The New York Times - A New way to make bread?

[Fricandeau]

The loaf I tried was a dismal failure. I checked the sell-by date on the yeast and it was sometime last millenium (I don't do much baking at home) , so I'll have another go with some fresh ingredients.

[Michelle]

Better luck next time around Fricandeau! My Mother went to try the recipe out yesterday with the same results because of her yeast!

Michelle

[Fricandeau]

If at first you don't succeed, feed it to the ducks. But only if you don't like ducks .

I'm going to do some tonight with fresh yeast.

[Ken Boy]

Hello folks
Tried out the new york style bread wholemeal recipe Turned out great !!!
no nead bread gets my vote

[Michelle]

Great to hear Ken Boy! Did you follow the original recipe or did you alter it?I was just looking back on page 10 and didnt realize that you had asked about the cinnamon sugar amount! I didnt measure but it probably would have been about 2 tablespoons worth,next time I would add a little bit more because the next day you couldnt taste it very much. I think the next time I try no knead raisin bread I will try using 2/3 whole wheat flour and 1/3 plain white flour just to see how it turns out.The other day my Mother in-law made some no knead bread following the original recipe but used potato water for the water and it was fabulous! Just another idea for you folks! Best wishes!

[Ken Boy]

Hi Georgie,
I used the original recipe 2 cups of white 1cup wholemeal I added a drop of extra water because I found it too dry to blend an extra 1/3 cup water then placed it in the airing cupboard for approx 20 hrs for it to work. When the wife came home from work she finished it off and cooked it

[Michelle]

Hello Ken Boy! I found that I had to add extra water too,gladly it all worked out fine in the end. I am sure glad Patty started this thread or I wouldnt have tried this bread recipe out,thank you Patty!

[jenny_haddow]

I used my usual bread machine recipe and let the machine do the kneading, then tipped the dough into a hot cast iron casserole. It worked a treat, here's a picture:



and here's another after slicing.



It will go well with the pastrami I've just finished.

Jen

[tristar]

Jen,

If I wasn't thousands of miles away in Africa, I would be knocking on your door and begging for a sandwich, you don't by any chance have any homemade mustard as well do you?

Regards,
Richard

[jenny_haddow]

And you would be most welcome tristar. Home made mustard I don't have yet....but vagreys posted some enticing mustard recipes recently so watch this space!

Jen

[tristar]

You don't mind if I bring the children as well?

[saucisson]

jen can we have the bread recipe, or a link if I missed it?

[Michelle]

Jen that bread looks fantastic! I got some homemade moose salami that would go with your bread! Best wishes!

Michelle

[jenny_haddow]

Here's my recipe for bread. I use a machine most of the time because I have a bit of a disability that makes things like kneading difficult.
Anyway, I never vary the proportions whatever machine I use, I always use the basic white setting and I add flour/water if needed in the early stages of the programme until the right dough is achieved, then I let the machine do the work. I must say it has worked very well combined with the hot dish method, and should be OK if you make bread by hand from scratch.

Ingredients:
3.5 cups bread flour, I use 1.5 wholemeal and 2 white.(Waitrose extra strong Canadian is good)
1.5 cups warm water
2 tblps sugar
2 tblsp dried skimmed milk
2 tblsp olive oil
2 tsps salt
1 tsp lemon juice
2-3 tblsp mixed seeds (you can leave these out if you want)
2 tsps dried yeast

That lot goes into my bread machine in the order required, I've never used it to make bread by hand, should be OK though.

Enjoy

Jen

[Ken Boy]

Hi Georgie or Michelle !!!
I have made the cinnamon and raisin loaf I used 3 cups of white flour 5 tablespoons of brown Sugar plus three heaped tea spoons of Ground Cinnamon & two good handfuls of raisins I cooked it for the time on the recipe it tasted brill the only mistake I made I left it too long to Brown of the top and caught the raisins on the top of the loaf. oops: