I made one round and one long loaf. They both turned out fantastic! Nathan performed the test mentioned in the Ratatouille movie, where you push on the crust to hear the crackle. :P We turned it into garlic bread and even my ultra-picky nephews who were visiting deemed it a success. I don't think I'll buy french bread anymore when I want garlic bread.
The next day, I needed something for my visitors to eat for breakfast, so I made pumpkin-orange muffins. This isn't from my bread cookbook but I liked how they turned out, and again, my nephews liked them. I added vanilla, increased the amount of orange peel, and omitted the nuts. I sprinkled powdered sugar on most of them and added chocolate chips to the last of the batter.
5 comments:
Those pumpkin-orange muffins look DELICIOUS!!!!
Wow, that french bread looks awesome!
You need to post some recipes lady!! Seriously :) I have an awesome recipe for an artican style bread...if you want it :) Both the bread and the muffin look divine!!
You are truly amazing! The french bread looks SO much better than anything you could buy in the store. I really think you should start a recipe blog for all the rest of us to enjoy your talents (that is if you can write down a recipe :) )
I hear you on the "violates the laws of bread" thing. Baguettes run along the same lines, being simply flour, yeast, salt, and water. Actually, I think I read that in old French law, any bread containing anything other than those ingredients could not rightfully be called baguettes! I suppose the yeast feed on the carbohydrates provided by the flour, but you sort of feel like a bad bread mom when you've been dutifully giving all the other yeast breads sugar.
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