Breadmakers

[GLC1968]

Lisa and Deedolce - both your loaves look delicious!!

This was my favorite bread from the book so far (rosemary and onion focaccia), but the herb bread (basic boule with fresh rosemary and thyme mixed into the dough) was a close second!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Deedolce- that looks so yummy too! Ooooohhhhh....sprinkled with parm and sea salt- be still my beating heart!!

I was so inspired last night when we ate my bread and my husband was just SO HAPPY and kept saying how much he loved that I made the bread and how good it was. That's what makes me really want to make it regularly now.

I love herb bread and cheese bread, olive bread, etc. But I know my husband loves the plain bread best, so I will have to sneak in variations very subtly. He really went nuts over that simple boule bread from the basic recipe.
I did find the basic recipe that said it makes 4 one pound loaves- well it makes THREE SMALL loaves really. (unless you think a loaf of bread should be the size of a grapefruit). So the next one tomorrow I will work with a larger piece and see if I can get a larger boule yet still have it baked through inside. Maybe I'll make it oval instead of round, to help it bake better.

I love that the ingredients are so cheap that you can feel free to experiment.
We figured it cost about $1.50 a loaf. Our local bakery sells theirs for $3-$4.50 per loaf. Of course there is always CHEAP bread in the supermarket, but that's often kind of a joyless eating experience.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

He willingly gave his life to make others happy....

[sgtiger]

You're cracking me up, Lisa! Looks delicious, although I try not to eat things that still have their head/face still on.

[deedolce]

Ha!! So funny, Lisa. Reminds me of something from the Wizard of Oz books I read as a kid.