I used to make bread in my mom's bread machine during my high school days but I don't remember making bread from scratch aside from that (actual bread; I'm not considering sweet bread like banana or zucchini or orange coconut the same as a loaf of regular bread). Let me tell you, kneading bread dough is incredibly therapeutic. The recipe I found last night said "you may have to knead the dough for up to 10 minutes," and I'm like, "yeah right, like I'm going to do that." I think about 5 minutes in I decided that I could happily knead dough everyday if I had to.
Okay, tell me if you've ever seen a loaf of bread with more "character" than this little sucker? (I think it needed more kneading) I'm proud of him though. And fresh baked bread smells amazing!
One pitfall: AFTER I'd mixed up the dough and kneaded it I read the part of the recipe that said to let it rise for 1 to 2 hours. Oops. I should have probably started the adventure before 8:30PM.
I don't think your dough needed more kneading, more like it needed some smoothing and shaping.
ReplyDeleteBut character tastes just fine.... ;-)
The recipe didn't say anything about smoothing and shaping :) What can I say, I had no clue what I was doing. It does taste so yummy though!
DeleteHaha- your bread makes me smile! It does have character... and it looks yummy! There is nothing like the smell of fresh baked bread. :)
ReplyDeleteI was hoping at least one person would get some joy out of it :)
DeleteI like it. My son likes it. My sister said that it's delicious. My husband refuses to try it... too much character I think. Hey, more for the rest of us!
Practice makes perfect, kneading doe is good for your upper body strength. But I use a mixer now.
ReplyDeleteI'm going for round number two tonight... more practice!
DeleteI think I'll work on Sluggy's suggestion and try "smoothing and shaping" this time :-)
Who knew, haha
I've never ever made bread! I'm impressed! :)
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