Baking Bread

I just prepared my first handmade loaf, and it feels really good. I had an older breadmaking machine that I'd made a couple of loaves in, but it was not the same. Popping ingredients into the machine and turning it on was not in the least bit satisfying for me and I'm glad to have tried the easy/no-knead loaf that I saw advertised on you-tube.


I must admit, that when I was mixing all the ingredients together in the bowl, I did think it was a little too easy. But this morning when I got up (I'd left the dough for about 19hrs) I was delighted to see that not only had it swollen in size but it was also stringy (ish) as had been shown on the video.

The feeling of the dough in my hands was so soft and bouncy (almost) that I smiled to myself. This feels like true bread-making, no matter what the ease of it.




I'm planning on making variations on this loaf. Just a quick google search, or even a search on you-tube brings up thousands of good ideas for different breads. And I'm planning on trying them. One loaf at a time.