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ghostoffuffle  ·  1701 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Some inspiration for the bread crowd

Runner-up: Mark Bittman, whose no-knead bread is as easy as he makes it sound, and also comes out as good as it looks in the NYT pictures. Just make sure to take the suggested amount of time. Good bread requires patience.

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/11376-no-knead-bread





OftenBen  ·  1701 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Truth.

The best loaves I've ever made sat in my fridge cold fermenting for 5 days before they got baked.

ghostoffuffle  ·  1701 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Some day I'll work up the gumption to do a sourdough starter. Apparently it stinks to high heaven, but goddamn it would be worth it...

ThurberMingus  ·  1701 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I have never had a new sourdough starter get more than mildly funky. If it's stinking, you aren't discarding and feeding often enough. Do it twice a day, and the funk won't be strong and it won't last more than a week.