artisan bread

Now We’re Talking Fluffy

April 16, 2009 By Wardeh 11 Comments

One little change to my Easy Sprouted Spelt Bread recipe. Big results. I raised the oven temperature by 25 degrees, from 350 to 375. And the bread fluffed way up. It was already a little fluffy, but now it is poofy. Well. I’m happy. Thank you to Christie’s mom for the inspiration.

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Basic Easy Artisan Bread (with Sprouted Grains)

February 2, 2009 By Wardeh 38 Comments

Not too long ago, I began experimenting with Five-Minutes a Day Artisan Bread (and here). And adding to my joy, many GNOWFGLINS™ readers experimented, too. This whole experience has been great fun for me. I have deviated from the technique which inspired my experimentation, in at least three (no, four) ways: First, I don’t refrigerate [...]

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My Results with the Artisan Bread

December 31, 2008 By Wardeh 8 Comments

I am so encouraged by all of you who joined in the experiment to try the Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day. In her comments, Tonda shared this video link, where the authors demonstrated this technique. Thank you so much for that link, Tonda! I believe it will turn my marginal results into much [...]

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Experiment: Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day

December 23, 2008 By Wardeh 27 Comments

“Baking bread at home saves hundreds of dollars on groceries every year. With this easy method, each deliciously crusty-on-the-outside, moist-and-chewy-on-the-inside loaf will only cost you about 50 cents and 5 minutes a day. We’re not kidding!” — from Five Minutes a Day for Fresh-Baked Bread by Jeff Hertzberg and Zoë François. I’m going to try [...]

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