Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day
Posted by Jeff May 04, 2008
We’ve been working through Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day. It’s amazing. Per the NYT: “The technique is more or less as streamlined as this: Mix flour, salt, yeast and water. Let it sit a bit, refrigerate it, take some out and let it rise, then bake it. The crusty, full-flavored loaf that results may be the world’s easiest yeast bread.” Here’s a video of the authors.
We haz a book.. and a bucket:
So far we’ve made:
- Bread
- Pizza
- Sticky buns
Next up, we made the Challah dough. The bread came out well - very light and airy.
One super-cool thing: By not washing the 5 quart container, more complex flavors can be obtained. Less work and waste - my engineer side loves this.
Looks like we’ll be getting our next yeast from Costco - and keeping it in the freezer.
