Category: Cooking
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Flat Stanley’s Thanksgiving Dinner
Flat Stanley joined us for Thanksgiving Dinner. We made mashed potatoes, bread, and a turkey. The turkey looked great, but it needed to cook for a little longer. Continue reading
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More Bread Recipes
The bread experiments continue. Our latest recipe has been modified a bit: Mix the dry ingredients. Stir in the wet ones and cover with plastic wrap, then let rest for at least 8 hours. Knead briefly, then place the dough on parchment paper to rise for 2 hours. Shash the top before baking. Preheat a… Continue reading
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More Bread
For Christmas, we spent the entire day baking the bread we started on Christmas Eve. We made some changes to the Cooks Illustrated No-Knead Bread recipe. The basic recipe is as follows: 15 ounces of flour (weighed) or 3 cups1/4 teaspoon yeast1 1/2 teaspoons table salt3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons water1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons… Continue reading
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Bread, Second and Third Try
Here are my second and third attempts at bread. The loaf on the left is the whole wheat variation. The one on the right is the regular one. For both loaves, I weighed the flour rather than using a measuring cup. For the regular one, I increased the second part of the baking (sans cover)… Continue reading
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Bread!
Historically, when I’ve tried to make bread here in Colorado, I’ve gotten hockey pucks, bricks, or other building materials. Bread fails to rise, or rises and falls flat. It’s dense beyond belief, and while tasty, a loaf could feed an army for a week. This most recent loaf came out nearly perfect, though! I used… Continue reading