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I have to share this!!!

I have been trying to make artisan loaves for EVER! As many of you know, it takes all day and for me at least it results into a.... bread hard as a stone. I end up wasting flour and time and am super disappointed at the end of it all.
I saw this article in "mother earth news" magazine http://www.motherearthnews.com/Real-...tes-A-Day.aspx and I started to roll my eyes again.... yeah right! artisan bread in 5 minutes a day.... whatever!
Then I started reading.... and it intrigued me. It sounded exactly like the french recipes that I was used to read about in france but with no luck because the flour here is different. I tried it .... I have been making bread EVERY DAY ever since!!!!!!!!

This is a pic of the one from this morning:

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m...alia/bread.jpg

I usually make 2 loaves a day.... and it litterally takes 5 minutes or less of active work.

Basically,
- you mix water, yeast, salt and flour in one big container. (don't knead)
- Put the lid on and let it rise for at least 2 hours (I do 3 hours)
- and then put in your fridge.

It will keep up to 2 weeks and whenever you want to make bread you just get out some dough and let rest on your counter for 40 minutes and then bake for 30 minutes.


Yes! That is it! I have had fresh baked bread for every meal for 3 weeks now. It has revolutionized my baking world! It rocks!


READ the article and try it out. I am going to get the book for other recipes.
I have tried it with white first and now am baking with whole wheat white. (they have a 100% whole wheat sandwich bread in there as well) they all follow the same principle of refrigerated dough!
:jump

ADDED: you tube video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMxJgIpe38Q

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off to read!! :kiss

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Wow...really?

I love, love, love to make bread...but I don't always have the time...this method is fantastic!!

I can't wait to try it!!

THANK YOU!!! :kiss :heart

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:rockon

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Do you really *need* the pizza peel and the stone? I could do this, but I lack both pieces of equipment :(. Do you think it'd work on just a regular pizza pan (a vented one? I have one of those...) or a baking sheet?
Hmm... Maybe I need to go kitchen shopping :giggle. This sounds AWESOME! I would love to have home-baked bread all the time, but I've given up on a breadmaker (yuck! Couldn't get it to consistently work without being heavy or soggy), and while I do manage to make good bread the old-fashioned way, it's too time-consuming to do it regularly (okay, so I'm lazy :P).

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sounds awesome!!

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Perfect! Thank you!!! (My dh pointed out that article to me when the magazine came out, but. . . I didn't listen to him. :giggle)

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:yum
:nak2

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Oh, I'm totally trying this. :rockon

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My friend and I have been using this book/method for a year now and we cannot LIVE without it! The bread is so easy to make, I can do it blindfolded. The only downer is that I end up eating a lot of delicious hot bread with butter.... which makes for some quick weight gain...

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subbing to read later

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Thanks!! My DH really fell for making bread the past year. I'm going to save this for when he comes home in June. He has done great with regular breads but hasn't attempted artisinal breads yet.

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:jawdrop exciting! :)

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subbing..I'm all about easy bread (tho I do eat too much of it too :giggle )

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i don't make bread because i don't like the effort involved :shifty i think i could do this :jawdrop
thank you for that link :rockon

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I think I could do this!

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My MIL and my friend use a cutting board or a cookie sheet (without the edge) and it works fine for a pizza peel. The stone though might be pretty important for the crust. I never tried without it. I always bake with stone though.

I am very lazy when it comes to bread making and that is why this method is so great! There's barely any work!

If anybody makes some, make sure to take pics and share!!!


So cool!!! Isn't it the best????
What kind of bread do you make? what flour?

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Oh goodness, I think I've tried nearly everything in the book..... I use whatever unbleached white I find at the grocery store, and some brand of whole wheat I can't remember the name of (not much of an answer is that, huh?) With all the flour and dough stored in my fridge, I've considered getting a second one....

My friend really loves the pizza, and I absolutely love the challah. For sandwich bread I like the half and half version of whole wheat and white, but I do love the nutty and slightly bitter flavor of the 100%whole wheat. There are a few I haven't tried, like the American White (which I should get to). I get lazy sometimes. I just want to say that the carmel rolls made from the challah dough are absolutely to die for (and I won't even mention the brioche). I can't make them anymore, unless they are for other people! Actually, nowdays I just make the bread to give away because it's so fun... the neighbors love it. I can't justify making such quantities for our three person family...

Also, I don't use a pizza peel (I found a flat cookie sheet at Target that works just as well), but the stone is pretty essential. The stones are inexpensive though. Right now the cookie sheet is MIA, so I've been using a cutting board.

