Recipes

Monday, December 28, 2009

In the baking of the bread...





I have been working on perfecting some bread recipes because, let's face it, there is not much that tastes better than fresh baked bread. This Italian Bread is made from just flour, water, yeast and just enough sugar to give the yeast something to eat. Nice crusty bread loaves perfect for dipping, toasting or slicing.

I went through a few recipes to find a nice hearty wheat bread. This one is made from Amish whole wheat flour. It rises and is kneaded 4 times before it is baked making the texture nice. It takes all afternoon to make this yummy bread.

Every recipe I found for rye bread called for molasses which makes a sweet rye and not what I wanted for dipping in my soup. Then I discovered sourdough bread recipes. This recipe takes two and a half days and 16 cups of flour to prepare. It makes three large and delicious loaves of bread-just what I was looking for. I love this bread!