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> As a bachelor I virtually make all my own bread I so wish that the status of bachelor automatically bestowed the gift of being a baker. Sadly, in my case, it
by samizdis 6y ago
> As a bachelor I virtually make all my own bread
I so wish that the status of bachelor automatically bestowed the gift of being a baker. Sadly, in my case, it has not done so. I've tried to make all kinds of breads, from flatbreads to sourdoughs to leavened and unleavened to soda breads - all sorts.
I would wish consumption of my output on only my worst enemies.
Happily, though, I can buy packets of bread mix in the supermarket and put them in a bread-making machine.
- siver_john 6y agoI honestly only did it because I was cheap and I wanted to remake a sandwich I had consumed before. I started with a simple foccacia recipe and went from there. But I started baking with my mother years earlier so I had some experience. I now for better or worse have the Toll House cookie recipe memorized, but I'm terrible at making baked goods look appealing.
- teach 6y agoYou should check out The Tassajara Bread Book by Edward Espe Brown; it's a masterwork of clear technical writing. The first basic recipe is expanded over 20+ pages, explaining not only what to do but _why_.
- samizdis 6y agoOK, I will do that, thank you. I'm a fan of Cooking for Engineers, and particularly like the schematics. Scroll to the bottom of this recipe to see what I mean: http://www.cookingforengineers.com/recipe/36/Meat-Lasagna http://www.cookingforengineers.com/recipe/36/Meat-Lasagna
- Lukas_Skywalker 6y agoFor an easy and delicious recipe, try Andy Jones' "quarantine bread" [1]. I was rarely baking bread before, but this recipe changed that completely. As he mentions, it is really really hard to mess up. I once put it in the oven without folding. Thought that this was irrecoverable. It wasn't. Turned out great. [1] https://andyljones.com/posts/bread.html https://andyljones.com/posts/bread.html