Thursday, September 11, 2008

Bread, bread...

It’s no big secret that I love bread.. I tend to tear into a loaf of fresh Italian bread as soon as I walk out of the bakery.. Or even worse, when I pop it right out of the oven I’m cutting slices off and either slathering it in butter or dipping it into the tomato sauce that finds itself simmering on my stove nearly every Sunday. I love baking my own bread and absolutely can not stand ‘white bread’ or pretty much any bread that comes pre-sliced in the supermarket. There is a grocery store by work that bakes bread all day, all kinds of bread, so whenever I get a chance I grab some rolls or a few loaves of bread.. But they never last long in my house.. And if they do start to get a little stale.. French toast, bread pudding, panzanela.. You name it..

One bread that has always caught my attention is Amish Friendship Bread.... my mom bought me a cookbook when I was about 14 and it had the recipe in it, I remember earmarking the page and then I never got around to it and God only knows where that book is now. I guess it’s somewhere along the lines of sourdough bread, but a sweet version.. I would love to try a recipe (although I’m not so sure if I have the attention span to nourish this starter every day.. Sometimes I’m lucky I remember to feed my turtles) I would still like to give it a go.. Maybe a ‘quick starter’ if there even is a thing.. Like for beginners, lol...

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