Recipes for No Knead and Other Tasty Breads
October/November 2007
Jaime Netzer
The process of baking bread is like an homage to our past: One
of our oldest foods is also one of the most satisfying to create
from scratch. The smell of the classic heart-warmer can no doubt
warm spirits on even the chilliest of days. As fall settles in,
here are some tasty recipes for those with bread machines or sturdy
palms: The no knead recipe requires neither.
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Fast White Bread
From The Joy of Cooking
This is a quick and easy yeast bread designed to work with
quick-rise yeast, regular active dry yeast works too. Stir together
in a large bowl or the bowl of a heavy-duty mixer:
2 cups bread flour
1 tbsp. sugar
1 package (2? teaspoons) quick-rise or active dry yeast
1? tsp. salt
Add:
1 cup very warm (115 to 125 degrees) water
2 tbsp. butter or margarine, melted or softened
Mix by hand or on low speed for 1 minute. Add ? cup at a time
until the dough is moist but not sticky:
1 to 1? cups bread flour
Knead for about 10 minutes by hand or with the dough hook on low
to medium speed, until the dough is smooth and elastic. Transfer
the dough to an oiled bowl and turn it over to coat with oil. Cover
the bowl loosely with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place (75
to 85 degrees) until doubled in bulk, 40 to 45 minutes. Grease a
9-by-5 inch loaf pan. Punch down the dough, form it into a loaf,
and place seam side down in the pan. Oil the surface and cover
loosely with a clean cloth. Let rise in a warm place until doubled
in bulk, 20 to 45 minutes. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Bake
the loaf for 10 minutes. Reduce the heat to 350 degrees and bake
about 30 minutes more. Bake until the crust is golden brown. Remove
the loaf from the pan to a rack and let cool completely.
Yields: One 9-by-5-inch loaf
For Bread Machines: Hearty Winter Bread
From
CooksRecipes.com.
7/8 cup water
2 tbsp. butter or margarine
1 large egg
1/4 cup molasses
1/4 cup cornmeal
2? cup white bread flour
2/3 cup whole wheat flour
2? tsp. active dry yeast
Add ingredients in the order given by the manufacturer of your
bread machine.
Select the sweet or basic setting and desired crust color setting;
press start.
Makes a 2 pound loaf.
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