Monday was my first time ever baking bread by myself and I loved the results so much that I just tried another bread recipe this morning.
Below is the loaf that I made last night to go with dinner. I was so proud of myself.
Before I go on, I just wanted to tell you how I got into this Bread-fest. Pamela Susan, who has a great blog that I visit all the time, posted an amazing recipe for bread last week. I went to the store and bought all the ingredients to make it over the weekend, but I forgot to buy gluten, so I was really bummed because I was all hyped up to make the bread, but didn't have the gluten! So yesterday, while I was poking around at various random blogs, I found a recipe on Lollychops for Ham and Swiss Bread. It was AMAZING.
B and I ate it with dinner last night, and he loved it. It's such a great recipe! I love how in this recipe, the sandwich filling is baked directly into the center of the bread - so there's no need to fuss about cutting it open when it's finished and putting all your sandwich fillings between slices - it's already baked on in there!
My roommate before I married Brian - Renn - is a great baker. She would bake all kinds of yummy delights, and she taught me how to bake pumpkin bread, but it was under her supervision because I didn't trust myself to bake without her checking on it. Yesterday I was very pleased with my first unsupervised bread baking project.
This morning, on a high from last night's bread baking victory, I decided to look around for other great bread recipes. I came across The Joy of Baking, and there was a great little recipe for Strawberry Bread. I happened to have strawberries in the fridge, so I whipped it up this morning, and it tastes great! I definitely recommend making either or BOTH of these recipes. And also try out Pamela's recipe, which I am sure is scrumptious - you know I will be making it once I get some gluten!
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Thank you so much for your sweet comments. And that bread looks amazing! I want to make some banana bread..yum! I love putting chocolate chips in them... double yum! lol
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Everything looks so delicious. You seem you really love cooking. I feel like tasting Strawberry bread. Pictures are so tempting.
Oooh! I'm so inspired! I have always been afraid to make my own bread because it seems to tedious. But these recipes would give me a good excuse to learn :)
Tiffany Lynn - I felt exactly the same way about making my own bread too, but when I read Pamela Susan's blog about the bread she made, I soooo wanted to try. It's actually so much easier than I thought it would be!
yummy.......looks great...I love to cook...but bake....I'm always a bit scared of the exactness of ingredients...I tend to just throw stuff in...lol
I might just have to give this a go thought.......
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looks delicious .. especially that sandwich! i too have always been intimated of making my own bread ... you've totally inspired me!
oh, wow that loaf of bread looks scrumptious. I just can't make a loaf I am stisfied with--the elevation here just plays games with me.
wow, amazing job!!! it all looks so tasty! love the illustration, too. :)
weird...i've been wanting to make my own bread for the past few days!! i just need to find potato starch...
Oh my goodness that bread looks delicious, I am to afraid to make it but maybe one of these days when I feel brave,I'll give it a shot
You go girl! That bread looks DELICIOUS! I'm thrilled I helped inspire you in this adventure! :)
p.s. Yes! I spotted my shop on Paper N' Stitch right before the next artist was featured! :)
wow you baked those bread? it looks so delicious! you're quite the domestic goddess! ;)
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So many people read your blog! I'm secretly jealous! ;-) Hee hee. Just kidding.
That bread looks incredible, and as it's just after 7 and I've not had breakfast, I am now murderously hungry. UGH. Lunch can't come fast enough and left over Lentil soup just isn't going to cut it.
Thanks Dionne, thanks for making me so hungry. Sheesh. ;-)
Hee hee. Love ya! :-D
Hi!
Bumped into your blog and im absolutely loving what i read so far! The breads loook scrumptious, and i definitely love the idea of the sandwhich filling baked in.. now why didnt i think of that?:)
also, im a newbie in the blogging world, so please feel free to visit my blog as well!
Wow (another w!), do these look good! We just baked bread last night, too, but it was just plain ole' wheat bread. Yummy though! I love strawberries and I'll definitely have to give that recipe a try. Ta!
I'm just starting out with baking bread. It has been a little daunting at first as I consider myself more of a cook (I like to just throw things together) while baking calls for more exact measuring. I need to try these recipes!
By the way, I'm adding you to my blog roll - love your blog!!
Oh my gosh you are a bread FIEND! These all look so beautiful---and the ham and cheese bread in particular looks scrumptious! Will have to give that one a try for sure...
Loving all of your bread. Wow, girl...you can bake!!
Thanks for your comment!!
The bread looks AMAZING!!! I am going to have to bake a loaf!
oh my goodness that looks amazing!! i want to try to make bread but i figure i should start with something a little similar..like pasta
everything looks so delicious
I absolutely love home cooked bread, but I guess who doesn't! That strawberry bread looks phenomenal!
thanks a lot for your comment:)
your bolg is gorgous and omg all these types of bread..yum yum:)
I love your illustrations! Very pretty. And many happy returns on your first Valentine as a married couple. With sandwiches like those heartshaped ones your future looks bright and shiny!
Your sketch illustration is very nice. Wish I can do that too before I start baking anything! Thanks for dropping by at my blog.
YUM. this looks soooo good.
Oh yes me and bread go together so well!
Your illustrations are so sweet! I love them!
I'm so glad you enjoyed the ham and swiss braid! yay for you, it looks fantastic! Lolly gave me the heads up on your post about it! I can make one recipe of that braid and between my husband and I, we have it gone in two days! (he does most of the eating but I do put a dent in it!) that strawberry bread looks fantastic!
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