Steve, The recipe says 6-1/2 cups flour! Try it, you'll love the results! Happy new year! Penny
On 1/10/17, Deborah Barnes via Cookinginthedark <[email protected]> wrote: > It says: stir in 6-1/2 cups flour. > > Deb B. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cindy Simpson via Cookinginthedark > [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2017 1:47 AM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Cindy Simpson > Subject: Re: [CnD] What do I need to begin baking bread? > > Dear Steve, > I'm not Penny, but I looked over her original message and I saw this > instruction: > Stir in 6 1/2 cups flour, mixing > until there are no dry > patches. > > It looks like there is indeed flour in this recipe. You may have just > missed it, but it's there. > > > > On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 12:39 AM, Steve Stewart via Cookinginthedark < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> penny, this does not have any flour. don't you need it? >> Steve Stewatrt >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Penny Reeder via Cookinginthedark >> Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2017 6:31 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: Penny Reeder >> Subject: Re: [CnD] What do I need to begin baking bread? >> >> Hi Will, You can certainly purchase a bread machine, but you don't >> need one! I'm going to share an easy recipe for crusty French-style >> bread. The dough makes enough for at least 3 loaves, and you don't >> have to use it all at once. You can store it, covered in the >> refrigerator, for up to 2 weeks, and take it out to bake another loaf >> as needed. I love this bread and made it quite a lot at the beginning >> of 2016, then I got out of the habbit. I think you are inspiring me to >> begin making bread again! Hardly anything in the world is more >> delicious than homemade bread with sweet Irish butter! >> >> Simple Crusty Bread, from "Artisan Bread for 5 Minutes a Da " >> >> Here's the recipe for Simple Crusty Bread that ran in The New York >> Times: "In a large bowl or >> plastic container, mix 1 1/2 tablespoons yeast and 1 1/2 tablespoons >> kosher salt into 3 cups lukewarm water (about 100 degrees). Stir in 6 >> 1/2 cups flour, mixing until there are no dry patches. Dough will be >> quite loose. Cover, but not with an airtight lid. Let dough rise at >> room temperature 2 hours (or up to 5 hours). >> >> "Bake at this point or refrigerate, covered, for as long as two weeks. >> When ready to bake, >> sprinkle a little flour on dough and cut off a grapefruit-size piece >> with serrated knife. Turn dough in hands to lightly stretch surface, >> creating a rounded top and a lumpy bottom. Put dough on pizza peel >> sprinkled with cornmeal; let rest 40 minutes. Repeat with remaining >> dough or refrigerate it. >> >> "Place broiler pan on bottom of oven. Place baking stone on middle >> rack and turn oven to 450 degrees; heat stone at that temperature for >> 20 minutes. Dust dough with flour, slash top with serrated or very >> sharp knife three times. Slide onto stone. Pour 1 cup hot water into >> broiler pan and shut oven quickly to trap steam. Bake until >> well-browned, about 30 minutes. Cool completely. >> Yields 4 loaves." >> >> >> >> I usually get only 3 loaves from this amount of dough -- I guess my >> family likes a larger loaf. Like any French bread, this loaf does not >> keep very well -- but we have no trouble eating most of a loaf at one >> meal and making French toast out of any that's left over. >> >> Enjoy! >> Penny >> >> >> On 1/7/17, Deborah Barnes via Cookinginthedark >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> There was this really wonderful lady who used to make white bread for >>> me when I was little. I don't know what her recipe was but it was >>> the best bread I ever had--she didn't have a machine, and I've never >>> tasted any bread (machine or otherwise) that tasted as good as hers. >>> <g< >>> >>> Deb B. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Kathy Brandt via Cookinginthedark >>> [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2017 5:29 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Cc: Kathy Brandt >>> Subject: Re: [CnD] What do I need to begin baking bread? >>> >>> You don't have to have a bread machine. I don't have one. I started >>> out making white bread. >>> >>> On Jan 7, 2017, at 4:51 PM, William Henderson via Cookinginthedark >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> It's kind of cool that I'm asking this, as my cooking skills have >>>> begun to get better and now I can prepare very simple meals and am >>>> getting better. >>>> I love bread and have always wondered how to bake bread. Even if >>>> it's just bread I can just use for eating with dinner or sandwiches >>>> and then getting better. >>>> I want to know what materials I need to begin. I know I need some >>>> kind of bread machine but don't have one. What do you recommend? >>>> And, does anyone have recipes to get me started? 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