >>> Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >>> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >> >> ___ >> Cookinginthedark mailing list >> Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >> >> ___ >> Cookinginthedark mailing list >> Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark >> > ___ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
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Hi, I agree with Deborah on what you need for bread making. Made bread off and on over the years. I'll add that if you have a mixer with a dough hook, like a KitchenAid, you can kndead the bread that way. Good luck. Jeeanne -Original Message- From: William Henderson via Cookinginthedark [mailto:cookinginthedark@acbradio.org] Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2017 3:52 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: William Henderson Subject: [CnD] What do I need to begin baking bread? Hello, It's kind of cool that I'm asking this, as my cooking skills have begun to get better and now I can prepare very simple meals and am getting better. I love bread and have always wondered how to bake bread. Even if it's just bread I can just use for eating with dinner or sandwiches and then getting better. I want to know what materials I need to begin. I know I need some kind of bread machine but don't have one. What do you recommend? And, does anyone have recipes to get me started? I hope it will be easy. Will ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
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No. No mixer except one little one with two beaters like for cake mix. On 1/7/17, Jeanne Fike via Cookinginthedark wrote: > Hi, I agree with Deborah on what you need for bread making. Made bread off > and on over the years. > I'll add that if you have a mixer with a dough hook, like a KitchenAid, you > can kndead the bread that way. > Good luck. > Jeeanne > > -Original Message- > From: William Henderson via Cookinginthedark > [mailto:cookinginthedark@acbradio.org] > Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2017 3:52 PM > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > Cc: William Henderson > Subject: [CnD] What do I need to begin baking bread? > > Hello, > > It's kind of cool that I'm asking this, as my cooking skills have > begun to get better and now I can prepare very simple meals and am > getting better. > I love bread and have always wondered how to bake bread. Even if it's > just bread I can just use for eating with dinner or sandwiches and > then getting better. > I want to know what materials I need to begin. I know I need some > kind of bread machine but don't have one. What do you recommend? > And, does anyone have recipes to get me started? I hope it will be easy. > Will > ___ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > ___ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
Re: [CnD] What do I need to begin baking bread?
penny, this does not have any flour. don't you need it? Steve Stewatrt -Original Message- From: Penny Reeder via Cookinginthedark Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2017 6:31 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Penny Reeder Subject: Re: [CnD] What do I need to begin baking bread? Hi Will, You can certainly purchase a bread machine, but you don't need one! I'm going to share an easy recipe for crusty French-style bread. The dough makes enough for at least 3 loaves, and you don't have to use it all at once. You can store it, covered in the refrigerator, for up to 2 weeks, and take it out to bake another loaf as needed. I love this bread and made it quite a lot at the beginning of 2016, then I got out of the habbit. I think you are inspiring me to begin making bread again! Hardly anything in the world is more delicious than homemade bread with sweet Irish butter! Simple Crusty Bread, from "Artisan Bread for 5 Minutes a Da " Here's the recipe for Simple Crusty Bread that ran in The New York Times: "In a large bowl or plastic container, mix 1 1/2 tablespoons yeast and 1 1/2 tablespoons kosher salt into 3 cups lukewarm water (about 100 degrees). Stir in 6 1/2 cups flour, mixing until there are no dry patches. Dough will be quite loose. Cover, but not with an airtight lid. Let dough rise at room temperature 2 hours (or up to 5 hours). "Bake at this point or refrigerate, covered, for as long as two weeks. When ready to bake, sprinkle a little flour on dough and cut off a grapefruit-size piece with serrated knife. Turn dough in hands to lightly stretch surface, creating a rounded top and a lumpy bottom. Put dough on pizza peel sprinkled with cornmeal; let rest 40 minutes. Repeat with remaining dough or refrigerate it. "Place broiler pan on bottom of oven. Place baking stone on middle rack and turn oven to 450 degrees; heat stone at that temperature for 20 minutes. Dust dough with flour, slash top with serrated or very sharp knife three times. Slide onto stone. Pour 1 cup hot water into broiler pan and shut oven quickly to trap steam. Bake until well-browned, about 30 minutes. Cool completely. Yields 4 loaves." I usually get only 3 loaves from this amount of dough -- I guess my family likes a larger loaf. Like any French bread, this loaf does not keep very well -- but we have no trouble eating most of a loaf at one meal and making French toast out of any that's left over. Enjoy! Penny On 1/7/17, Deborah Barnes via Cookinginthedark wrote: There was this really wonderful lady who used to make white bread for me when I was little. I don't know what her recipe was but it was the best bread I ever had--she didn't have a machine, and I've never tasted any bread (machine or otherwise) that tasted as good as hers. mailto:cookinginthedark@acbradio.org] Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2017 5:29 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Kathy Brandt Subject: Re: [CnD] What do I need to begin baking bread? You don't have to have a bread machine. I don't have one. I started out making white bread. On Jan 7, 2017, at 4:51 PM, William Henderson via Cookinginthedark wrote: Hello, It's kind of cool that I'm asking this, as my cooking skills have begun to get better and now I can prepare very simple meals and am getting better. I love bread and have always wondered how to bake bread. Even if it's just bread I can just use for eating with dinner or sandwiches and then getting better. I want to know what materials I need to begin. I know I need some kind of bread machine but don't have one. What do you recommend? And, does anyone have recipes to get me started? I hope it will be easy. Will ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark Steve Stewart CnD Moderator email; cookda...@suddenlink.net ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
Re: [CnD] What do I need to begin baking bread?
