Experiment: Can I make yummy homemade bread?
Experiment Taken From: Notebook Entry 04.15.09
Materials Needed: Please see Dine & Dish for the full instructions. I followed the instructions exactly. I did have to add about 1/4 cup extra flour because the dough was a little too sticky.
Results: I was excited to try this recipe for “Honey, I’m Home Bread” because it looked so delicious and I could use my bread machine to make it. I layered in all of the ingredients and turned on my bread machine to do the work. When I peeked at the dough, it looked like it needed a little more flour so I worked that into the loaf.
As you can see, the bread rose beautifully. It rose so high, in fact, that when it baked it hit the top of my oven and got a little dip in the center (thus, the off-center pictures here). The bread looked golden and smelled delicious.
Unfortunately, it got very brown on the outside after 35 minutes of baking, but when I cut into it, it was still dough in the center. I am not sure if it was because I use stoneware versus a glass loaf pan, but the inside of the loaf did not come out the way I hoped.
Regardless, I am going to try this recipe again and maybe just cook it in the bread machine instead or try a different loaf pan. We did eat around the dough parts because we can’t let good bread like that go to waste. It was absolutely deliciously sweet from the honey and a perfect balance of flavors.
I refuse to give up though which is why this is not a failed experiment in my book!
Conclusion: Thanks to Dine & Dish for giving me a recipe that I can’t wait to attempt again!
Related Links:
Getting to Know Your Bread Machine
Adventures in Bread Making: Artisan Bread in 5
Storing Homemade Bread & Bread Ingredients
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