Friday, March 21, 2008

Baking bread. Mmmmmm.

I baked two loaves of bread last weekend using our Kitchen Aid mixer, and they came out pretty good. But because we received a spiffy Le Creuset 6.5-quart dutch oven as a wedding gift, I'm now able to try out the "Almost No-Knead Bread" recipe from the Jan-Feb 2008 issue of Cooks Illustrated. I'm so excited. I've been wanting to try the recipe since we first got the magazine in our mailbox.

Cooks Illustrated is one of my new husband's favorite things. When it arrives, he grabs it, goes to the couch, rips off the plastic covering, and looks at the back inside cover to see the photos of the featured recipes for that issue. Then he thumbs through the magazine, commenting on the bits that interest him and slotting recipes into the next week's menu plan. It's delightful to watch.

I'll post a review of the recipe when the bread comes out of the oven and is cool enough to cut. Meanwhile, Happy Friday.

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