Dear Steve, I'm not Penny, but I looked over her original message and I saw this instruction: Stir in 6 1/2 cups flour, mixing until there are no dry patches. It looks like there is indeed flour in this recipe. You may have just missed it, but it's there. On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 12:39 AM, Steve Stewart via Cookinginthedark < cookinginthedark@acbradio.org> wrote: > penny, this does not have any flour. don't you need it? > Steve Stewatrt > > -Original Message- From: Penny Reeder via Cookinginthedark > Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2017 6:31 PM > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > Cc: Penny Reeder > Subject: Re: [CnD] What do I need to begin baking bread? > > Hi Will, You can certainly purchase a bread machine, but you don't > need one! I'm going to share an easy recipe for crusty French-style > bread. The dough makes enough for at least 3 loaves, and you don't > have to use it all at once. You can store it, covered in the > refrigerator, for up to 2 weeks, and take it out to bake another loaf > as needed. I love this bread and made it quite a lot at the beginning > of 2016, then I got out of the habbit. I think you are inspiring me to > begin making bread again! Hardly anything in the world is more > delicious than homemade bread with sweet Irish butter! > > Simple Crusty Bread, from "Artisan Bread for 5 Minutes a Da > " > > Here's the recipe for Simple Crusty Bread that ran in The New York > Times: "In a large bowl or > plastic container, mix 1 1/2 tablespoons yeast and 1 1/2 tablespoons > kosher salt into 3 cups > lukewarm water (about 100 degrees). Stir in 6 1/2 cups flour, mixing > until there are no dry > patches. Dough will be quite loose. Cover, but not with an airtight > lid. Let dough rise at room > temperature 2 hours (or up to 5 hours). > > "Bake at this point or refrigerate, covered, for as long as two weeks. > When ready to bake, > sprinkle a little flour on dough and cut off a grapefruit-size piece > with serrated knife. Turn > dough in hands to lightly stretch surface, creating a rounded top and > a lumpy bottom. Put dough on > pizza peel sprinkled with cornmeal; let rest 40 minutes. Repeat with > remaining dough or > refrigerate it. > > "Place broiler pan on bottom of oven. Place baking stone on middle > rack and turn oven to 450 > degrees; heat stone at that temperature for 20 minutes. Dust dough > with flour, slash top with > serrated or very sharp knife three times. Slide onto stone. Pour 1 cup > hot water into broiler pan > and shut oven quickly to trap steam. Bake until well-browned, about 30 > minutes. Cool completely. > Yields 4 loaves." > > > > I usually get only 3 loaves from this amount of dough -- I guess my > family likes a larger loaf. Like any French bread, this loaf does not > keep very well -- but we have no trouble eating most of a loaf at one > meal and making French toast out of any that's left over. > > Enjoy! > Penny > > > On 1/7/17, Deborah Barnes via Cookinginthedark > wrote: > >> There was this really wonderful lady who used to make white bread for me >> when I was little. I don't know what her recipe was but it was the best >> bread I ever had--she didn't have a machine, and I've never tasted any >> bread >> (machine or otherwise) that tasted as good as hers. > >> Deb B. >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Kathy Brandt via Cookinginthedark >> [mailto:cookinginthedark@acbradio.org] >> Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2017 5:29 PM >> To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >> Cc: Kathy Brandt >> Subject: Re: [CnD] What do I need to begin baking bread? >> >> You don't have to have a bread machine. I don't have one. I started out >> making white bread. >> >> On Jan 7, 2017, at 4:51 PM, William Henderson via Cookinginthedark >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> It's kind of cool that I'm asking this, as my cooking skills have >>> begun to get better and now I can prepare very simple meals and am >>> getting better. >>> I love bread and have always wondered how to bake bread. Even if it's >>> just bread I can just use for eating with dinner or sandwiches and >>> then getting better. >>> I want to know what materials I need to begin. I know I need some >>> kind of bread machine but don't have one. What do you recommend? >>> And, does anyone have recipes to get me started? I hope it will be easy. >>> Will >>> ___ >>> Cookinginthedark mailing
