oldcoot
Senior Cook
Wayne, IO gotta hand it to you - you make a lot of sense! I totally atgree people generally have made bread-making a mystical rite, whereas in fact is seems to come down to little more than the tossing the ingredients together, mixing them well, letting the result rise enough, and baking at a temp that gives the crust desired. All the rest is nit-picking and changes the result very little
Like you, I bake for fun. With just the two of us, my baking is wasteful, for we toss out a lot of bread that has become stale. (Which reminds me: B/W puts the bread in a zip-lock and refrigerates it - it stays good for a week!)
Tomorrow I have been asked to bake a couple of Italian loaves for my son's 50th birsthday. Then Saturday I am going to tray a basic white bread 1 lb loaf incorporating some of the ideas you have proposed along with some of my own. I'll post the result..
Like you, I bake for fun. With just the two of us, my baking is wasteful, for we toss out a lot of bread that has become stale. (Which reminds me: B/W puts the bread in a zip-lock and refrigerates it - it stays good for a week!)
Tomorrow I have been asked to bake a couple of Italian loaves for my son's 50th birsthday. Then Saturday I am going to tray a basic white bread 1 lb loaf incorporating some of the ideas you have proposed along with some of my own. I'll post the result..