Simple Bread

Bobby-Q

<p />Here's some basic white bread I did on the Egg today. Tastes great and I'll probably do a loaf tomorrow to make a mongo burger for lunch...mmmmm.[p]

Wise One

Bobby-Q, now that is a good looking loaf of bread. All that is missing is some good chicken or pulled pork to make a 'BBQ sammich'.

Jackbythesea

Bobby, I didn't see how to make it!
Jack

Unknown

... why do you prefer to bake bread in an outside pit instead of in your kitchen oven?[p]Do you not want to heat up your house, or do you think the flavor of the bread is better over charcoal? [p]Or something else?[p]Lee

Unknown

... why do you prefer to bake bread in an outside pit instead of in your kitchen oven?[p]Do you not want to heat up your house, or do you think the flavor of the bread is better over charcoal? [p]Or something else?[p]Lee

Bobby-Q

QSis,
Well for me this time it was sort of a combination. I didn't want both of my ovens going because that really heats up the kitchen (haven't installed the ventilation system yet). I also like the flavor that the WGC imparts to bread and with all the ceramic mass available on the egg it really sucks the moisture out of the loaf and creates a very nice thick crusty bottom.[p]I kind of feel the same way as you though sometimes when folks do like cakes or something on the egg. I guess there is always the "because we can" explanation.

Bobby-Q

jackbythesea,
This is actually the Bernhard Clayton First White Bread recipe. If you don't have his book, The Complete Book of Bread, go and get it. He spent countless hours developing this recipe to use in his classes so that it would be perfect and provide the WOW factor needed in a student's first loaf.[p]I've got probably 6 or 7 recipes for white bread that I use, but I oftentimes just go back to his because I respect him so much for researching his own recipes.[p]I can list out the recipe if you need it, but I'd rather you go get his book...pick up Dr. BBq's while you are in the food book section.

Unknown

Morning Lee,[p]Most of the finest bread stores in the country bake their bread in a wood fired oven. When done right, it should leave only the lightest hint of smoke flavor in the bread. In many folks taste, this is an improvement to the bread. However, it is just super easy to oversmoke the breads especially in the smaller cookers or smokers. It takes a very clean burning lump fire for best results and you can get this off of your cookers as they will bake some wonderful bread. [p]Hearthstone baking adds another dimension to make your bread better and works on many types of breads. These stones are pourus (sp) and will very quickly pull the moisture out of the crust resulting in a more crispy crust which again, most people will prefer. A hearthstone doesn't care where it is at so it works equally as well in your kitchen oven. [p]Knowing where you live, I know you could call around to the better bread stores near you and ask if they use real wood fired ovens and if so, go get yourself a whole or half loaf of some type of sourdough hearth bread hot out of the oven for a real treat to see if you like the very light smoke flavor of the bread. Don't let them sell you something off the shelf and wait for something fresh right out of the oven. [p][p]The above picture is two hearth loaves of Challah bread ready to come off the cooker. This is a wonderful hearth bread and is always great over a wood fire. [p][p]The above is Kolach hearth bread and this is a super rich tasting bread that is very good and pretty easy to make.[p]Regards,[p]Dave[p]

Unknown

Bobby-Q,[p]Great looking loaf of hearth bread. Nice job![p][p]It should work well for your "Mongo" burger. This is a two pound, 13" in diameter burger that was done on the Egg and fed 4 people. [p]Really fun to do!![p]Dave

Eggecutioner

Old Dave,[p]That is the coolest idea! My Family would LOVE that!

Unknown

Bobby-Q,[p]I went to amazon.com in an attempt to locate this book however a search for Bernhard Clayton produced no results. I do have Ray Lampe’s book on order and should receive it this week. So pretty please with sugar on top, could you post the recipe for this great looking bread?[p]Thanks, Mike

Unknown

Mike _W,[p]Amazon does have most of Bernard Clayton's books including the one mentioned. It is a hardcover called "Bernard Clayton's New Complete Book Of Breads 30th Anniversary Edition". It is 22.95 new and about 7.50 and up used.[p]If you could only own one bread book in your life, this is the bible you want. [p]Dave

Bobby-Q

Old Dave,
So true, thanks for getting the spelling straight. I added an H in there for good measure I guess.