Comments on: Great Cookbooks for Families: Bread

By: pim

pim — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:41:25 +0000

The recipe is very flexible.
Parchment, yes. I use the same sheet repeatedly. It doesn’t wear out. (Eventually it rips or becomes brittle.)
Skip the water/steam maker. In my oven it makes no difference.
Bake in a closed dutch oven as per Sullivan Street Bakery.
I can not imagine the person who will not enjoy this bread.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:27:02 +0000

The basics from Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes is on the Mother Earth News website. I’ve been making it for several weeks, and it really couldn’t be easier. And good! And cheap!

A couple comments – you can cook the bread on parchment, which makes life much easier when transferring to the pizza stone, and a cast iron griddle works too if you don’t have a pizza stone. The first time I made it, I put the hot water (called for in the recipe) in a pan under the pizza stone and the stone cracked, so now I put the water *above* the stone in the oven.

By: cricket

cricket — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 11:56:25 +0000

Barbara, It is very easy to find these recipes online. if you click on the link to no-knead bread in the first paragraph, you’ll get to the recipe as printed in the NYTimes. If you google “Artisan Bread in 5″ you’ll be able to get that recipe. Definitely do it! The breads are wonderful to eat & fun to make.

By: barbara

barbara — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 01:34:27 +0000

how do i get the simple recipe that you refer to above?–short of buying the cookbook that is maybe that isn’t possible it does sound delicious

By: Katy

Katy — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:40:02 +0000

Kneadlessly Simple is still right on the kitchen counter, in continuous use, even though I wrote this review a while ago. I really love it.

By: Maria

Maria — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:31:23 +0000

Thank you for this great review Katy!
I am very much ready to make bread….This was the boost I kneaded ….
….or didn’t knead, as the recipe says.

By: j

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:16:32 +0000

You don’t knead them at all?