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Boudin Bread, Watch Out!

One of my favorite foods at the moment is bread.  I know, bread = carbs but it’s so good.  And who says you can’t have healthy bread, in moderation?  I recently bought the book, Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day: 100 New Recipes Featuring Whole Grains, Fruits, Vegetables, and Gluten-Free Ingredients by chance.  I saw the video on the Amazon page and was so intrigued by the fact that bread could be made that easily.  Seriously.  The idea of baking bread intimidated me, and honestly, I was expecting to mess this loaf up.

It took longer than 5 minutes to prep for me only because I boiled water and it took forever to get lukewarm.  I probably would have been better off microwaving the water for 30 seconds or so.  I also got to use my trusty Kitchenaid mixer to easily mix up the bread dough and then placed it in a plastic bowl to give it time to rise.  For some odd reason, I like the smell of bread dough rising.  I guess I’m just weird like that.  Anyway the baking was a success and I learned some things along the way.

  • Parchment paper and wax paper is NOT the same.  Glad I caught that one before I really messed up the bread.
  • Following directions is key, reading ahead is even smarter.
  • Do not open the oven door while the bread is baking, as I wanted to do this many times, and read it’s best to keep the oven closed in order for the bread and steam to stay inside.  I was excited, what can I say?

Here is the end result.  A nice looking loaf of bread.  I was so excited, I cut into the bread right away.  It was pretty hot. :-P   I topped the bread with sesame and poppy seeds, as you can see… Does it look home made??  The taste is very good and wholesome.  I can’t help but say that I am proud of baking this loaf of bread.  Yay! :)

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I have enough dough to make a few loaves which I’m going to make for my parents and Glen’s parents to bring to Thanksgiving.  I guess I can only get better from here.  The book I got has loads of recipes, so I’m sure you’ll see more bread recipes attempts in the future!!

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3 Responses to “Boudin Bread, Watch Out!”

  1. QL girl Says:
    November 23rd, 2009 at 8:34 am

    Yum! On the inside that looks like outback steakhouse bread!!!

    I once bought and used wax paper instead of parchment paper for baking. It wasn’t too bad, except that it kept smoking up in the oven, lol. Needless to say, parchment paper doesn’t smoke up.

  2. Need To Get Used To Food Blogging Says:
    November 23rd, 2009 at 1:27 pm

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  3. Susan Says:
    November 23rd, 2009 at 2:53 pm

    LOL, I wish it tasted like outback steakhouse bread! But it’s actually made up of 100% wheat flour, wheat gluten, unbleached flour, yeast and salt. A very basic recipe, as I followed from the book I got. I gotta figure out how to make the outback steakhouse bread though, cuz that is delicious!! :)

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