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It says: stir in 6-1/2 cups flour. Deb B. -Original Message- From: Cindy Simpson via Cookinginthedark [mailto:cookinginthedark@acbradio.org] Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2017 1:47 AM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Cindy Simpson Subject: Re: [CnD] What do I need to begin baking bread? Dear Steve, I'm not Penny, but I looked over her original message and I saw this instruction: Stir in 6 1/2 cups flour, mixing until there are no dry patches. It looks like there is indeed flour in this recipe. You may have just missed it, but it's there. On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 12:39 AM, Steve Stewart via Cookinginthedark < cookinginthedark@acbradio.org> wrote: > penny, this does not have any flour. don't you need it? > Steve Stewatrt > > -Original Message- From: Penny Reeder via Cookinginthedark > Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2017 6:31 PM > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > Cc: Penny Reeder > Subject: Re: [CnD] What do I need to begin baking bread? > > Hi Will, You can certainly purchase a bread machine, but you don't > need one! I'm going to share an easy recipe for crusty French-style > bread. The dough makes enough for at least 3 loaves, and you don't > have to use it all at once. You can store it, covered in the > refrigerator, for up to 2 weeks, and take it out to bake another loaf > as needed. I love this bread and made it quite a lot at the beginning > of 2016, then I got out of the habbit. I think you are inspiring me to > begin making bread again! Hardly anything in the world is more > delicious than homemade bread with sweet Irish butter! > > Simple Crusty Bread, from "Artisan Bread for 5 Minutes a Da " > > Here's the recipe for Simple Crusty Bread that ran in The New York > Times: "In a large bowl or > plastic container, mix 1 1/2 tablespoons yeast and 1 1/2 tablespoons > kosher salt into 3 cups lukewarm water (about 100 degrees). Stir in 6 > 1/2 cups flour, mixing until there are no dry patches. Dough will be > quite loose. Cover, but not with an airtight lid. Let dough rise at > room temperature 2 hours (or up to 5 hours). > > "Bake at this point or refrigerate, covered, for as long as two weeks. > When ready to bake, > sprinkle a little flour on dough and cut off a grapefruit-size piece > with serrated knife. Turn dough in hands to lightly stretch surface, > creating a rounded top and a lumpy bottom. Put dough on pizza peel > sprinkled with cornmeal; let rest 40 minutes. Repeat with remaining > dough or refrigerate it. > > "Place broiler pan on bottom of oven. Place baking stone on middle > rack and turn oven to 450 degrees; heat stone at that temperature for > 20 minutes. Dust dough with flour, slash top with serrated or very > sharp knife three times. Slide onto stone. Pour 1 cup hot water into > broiler pan and shut oven quickly to trap steam. Bake until > well-browned, about 30 minutes. Cool completely. > Yields 4 loaves." > > > > I usually get only 3 loaves from this amount of dough -- I guess my > family likes a larger loaf. Like any French bread, this loaf does not > keep very well -- but we have no trouble eating most of a loaf at one > meal and making French toast out of any that's left over. > > Enjoy! > Penny > > > On 1/7/17, Deborah Barnes via Cookinginthedark > wrote: > >> There was this really wonderful lady who used to make white bread for >> me when I was little. I don't know what her recipe was but it was >> the best bread I ever had--she didn't have a machine, and I've never >> tasted any bread (machine or otherwise) that tasted as good as hers. >> > >> Deb B. >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Kathy Brandt via Cookinginthedark >> [mailto:cookinginthedark@acbradio.org] >> Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2017 5:29 PM >> To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >> Cc: Kathy Brandt >> Subject: Re: [CnD] What do I need to begin baking bread? >> >> You don't have to have a bread machine. I don't have one. I started >> out making white bread. >> >> On Jan 7, 2017, at 4:51 PM, William Henderson via Cookinginthedark >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> It's kind of cool that I'm asking this, as my cooking skills have >>> begun to get better and now I can prepare very simple meals and am >>> getting better. >>> I love bread and have always wondered how to bake bread. Even if >>> it's just bread I can just use for eating with dinner or sandwiches >>> and then getting better. >>> I want to know what materials I need to begin. I know I
