she might not be pretty, but . . .
she makes up for it in personality. So, the no-knead whole wheat Bittman bread was a success. After an initial rise of 24 hours, I folded in a handful of chopped walnuts and some sunflower seeds, spread the dough into a tin, slicked the top with olive oil and sprinkled it with a generous handful of poppyseeds. I let it rest for another 2 1/2
an experiment
Inspired by Shari, I wrote a spring manifesto a few days back. One thing I want to do this spring is find an easy, but tasty, everyday whole grain bread recipe, something akin to “birdseed” bread.
I’m starting with Bittman’s No-Knead Whole Wheat Bread. I don’t have a lot of faith in this recipe though–the dough feels all wrong to me. Perhaps I