make chewy crusty artisan BREAD with 5 minutes of your time! seriously! and cheap!

OP you forgot to add these WARNINGS LOL

It is so good you will eat too much and get fat.

You will not be able to go back to store bread.

You will buy much more real butter.

Your neighbors will smell it cooking and stop by more often.

Your family members will start to expect some to take home.

You will start to neglect other food groups.

You will pass up happy hr. for a piece of toast.

Research sourdough . and the benfits of a long knead time. you will learn that it is not the wheat or the gluten that bothers you. rather it is our quick commercial way of making bread products and grain products. fast does not equal better

I didn't know this. Thanks. Also, according to Ayurveda, your body type makes a difference. For my body type, I can eat wheat once in a while but not daily.

You are so awesome...I just made my first loaf of rosemary/parmesan and it is amazing! Olive bread is happening next...can't believe I used to pay $5/loaf for this!!!!! I didn't fold it properly so it looks like a giant ass, but still tastes sublime!

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i have made variations of this recipe where i added cocoa powder and sugar (it's not like a chocolate muffin but more like a biscotti)

i have made a variation where i added raisins, cinnamon and molasses

i have made one where i have throwin in almonds and sesame seeds and dried ruit like figs or dates.
or sometimes just mixed nuts.

i have substituted flour with cream of wheat!
i have done it with a sourdough starter.

you can do 1/2 wheat and half corn flour
or 1/2 wheat and some rye.
anything goes!

just mix it up, let it sit, and bake.
voila.

it's the best thing ever for when you're bugging out to bake some fresh bread. very grounding, comforting, simple, CHEAP, and delicious.

i imagine you could also make this on a campfire or brick oven if if TSHTF.

this recipe makes me so happy, and i hope it will make you happy too!

if you find a new variation on how to make it let me know!

now go do it. right now! :)

yeah, ask any Aztec about Amaranth, contact someone in the Andes for the Quinoa, Almond taste sucks IMHO, and Rice Flour, that's real tasty too. Or you can try one of those specialty over-priced snob-filled exotic health food stores. They can help you.

My apologies Pink Cat if this has been asked already....but have you or anyone tried this with spelt flour?

Thanks a bunch, I love this and will make a batch when my boys get home from school...it will be a little science/cooking experiment for them!!

take 4 minutes of your time and go start a batch now!
this time tomorrow it'll be in your mouth!

Thanks so much! I'm going to try it. Been making bread 30 years but never this way. Good thinking :)

Thanks so much! I'm going to try it. Been making bread 30 years but never this way. Good thinking :)