As I’m sure my regular readers have noticed, I have a bit of an obsession with no-knead bread. I’ve marveled at the simplicity of it, and often wonder how such a thing is even possible. This article, from the New York Times, gives a good explanation. I had tried a grainy variation of the no-knead…
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Almost No-Knead Bread (a.k.a. “Failbread”)
Being a devotee of America’s Test Kitchen and Cook’s Illustrated as I am, I was delighted to see that they had a version of almost no-knead (ANK) bread that I could try. The recipe, typically hidden behind the paywall, can be found in multiple places including here. I was completely fascinated by their modifications, which…
Cooking with E: Spicy Chicken Soup and Grainy Bread
The boy was greatly displeased that I made soup, and leftover soup at that. “When are we going to chop something?” he whined. Tonight’s bread was a new creation. Following the format of the original no-knead bread, I scoured the internet for variations and came up with a wheat and oat concoction. I’ll include the…
Random Recipe #18A: More No-Knead Bread
When did I become the bread lady? After the success of the no-knead bread recipe, I became a bit obsessed with finding alternatives. What if I didn’t have 18 hours to wait for the bread to rise on its own? Behold: simple crusty bread. I follow the recipe precisely until I get to step 3….
Random Recipe #18: No-Knead Bread
Successfully baking a loaf of bread makes me happier than nearly any other food. I’m not sure why. Maybe because the yeast seems like such a mysterious and magical ingredient. Then I remind myself that even the Amish can bake bread, and I realize that maybe it’s not as mysterious and magical as I think….
Random Recipe #11: Rye!
Ever since I returned from my trip to Germany, I’ve had a low-grade obsession with bread. Bread is plentiful, simple and good in Germany, and I sought to replicate that at home. By some stroke of Google luck, I stumbled across Pete Bakes! There, I found the strangest recipe for rye, a recipe that unlike…