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Loaf to admit failure

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by
Waz
on May 29, 2008
in Cakes, breads and baking, Cooking videos, Failures and redemptions, Vegetarian and Video recipes
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You can’t beat waking up to the smell of fresh-baked bread. But how to get it without the rising, the knocking down, the second rise, and then the EARLY rise on your own part to stick the dough in the oven?

Yes yes, I’ve heard of bread machines. They seem a great idea, but aren’t they a little soulless? Load everything in the evening and it’s done in the morning - the washing machine school of cookery. Surely the tactile experience - getting your hands messy - is part of the satisfying process of baking your own bread.

From what I’ve seen, people tend to buy bread machines as a fad item, then shelve them to gather dust or ship them off to the charity store within a few months. So I’m not sure they are worth the investment. Continue reading ‘Loaf to admit failure’