First Bread of the New Year

SmokinGuitarPlayer

Here's today's bread! Wifey and I just ate almost an entire loaf slathered with butter. Did I mention that I'm on a diet?
FB/SGP

JPF

Nice bread Fred. Looked to be a good way to ring in the new year

Susan Egglaine

Diets start on Mondays :laugh: Bread looks good.

SmokinParrotHead

RECIPE????!!!!

Boss Hogg

Fred, If it's anything like the bread last Saturday, I'd eat the whole loaf too! I don't think I ate the whole loaf at your store last week.....did I?
Brian

gdenby

Second that. All the same recipe, but just different loaf shapes?

reelgem

Great job Fred!! I love that bread and butter diet too. If you add a glass of wine it's even better, I guess it does something to your metabolism to help the weight come off. :woohoo:

2Fategghead

Is that a bread diet? :laugh:

Good looking bread. :P Tim

SmokinGuitarPlayer

re: recipe ...well I use the recipe and techniques in Peter Reinhart's last book. I went to one of his classes and decided to bake my way through it ..there are only 5 or 6 basic recipes ... then it's just a matter of making different loafs and applications etc. I've been baking a lot of the breads and some of the other things like cinnamon buns .. posted some pics here..anyway ... the BGE is a great bread oven ...I've worked out a method using a inverted aluminum pan as a sort of cloche inside the Egg to help with the steam "injection". Today's loaves had a crispy crust and a soft crumb ..we really liked the way they tasted and the texture ...we have to give away the rest of the loaves tonight or we'll eat all of it.

I'll try to put a picture of the Egg setup here.





Hopefully the pics worked ... anyway ..you can see the water pan making the steam under the stone and then the aluminum pan over the bread. So far this is the best methog I have found using the BGE for these types of bread.

SmokinGuitarPlayer

If we don't eat it all tonight I'll bring in tomorrow and we can smear that "Kiss of Garlic" spread on it!

SmokinGuitarPlayer

and PLEASE don't forget the CHEESE! :laugh:

Unknown

Picking up our egg on Monday.
I want to do the bread!!
Recipe, or line, please!!!
It looks so good!!
Thank you.