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crowgrl

Day 26: Insert catchy title here

Nov 26, 2006 21:26

Today I decide to make this no-knead bread that I keep reading so much about. I pick the cast iron dutch oven I'm going to bake it in. I do the math to determine when I'll start it so that it can rise 18 hours and I'll be able to work with it the next day. I can taste the bread now ( Read more... )

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catherinecookmn November 27 2006, 04:45:52 UTC

Heh! Been there, done that. I've been wanting to make chocolate-chip cookies for ages now, but until yesterday I kept forgetting to buy the eggs. Then today, when I was mixing the batter, I realized that we'd didn't have any vanilla extract after all. D'oh!

RE: The no-knead bread -- I've actually tried it in my own round Le Creuset; I was low on flour at the time, so I did a half-size loaf, more to experiment than anything. It worked pretty well; will have to try again soon, now that I have flour.

crowgrl November 27 2006, 13:44:16 UTC

Excellent -- glad to hear that it works. I'm jealous of your Creuset.

strange_selkie November 27 2006, 14:30:22 UTC

The recipe specifies instant yeast such as SAF or Oetker, but I did just fine with Red Star active dry (the high relative hydration of the dough took care of it over time) and a plain pot with a lid from Ikea. If you use all purpose flour instead of bread flour, I recommend reducing the water to 1 and 1/2 cups.

crowgrl November 27 2006, 18:36:33 UTC

Thanks!

mallorys_camera November 27 2006, 15:22:49 UTC

Next time just pour the beer in with the flour and make beer bread... (uses the yeast in the beer)!

crowgrl November 28 2006, 01:07:56 UTC

The sad thing is that I've made beer bread before and didn't even think of this.