Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Homemade bread!

I made bread!
A pale round speckled bread, cut in two pieces.
Simple white yeast bread recipe (yeast, sugar, water, bread flour, a bit of oil, and salt), with my friend Tyler helping me remember how to put it together, with some oregano, fresh basil, and garlic added in with the flour. The first batch I ate with olive oil and balsamic vinegar, which oddly enough didn't work as well as I expected. For the next one, softened some butter and mixed in one of those parmesan cheese packets you get when you order delivery pizza - I figured, since I had it, I might as well use it on something, and this was a good candidate. That was pretty much amazing. I'm thinking next time I'll try making a garlic butter properly, and see how that works.
The crust is not ideal - as you can see, the color is wrong, and the crust is very soft - but for people who, like me, aren't terribly fussy about Artisanal Breads, don't have an oven, and just want some soft, warm homemade bread, it works fine in the crockpot. Takes 1-2 hours on High. (The internet says that it would help to place the bread under a broiler for a few minutes, for what it's worth.) One thing: the yeast I got was REALLY active, so next time I have to remember to check earlier so the dough isn't four times its previous size when I get around to punching it.

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