Today on the dinner menu was good old Spaghetti & Meatballs, yum yum! So I decided we needed some bread to go along on the side. I looked at focaccia and ciabatta bread recipes but I only had ingredients on hand for french bread, so I set out all the ingredients and Charlotte and I got busy in the kitchen!
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| Sprinkle yeast on warm water to dissolve |
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| Yeast dissolved in water |
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| Adding the sugar to feed the yeast |
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| Mixing in the flour |
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| Patting the top with flour |
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| Turn the ball of dough in a greased bowl once to coat |
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| After an hour of rising |
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| Punch the dough down |
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| 30 more minutes of rising |
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| Form into a loaf, let rise for 30 minutes, then brush with egg white |
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| Bake for 25 minutes, wonderfully crispy! |
Buy some garlic spread or make your own (like we did) with butter, garlic and homegrown basil, salt to taste, broil it and serve with your yummy spaghetti and a salad.
We made the meatballs and sauce but not the salad, that is one of those all-in-one bad deals, yummers!
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| Everybody was begging for seconds! |
Wow, your own bread? I am impressed. It looks just as good as something you'd get in a bakery.
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Thanks for stopping by Vicky! A while back, in order to take a step closer to eating healthier and saving money, I decided to make all the bread products we use :)
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Yummmmm. . . that looks great! Following you now from a Friday bloghop. Have a great weekend!
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This looks absolutely delicious!! I think I might put this on my "to make this weekend" list. Thank you for joining my Circle of Friends Blog Hop. I am following you on GFC now, and I added THIS recipe to my Weekly Recipe Round Up. Yummy!
ReplyDeleteThis looks so yummy...loved that you involved your kiddo :)
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That looks so delicious! There are few things as good as fresh homemade bread. Great that your daughter helped too.
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Thanks for all the kind comments everyone! We love making our own bread but normally use the bread machine, this was a nice change :)
ReplyDeleteUm wow? Yeah, kinda jealous. My bread baking is always a hit or miss.
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