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Steve, The recipe says 6-1/2 cups flour! Try it, you'll love the results! Happy new year! Penny On 1/10/17, Deborah Barnes via Cookinginthedark wrote: > It says: stir in 6-1/2 cups flour. > > Deb B. > > -Original Message- > From: Cindy Simpson via Cookinginthedark > [mailto:cookinginthedark@acbradio.org] > Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2017 1:47 AM > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > Cc: Cindy Simpson > Subject: Re: [CnD] What do I need to begin baking bread? > > Dear Steve, > I'm not Penny, but I looked over her original message and I saw this > instruction: > Stir in 6 1/2 cups flour, mixing > until there are no dry > patches. > > It looks like there is indeed flour in this recipe. You may have just > missed it, but it's there. > > > > On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 12:39 AM, Steve Stewart via Cookinginthedark < > cookinginthedark@acbradio.org> wrote: > >> penny, this does not have any flour. don't you need it? >> Steve Stewatrt >> >> -Original Message- From: Penny Reeder via Cookinginthedark >> Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2017 6:31 PM >> To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >> Cc: Penny Reeder >> Subject: Re: [CnD] What do I need to begin baking bread? >> >> Hi Will, You can certainly purchase a bread machine, but you don't >> need one! I'm going to share an easy recipe for crusty French-style >> bread. The dough makes enough for at least 3 loaves, and you don't >> have to use it all at once. You can store it, covered in the >> refrigerator, for up to 2 weeks, and take it out to bake another loaf >> as needed. I love this bread and made it quite a lot at the beginning >> of 2016, then I got out of the habbit. I think you are inspiring me to >> begin making bread again! Hardly anything in the world is more >> delicious than homemade bread with sweet Irish butter! >> >> Simple Crusty Bread, from "Artisan Bread for 5 Minutes a Da " >> >> Here's the recipe for Simple Crusty Bread that ran in The New York >> Times: "In a large bowl or >> plastic container, mix 1 1/2 tablespoons yeast and 1 1/2 tablespoons >> kosher salt into 3 cups lukewarm water (about 100 degrees). Stir in 6 >> 1/2 cups flour, mixing until there are no dry patches. Dough will be >> quite loose. Cover, but not with an airtight lid. Let dough rise at >> room temperature 2 hours (or up to 5 hours). >> >> "Bake at this point or refrigerate, covered, for as long as two weeks. >> When ready to bake, >> sprinkle a little flour on dough and cut off a grapefruit-size piece >> with serrated knife. Turn dough in hands to lightly stretch surface, >> creating a rounded top and a lumpy bottom. Put dough on pizza peel >> sprinkled with cornmeal; let rest 40 minutes. Repeat with remaining >> dough or refrigerate it. >> >> "Place broiler pan on bottom of oven. Place baking stone on middle >> rack and turn oven to 450 degrees; heat stone at that temperature for >> 20 minutes. Dust dough with flour, slash top with serrated or very >> sharp knife three times. Slide onto stone. Pour 1 cup hot water into >> broiler pan and shut oven quickly to trap steam. Bake until >> well-browned, about 30 minutes. Cool completely. >> Yields 4 loaves." >> >> >> >> I usually get only 3 loaves from this amount of dough -- I guess my >> family likes a larger loaf. Like any French bread, this loaf does not >> keep very well -- but we have no trouble eating most of a loaf at one >> meal and making French toast out of any that's left over. >> >> Enjoy! >> Penny >> >> >> On 1/7/17, Deborah Barnes via Cookinginthedark >> wrote: >> >>> There was this really wonderful lady who used to make white bread for >>> me when I was little. I don't know what her recipe was but it was >>> the best bread I ever had--she didn't have a machine, and I've never >>> tasted any bread (machine or otherwise) that tasted as good as hers. >>> >> >>> Deb B. >>> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: Kathy Brandt via Cookinginthedark >>> [mailto:cookinginthedark@acbradio.org] >>> Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2017 5:29 PM >>> To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >>> Cc: Kathy Brandt >>> Subject: Re: [CnD] What do I need to begin baking bread? >>> >>> You don't have to have a bread machine. I don't have one. I started >>> out making white bread. >>> >>> On Jan 7, 2017, at 4:51 PM, William Hende
