Before I get to the bread, a brief glimpse of the bundle of cute that is my mini me. In full mini me mode.
Now that I have that short outburst of parental pride out of the way, I’ll get back to the bread. I had decided that I would manage bread production within my busier schedule this year by baking multiple loaves at a time snd freezing them. This plan has three flaws. The first flaw ia that the Bread Winner is not overly thrilled with having to eat defrosted bread. The man is spoiled I tell you. The second flaw is that I am still struggling to find the time required to bake multiple loaves in one day. The third flaw is that freezer space runs at a premium without loaves of bread added to the mix.
I couldn’t think of any other way around these problems until I read a post on The Crone at Wits End recently. My curiosity was instantly piqued. A little research only increased my curiosity. So I tracked down a copy. So far, so good. I’ve made a big batch of the master recipe and baked a loaf. The name is somewhat misleading as you really need to be hanging around the house for little over an hour to get a loaf and then wit for it to cool enough to slice. This is still half the time for conventional baking methods though and enables me to pull a chunk of dough out of the fridge when I get up at 6am and be able to slice it before leaving for the school run. Or pull a chunk of dough out at 5pm and have it baked and cooled in time to make lunches for the following day. Furthermore, the first loaf, although not perfect (I should have baked it little longer), was absolutely delicious.
Glad you like it!
I have been playing around no end with this recipe. Today I made another apple muesli braid (rectangle dough, sliced apples, muesli, honey, butter in the middle section, slice ribbons in the outside sections which I then braided) To die for I tell you!
Lara
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Oh wow. That sounds so good! I can’t wait to play around some more. That book is an investment in my sanity! Thanks for putting me on to it.
You baked that bread? It looks unbelievably good, and straight from an artisan bakery!
Oh, and I love that shot of the little one, (and recognise the venue because we shop there too). Love those wee trollies, makes shopping easier too as they proudly ‘help’ and feel very important.
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I did bake that bread Docwitch. But the beauty of it was what I didn’t do. I didn’t knead, I didn’t prove. I didn’t hover at home for hours over each stage. It really made a mockery of all my previous baking. Particularly the loaf of sour dough that preceded it that took 32 hours and although good, was not as good as this loaf.
I do love he wee trollies, I just wish she wouldn’t ram the back of my legs with it. It’s not as funny as she thinks it is.