oldcoot
Senior Cook
Whyizzit: Almost every bread recipe makes 2 loaves of bread?
At my house, a 1+ lb loaf lasts three or four days, by which time the second loaf is dry and hard.
So I've taken to dividing the recipes in half. (Well, actually, for white breads I've quit referring to recipes altogether. I just put a teaspoonful of yeast in a bout 3/4 cup of warm water, in the mixing bowl, then add a teaspoonful of salt, a tablespoonful of oil, and about 3 cups of bread flour. )
By the way, why not take advantage of these nnice warm summer days: put your covered bowl of dough out in the sun to rise - you'll be amazed at how quickly it rises.
Sometimes mine develops a little crustiness on the first rising. I just spritz it with water and proceed normally.. Works fine.
Also, when I try to simply form a french baguette, I wind up with a kind of lumppy looking loaf. So I now roll the dough into a sort of recytangle, roughly the length of the loaf I want, then roll it up jelly roll style. Nice, even baguete. (Oh - press the ends together and tuck 'em under, of course.)
At my house, a 1+ lb loaf lasts three or four days, by which time the second loaf is dry and hard.
So I've taken to dividing the recipes in half. (Well, actually, for white breads I've quit referring to recipes altogether. I just put a teaspoonful of yeast in a bout 3/4 cup of warm water, in the mixing bowl, then add a teaspoonful of salt, a tablespoonful of oil, and about 3 cups of bread flour. )
By the way, why not take advantage of these nnice warm summer days: put your covered bowl of dough out in the sun to rise - you'll be amazed at how quickly it rises.
Sometimes mine develops a little crustiness on the first rising. I just spritz it with water and proceed normally.. Works fine.
Also, when I try to simply form a french baguette, I wind up with a kind of lumppy looking loaf. So I now roll the dough into a sort of recytangle, roughly the length of the loaf I want, then roll it up jelly roll style. Nice, even baguete. (Oh - press the ends together and tuck 'em under, of course.)