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Penny, where might I find this sweet Irish butter? On 1/10/17, Penny Reeder via Cookinginthedark wrote: > Steve, The recipe says 6-1/2 cups flour! > > Try it, you'll love the results! > Happy new year! > Penny > > On 1/10/17, Deborah Barnes via Cookinginthedark > wrote: >> It says: stir in 6-1/2 cups flour. >> >> Deb B. >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Cindy Simpson via Cookinginthedark >> [mailto:cookinginthedark@acbradio.org] >> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2017 1:47 AM >> To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >> Cc: Cindy Simpson >> Subject: Re: [CnD] What do I need to begin baking bread? >> >> Dear Steve, >> I'm not Penny, but I looked over her original message and I saw this >> instruction: >> Stir in 6 1/2 cups flour, mixing >> until there are no dry >> patches. >> >> It looks like there is indeed flour in this recipe. You may have just >> missed it, but it's there. >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 12:39 AM, Steve Stewart via Cookinginthedark < >> cookinginthedark@acbradio.org> wrote: >> >>> penny, this does not have any flour. don't you need it? >>> Steve Stewatrt >>> >>> -Original Message- From: Penny Reeder via Cookinginthedark >>> Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2017 6:31 PM >>> To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org >>> Cc: Penny Reeder >>> Subject: Re: [CnD] What do I need to begin baking bread? >>> >>> Hi Will, You can certainly purchase a bread machine, but you don't >>> need one! I'm going to share an easy recipe for crusty French-style >>> bread. The dough makes enough for at least 3 loaves, and you don't >>> have to use it all at once. You can store it, covered in the >>> refrigerator, for up to 2 weeks, and take it out to bake another loaf >>> as needed. I love this bread and made it quite a lot at the beginning >>> of 2016, then I got out of the habbit. I think you are inspiring me to >>> begin making bread again! Hardly anything in the world is more >>> delicious than homemade bread with sweet Irish butter! >>> >>> Simple Crusty Bread, from "Artisan Bread for 5 Minutes a Da " >>> >>> Here's the recipe for Simple Crusty Bread that ran in The New York >>> Times: "In a large bowl or >>> plastic container, mix 1 1/2 tablespoons yeast and 1 1/2 tablespoons >>> kosher salt into 3 cups lukewarm water (about 100 degrees). Stir in 6 >>> 1/2 cups flour, mixing until there are no dry patches. Dough will be >>> quite loose. Cover, but not with an airtight lid. Let dough rise at >>> room temperature 2 hours (or up to 5 hours). >>> >>> "Bake at this point or refrigerate, covered, for as long as two weeks. >>> When ready to bake, >>> sprinkle a little flour on dough and cut off a grapefruit-size piece >>> with serrated knife. Turn dough in hands to lightly stretch surface, >>> creating a rounded top and a lumpy bottom. Put dough on pizza peel >>> sprinkled with cornmeal; let rest 40 minutes. Repeat with remaining >>> dough or refrigerate it. >>> >>> "Place broiler pan on bottom of oven. Place baking stone on middle >>> rack and turn oven to 450 degrees; heat stone at that temperature for >>> 20 minutes. Dust dough with flour, slash top with serrated or very >>> sharp knife three times. Slide onto stone. Pour 1 cup hot water into >>> broiler pan and shut oven quickly to trap steam. Bake until >>> well-browned, about 30 minutes. Cool completely. >>> Yields 4 loaves." >>> >>> >>> >>> I usually get only 3 loaves from this amount of dough -- I guess my >>> family likes a larger loaf. Like any French bread, this loaf does not >>> keep very well -- but we have no trouble eating most of a loaf at one >>> meal and making French toast out of any that's left over. >>> >>> Enjoy! >>> Penny >>> >>> >>> On 1/7/17, Deborah Barnes via Cookinginthedark >>> wrote: >>> >>>> There was this really wonderful lady who used to make white bread for >>>> me when I was little. I don't know what her recipe was but it was >>>> the best bread I ever had--she didn't have a machine, and I've never >>>> tasted any bread (machine or otherwise) that tasted as good as hers. >>>> >>> >>>> Deb B. >>>> >>>> -Original Messag