We have bread!

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8455829.post-81341340873371388942008-03-25T22:11:00.003-04:002008-03-25T22:25:38.853-04:00We have bread!So after about a month and a half of thinking about baking some bread, I finally got around to doing it today. I used a really simple, easy recipe for whole wheat bread. Let me put this into perspective here. I did try one other time to bake some bread, but my yeast was dead. I tried proofing it and nothing happened, no foaming, nothing but a bad yeasty smell. Poo. So I gave up for a little while. I finally realized today that I have a day off and nothing planned, why not bake some bread? I got some new (alive) yeast and I started my first ever loaf of bread. I'm sure some people wouldn't appreciate hand kneading the bread, but I was so excited that the dough actually looked right that I was all about kneading it! Then there was the rising. I can't believe how much bigger it gets! I knew it was suppose to, but actually seeing it was another thing entirely. So I'm gonna skip right to the part where I took it out of the oven.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_NF69PusVcLQ/R-mzCzKFZwI/AAAAAAAAAek/nyDDdaDpe48/s1600-h/IMG_4000.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_NF69PusVcLQ/R-mzCzKFZwI/AAAAAAAAAek/nyDDdaDpe48/s400/IMG_4000.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181869706940081922" border="0" /></a>It looks gorgeous right? The picture doesn't, however, show the fact that it weighs about 20 pounds! It's just about the densest bread I've ever come across. Sure, it tastes fine, but this one reminds me of the movie "About a Boy" where the kid throws this loaf of bread in a duck pond and kills a duck. Yeah, it's that heavy! I'm thinking I'm going to modify the recipe next time. Maybe mix the whole wheat flour with some lighter flour. Who knows, I know with bread, the possibilities are endless and it takes a certain amount of practice right?Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00099894422067181971noreply@blogger.com