While I generally buy multi-grain loaves of sandwich bread, I was recently hit with the homemade bread baking bug (probably due to this post on Lifehacker), and I currently have a whole wheat and oatmeal loaf on it’s second rise. The first rise went well, so I’ve got high hopes that this won’t turn out as a brick. It’s been a while since I’ve (tried) to make homemade bread and I had forgotten the simple pleasures that come with it.

I’ll take and post photos when it’s done. I’m awfully curious how it’ll taste toasted with a bit of soybean butter. It probably won’t have as much fiber as the multi-grain loaves I normally buy, but it sure is nice to know exactly what the ingredients are.

Another recipe I’ve been drooling over is this whole no-knead recipe from the NY Times. It looks super easy; the “hardest” part is timing the whole process due to long resting time (12-18 hours). The recipe also calls for the use of a heavy, lidded pot, which I don’t currently have in my arsenal. (I do have dutch oven pot, but it’s not the traditional cast iron type, so I’m hesitant to use it.) Considering how much I love my Lodge Cast Iron Skillet, I’m tempted to pick up their 5-Quart Dutch Oven (only $25 from Amazon) not just so I can use it for this no-knead bread recipe, but it’ll probably have a ton of uses as well.

Filed by Maria in cooking, food