Spelt Bread

My new love <3

Spelt Flour!!! I use it to make my bread now.  This blog should be renamed, FAT GIRL ADDICTED TO  CARBS...PLEASE HELP, or something along those lines. Because yes this is another 'bread' post! I absolutely love bread. I heart bread, way, way, way, more than desserts or even chocolate. This does not help my current weight situation but oh well. I thought I would share my beloved spelt bread. Yes, I heart it so. It is so rich, so hearty and nutty, it is absolutely wonderful. I use the basic bread recipe that I always use but use whole spelt flower instead. My recipe is as follows:

1 cup warm water

2 1/4 teaspoons yeast

1/4 cup olive oil

1/4 cup honey

1/3 cup milk

1 1/4 teaspoons kosher salt

2 1/2 cups whole Spelt flour

1 cup all purpose flour (I use the King Arthur, unbleached, unbromated kind)

I start by pouring the 1 cup of warm water in my kitchen aid and sprinkle the yeast on top. I leave it there for 5 minutes. After the five minutes I add the oil, honey, milk, and salt and mix it.  I then add all my flour and switch to the dough hook. I knead the dough for 6 minutes. I then add more flour as needed to get it to the correct consistency. Enough so the dough is slightly firm and can be made into a compact tight ball. I then place it in a large bowl with a drizzle of olive oil on the bottom, cover it with plastic wrap and leave it alone for 1 hour. At the end of that hour I take the dough and roll out to a rectangular shape and roll into a loaf shape. I then place it in my oiled loaf pan, cover and let it rise for another 30-60 min.  I bake @ 350 for 20 minutes uncovered, then 15 min covered with foil, and 5 additional minutes after I brush it with either butter or olive oil. I then remove it from the pan after allowing it to cool for a few minutes then let it cool for a bit more before I slice and devour it.  Try making it, you will be like me and never go down that "bread" aisle  at the grocery store again!!!!!!!

I have found that with my new Spelt recipe I do not need to add gluten, which I have in the past when using whole wheat flour. I also found that it rises so much quicker than wheat flour so I need to watch it a little more so it doesn't flatten. Read more about the benefits of Spelt here.  

Here is my beloved bread...

It goes so lovely with...

and....

Love,

Mon <3

Montgomery burger night!

Gourmet burgers we are calling them. I felt ambitious so I decided to try to make buns. I am somewhat addicted and fascinated by bread making. The idea of flour, water, yeast etc combining for wonderfully delicious results makes me happy. Anyhow, back to the brioche buns. As you can see, my sizing is off. Maybe they don't look gorgeous and perfect, but they are really good!! I was nervous and ended up making a variety of sized buns from the big momma on the right to the normal sized ones on the left. I hope they will be prettier next time but I am happy! For my first shot...not bad. I did have some issues with the recipe. For some reason I had to add more milk. I think it was ok though. Mmmmmm I <3 bread! Now for the burger feast!

Love,
Mon

Bread!

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I have been making bread for some time. I have been getting tired of my standard wheat loaf...and have really wanted to try a French bread recipe. I found one, but while on the same site I noticed a no knead recipe and I was a bit intrigued. The dough needs to rest for about 12-20 hours, and is serious so easy...so so so incredibly EASY! I baked it in our Le Creuset, and it came out really pretty!!!!!!!

Love,
MON

Bread

I really liked this recipe, the bread is really tasty.  I have to work on how I shape my bread, as you can see in the picture. Also, I am using a silicone loaf pan. I think that a metal one would help with the shape of the bread. I feel encouraged because, this is something that is important to me and I can see progress. It is better than the first loaf I made. I like this recipe too, it doesn't have any sugar just honey.  I want to live my life in a simple way...so I like that his bread has very few ingredients!!!

Love,

Mon

wild, crazy nights!

making bread. if my endeavor is successful I will post pics.

<3
Mon