Bachelor breadbaking!

[lao tzu]

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Amazing how much better it works when you don't drop it.

[Crow]

Cinnamon raisin rolls.

[mossrose]

You people make me sick.

Since I am not a baker, and all those pictures make me hungry!

[Teallaura]

1) Get cookbook
2) Find recipe
3) Follow instructions

It's not that hard.

[mossrose]

I didn't mean that I never bake. I don't bake bread or cinnamon buns or stuff like that.

I have a yummy chocolate chip cookie recipe, and a fabulous fruitcake recipe and a pretty special lemon cheesecake recipe and so on.

But I used to make bread, and got tired of doing it.

:nanner:

[Teallaura]

Lazy...

[lao tzu]

:nanner:

Whoa! Where'd you get the cute, purple moosey smiley?

[mossrose]

Lazy...

Or maybe a couple of little kids running around might have had something to do with it.

[mossrose]

Whoa! Where'd you get the cute, purple moosey smiley?

That's a :razz: in serene mode.

[Jedidiah]

You people make me sick.

Since I am not a baker, and all those pictures make me hungry!

Dear moss (I really have to work to keep that m lower case), baking is very easy. You can surely do all of those things if you put your mind to it.

[Jedidiah]

It's incredibly dense, the color and flavor is closer to a rye bread, but the texture is much smoother. Despite all the angst, it turned out to be a very tasty loaf, though I'm not likely to try repeating the process that got me there. I'm pretty sure there's an easier way.

I love heavy, dense bread. I used to get that effect, without trying, when I messed with my sourdough. 100% whole grain bread is more apt to end up like this, and it can be the very best.

[lao tzu]

I love heavy, dense bread. I used to get that effect, without trying, when I messed with my sourdough. 100% whole grain bread is more apt to end up like this, and it can be the very best.

Jed, I might try that later, but today I'm going to try out your earlier advice. Absolutely bare minimum bread.

3c bread flour
1t salt

1c water
1T yeast
1T sugar

Rising now ...

[lao tzu]

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Two rises done, and now it's rising in the pan.

[lao tzu]

Now this isn't what's supposed to happen, but it doesn't seem like any harm was done. I had the bread in the oven for about ten minutes when the shop called saying my motorcycle was ready to pick up, so long as I could get there before 5 pm. The alternative was to wait for Monday morning, which isn't much of an alternative.

So I turned off the oven until I got home, then relit it and baked for another 30 minutes. I really don't know how it effected the bread.

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The first thing I notice is how crusty the bread is, but I don't know if that's because of the ingredient mix or the way it got baked.

[Teallaura]

Probably would have affected texture if anything. Crust is usually affected by moisture more than baking time (up until it burns, of course). Might have made it a little chewier but since it had time to firm up before you turned it down it didn't collapse.

That will not work with a quiche, FYI.