24 hour bread

orthodoc · 12-13-2006, 01:23 PM

Cool ... I have to try this! Inconvenient timing of punching down, shaping, and baking is the main reason I stopped making bread. Even 'colddough' bread isn't as convenient as this. Sounds like a winner.

Spexxvet · 12-13-2006, 04:24 PM

My wife HAD to have a bread machine. You know: HAD to have it. She used it for about a month and it's been collecting dust in the basement ever since.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-13-2006, 07:02 PM

She "HAD to have it." Now she has it. Nothing about has to use it, so what's the problem. You're lucky she used it more than once.

I have to have the latest book, Oprah's touting, doesn't mean I have to read it. Bragging rights is the name of the game, like having to have a 4x4 that will climb trees, for commuting to the city.

glatt · 01-16-2007, 12:40 PM

I finally got around to trying this recipe over the weekend. It turned out pretty good. Better than bread machine bread, but not quite as good as the best bread I've had from bakeries, which would be like $4 a loaf.

The only trouble I had was after the second rising, dumping it into the preheated dutch oven. It was a bit sticky and didn't want to separate from the floured wax paper I had wrapped it in. I pried it loose from the paper, but it lost much of its bubbles as I manhandled it. Next time, I would use much more flour on the outside to keep it from sticking to the paper so much. Maybe I'd throw it into a greased covered bowl or something instead.

Anyway it was pretty good. The crust was great. The bread was a little dense, but I think that's because I essentially punched it down as I removed it from the paper and baked it right away after the punching down.

Overall, it was very easy, and the results were good.

12-13-2006, 01:23 PM	#1
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Cool ... I have to try this! Inconvenient timing of punching down, shaping, and baking is the main reason I stopped making bread. Even 'colddough' bread isn't as convenient as this. Sounds like a winner. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

12-13-2006, 04:24 PM	#2
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	My wife HAD to have a bread machine. You know: HAD to have it. She used it for about a month and it's been collecting dust in the basement ever since. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

12-13-2006, 07:02 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	She "HAD to have it." Now she has it. Nothing about has to use it, so what's the problem. You're lucky she used it more than once. I have to have the latest book, Oprah's touting, doesn't mean I have to read it. Bragging rights is the name of the game, like having to have a 4x4 that will climb trees, for commuting to the city. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-16-2007, 12:40 PM	#4
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I finally got around to trying this recipe over the weekend. It turned out pretty good. Better than bread machine bread, but not quite as good as the best bread I've had from bakeries, which would be like $4 a loaf. The only trouble I had was after the second rising, dumping it into the preheated dutch oven. It was a bit sticky and didn't want to separate from the floured wax paper I had wrapped it in. I pried it loose from the paper, but it lost much of its bubbles as I manhandled it. Next time, I would use much more flour on the outside to keep it from sticking to the paper so much. Maybe I'd throw it into a greased covered bowl or something instead. Anyway it was pretty good. The crust was great. The bread was a little dense, but I think that's because I essentially punched it down as I removed it from the paper and baked it right away after the punching down. Overall, it was very easy, and the results were good. Attached Images

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