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Kneadlessly Simple: Fabulous, Fuss-Free, No-Knead Breads (2009)

by Nancy Baggett(Favorite Author)

3.87 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0470399864 (ISBN13: 9780470399866)

languge

English

genre

Food & Cookbooks

publisher

John Wiley & Sons

review 1: baking. Apparently this was orig. underwritten by Fleischmann's yeast; pp197-201 discusses how to adapt traditional yeast/kneading recipes to this non-kneading method--basically it involves adjusting the order in which ingredients are added, a wetter dough, more proofing time, and a longer baking time. I generally do not have great luck with yeast, Fleischmann's or no, so when I tried the gluten-free light sandwich bread it was no surprise that the dough rose even less than you would expect of a gluten-free dough. Still, after putting the day and a half* into making, proofing, and baking it (it doesn't have to be that long, but that's how long I gave it), I had a flat-ish, tasty moist bread that I probably wouldn't try to make again (though we'll see how future endeavors g... moreo--maybe I'll change my mind).*update: after consulting several other cookbooks written by bakers who have spent a great deal of time experimenting with such things, I've found that the increased sitting times are necessary for all of the flavors of the eggs and milk and yeast, etc. to get absorbed into the GF flours (which just take longer than wheat flours to do so). All right then!
review 2: I only got to make one recipe out of this book: the very first one. But it was amazing. I've made basic white bread twice now. The first time, I didn't let it rise quite long enough, so it was kinda dense, but still really tasty. The second time I was more patient (and maybe added more yeast? or it was warmer?) and it turned out just about perfect. I really want to get a copy and try more recipes. (Also need dutch oven.)[Edit: got a copy for Christmas (2009 or 2010?) from my sister. Have made several recipes, am fond of oat bread, English muffin bread, and pizza dough.] less

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