Friday, May 14, 2010

Rise Up: Pete Repeats

My mom used to call me "Pete" or "Charlie"--my sister, too--odd nicknames for us, with no rhyme or reason (not even that she wanted boys!).

I digress because this post, title aside, is all about bread and nothing to do with my childhood nicknames. I made a great bread last night when another one was an utter disappointment (I'm not even going to post that Guinness and Molasses bread recipe here because it was just ick): Buttermilk Whole Wheat. Not too wheat-y, good crumb, perfect for toast.

Except that it wasn't new. Until I reviewed my recipes tonight, I hadn't realized I'd made it before. In fact, it was the first recipe I made out of my favorite bread machine cookbook, Beth Hensperger's The Bread Lover's Bread Machine Cookbook. I guess I've gone full circle.

And then some, because I think I'm finally ready to tackle Hensperger's other, more famous bread cookbooks (which don't use bread machines), particularly the James Beard award-winning Bread Bible.

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