My First "Artisan" Bread! Plus, Strawberry-Basil Jam
This week, I received some new “toys” in the mail. One, is the book Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day and the other: two large plastic tubs to start bread in. Embarking on a bread-baking expedition is a highly impractical thing to do in the heat of summer, since I can hardly bear to turn on the oven, but so far that hasn’t thwarted me from trying! Let me be frank and tell you that bread baking is not something I’m an expert in. I am a total novice. Fresh-baked bread is just not something I grew up with. My mother has somewhat of an odd dough-phobia and the closest thing we ever had to fresh bread growing up was Bisquick Drop Biscuits! So, I’m starting on this path quite late in life and it’s already proving to be a bit of an obsession! This book basically shows you how to make a large batch of no-knead dough (hmm, this might be right up my mother’s alley) that can be stored in the refrigerator for …