Application Guide
Table Of Contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
- America’s New Bread Box
- Orientation
- Batterie de Cuisine: Know Your Bread Machine
- Making Bread
- Daily Breads: White Breads and Egg Breads
- White Breads
- Egg Breads
- One-Pound Loaves
- Pasta Doughs from Your Bread Machine
- Earth’s Bounty: Whole Wheat, Whole-Grain, and Specialty Flour Breads
- Whole Wheat Breads
- Rye Breads
- Specialty Flour Breads
- Multigrain Breads
- Gluten-Free Breads
- Traditional Loaves: Country Breads and Sourdough Breads
- Country Breads
- Sourdough Breads
- All Kinds of Flavors: Breads Made with the Produce of the Garden, Orchard, and Creamery
- Herb, Nut, Seed, and Spice Breads
- Savory Vegetable and Fruit Breads
- Cheese Breads
- Mixes and Some Special Breads Created from Them
- Stuffing Breads
- Circle, Squares, and Crescents: Pizzas and Other Flatbreads
- Sweet Loaves: Chocolate, Fruit, and Other Sweet Breads
- Breakfast Breads
- Coffee Cakes and Sweet Rolls
- Chocolate Breads
- Holiday Breads
- Express Lane Bread: No-Yeast Quick Breads
- Jams, Preserves, and Chutneys in Your Bread Machine
- Appendix 1 Bits and Pieces: Crumbs, Croutons, Crostini, and Toasted Appetizers
- Appendix 2 To Eat with Your Bread: Spreads, Butters, Cheeses, and Vegetables
- Appendix 3 Resources
- General Index
- Recipe Index
baking at 400°F. Remove from the oven and place on a cooling rack. In a
minute or so the loaf will begin to speak. Cool pretty thoroughly before you
cut into it so the interior structure has a chance to set.
Eating
The easiest way to get at this loaf is to cut it in half, stand a half on edge and
cut slices starting at one end. Store the other half on edge to prevent it from
drying out. Eat it with whatever excuse you need (because it’s there; to eat
with butter, jam, soup, or tea; or best of all, the presence of a friend with
whom the bread just needs to be broken).
Afterthoughts
Perhaps it’s because the gestation of this loaf is so long, or because the loaf
is so fulsome and round, or because it speaks when it is done. Maybe it’s be-
cause the bread machine makes it so easy to create. Or maybe it’s just be-
cause it’s the perfect vehicle for so many of the things that make life a good
place to be. Whatever the reason, it’s at this point that I go back to the begin-
ning and start another biga.
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