So I seized the day, and here's four loaves in one. One complete recipe, that is, all baked at once. Whole-wheat, bit of white, bit of oatmeal. Caraway seeds strewn around on top, and I had to sweep them up, too. They get around.
Now Hammond Cheese sandwiches with interesting stuff spread on, can happen. I made a spread of softened butter and a bunch of fresh herbs, good for this purpose.
That should be interesting. Good too I bet!
ReplyDeleteThis is a really successful combo, definitely going to repeat. The recipe needs 7.5 cups of flour, so I did 5 whole-wheat, 1.5 white and 1 old fashioned oats. The texture's really good, sturdy to cut, good for sandwiches, but not heavy. Just fyi.
DeleteI forgot to mention the sign of the cross on the bread, which you can just about see. Yiu have to break the surface anyway, then brush with water. My Mom always murmured the words of the prayer when she did it. I probably thought it was part of the recipe when I was little, not that I'd ever seen her study a paper recipe. But it did imbue a reverence for the blessing of bread in our lives, long before I grasped the significance. Bread, the staff of life, she'd say!
DeleteSo I, the agnostic labyrinth walker, still say that prayer when I score the bread with my sharp knife. Its a living food.
It looks lovely.
ReplyDeleteI googled Hammond Cheese and learned it is "a duo/trio/quartet featuring Steve Lucky & Carmen Getit from Steve Lucky & the Rhumba Bums." You do lead an interesting life, Liz.
ReplyDeleteI've cut most bread out of my life. it gives me gas. and so I see no point in learning how to make it.
ReplyDeleteThere are few things more wonderful to the taste buds than freshly made bread, preferably still warm from the oven. The combination of that smell, the taste, and the texture - incomparable.
ReplyDeleteBread is different from making most other foods. It feels more significant, because it's alive. You can smell the dough rising and working with you.
Delete