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Pizza, challah, bread, wowowow! :jawdrop

I CAN"T believe this works! I must try it. I'm trying to read the article right now, but it's slow. :P~

I have a bit of AP left over from cookies, and half a bag of white whole wheat, I'll be trying this tomorrow! I have to admit I'm skeptical, but if it DOES work, I want the book!!

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oh man! I forgot to talk about the pizza I have made with that dough :doh


Everyone I made pizza for was soooo impressed! Better than at any restaurant they said! you get all your toppings ready and get the dough out. Roll it out and bake for 10 minutes.....

quicker than frozen pizza and not even comparable in taste.

thank you for sharing! I really need to get the book now that the master recipe is working for me :rockon

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did it take you a while to get it?

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oh no!!!! first try!( I guess that was a wierd way to say that)>>>>>> second language! :sillygrin
and believe me,... I was ready to waste flour..... :phew but nope! it is that easy...I think it would be really hard to mess up!

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Cool! :) :rockon

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I have GOT to get myself a baking stone! It's been on my list for quite some time. I get Mother Earth News myself & put that recipe aside because it sounds so awesome. Your picture is fabulous, what delicious looking bread!! I grind all our wheat & make all our breads/pizzas/crackers, etc from scratch. :) Thanks for sharing your pics! I need to try some of that bread!

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Can someone explain this part in kindergarten terms?

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I hope blossomnatalia will chime in, since she's actually done it, but what I think they mean is to dust the dough with flour, and form a ball by folding the dough under. I wish I could just show you. :doh

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Yeah that is it... you are just making a ball and stretching the "top" of it and collecting the ends at the bottom... oh man! it is very easy to do it is just hard to explain. But basically you are just forming the ball with stretching the dough gently not patting it or kneading it but "opening up" the dough.


I hope this helps... It would be cool if I could do a video :giggle

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Natalia, your bread is dazzling me... I'm just about to go mix up some dough right now, and if it turns out, I'll take a pic and post it. If it doesn't, I'm not posting a pic of my failure. :giggle

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my library has the book! i just put it on hold - all copies are currently out

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Remember that it works better if it has been refrigerated for at least 3 hours. I usually mix up my batch and then make bread the next day.

BTW, I do the 6-3-3-13 proportion. 6 cups of water, 3 Tbsp of yeast, 3 Tbsp of salt and 13 cups of flour. It makes enough for 8 small loaves and we eat that up in a week.... :shifty
The amount for a loaf is about the same amount for a very good sized pizza.

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ooohhh I did not think about the library!!! Great idea!!!

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I'm totally going to try this! I'll let you know how it goes.

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Ok, now that I'm part way through the process, I have some questions...

1) How big of a bowl/container did you use for the 6-3-3-13 recipe? I used my largest mixing bowl, and it was too small.
2)How mixed is the initial mixture supposed to be? Mine was very hard to mix (probably partly because the bowl was too small), and so it is still kind of lumpy...? Is that ok? Could you take a picture of your dough before and after the initial 2-3 hour rise?
3) The loaf you posted a picture of looks like whole wheat... Do I need to change the recipe to use ww flour?

My first loaf should be ready in an hour or so... I'll let you know how it turns out...

Heather

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You know it doesn't bother us because we are used to it but our bread was very sourdoughy. Did you have that problem?? I don't guess it's a problem but my friends came over the night I made homemade pizza and they couldn't eat it it was so sour. I thought it was delicious :giggle. Anyone have any suggestions??

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I made the dough yesterday and we had 2 loaves at dinner tonight.

It was really wet dough. I couldn't even shape it at all....it was a wet glob that spread out on the cutting board when it let it rest. I had to pick it up and slop it on to the stone. It stlll tasted pretty good. I made 2 loaves and only have enough for a tiny loaf left. Not sure how big the loaves should be but we definitely at the 2 loaves I made at dinner tonight. I can't wait to get the book and try some of the other recipes. I thought this was good but a bit bland....I am looking forward to some Challah!

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I made two loaves today, and it was yummy! Very crisp crust, and moist inside!

But mine sort of had a weird flying saucer shape. :scratch And I thought I practically cut through the whole loaf, but I didn't seem to make any slashes at all when the bread was baked. :scratch No pics, cause I didn't like the look. :P~

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I've got the dough sitting right now. Mine is not wet at all. It's very dry. :scratch

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I would like to know what kind of flour you were using and how humid it is in your region. I know I have had to adjust my bread recipes a lot going from a swamp south of Houstion to Atlanta which feels really dry to me.

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I used unbleached white but we live in FL so it is very humid. :) I will try adding more flour next time.