Anadama Bread

No....I didn't go ahead and join another baking group. Besides, I couldn't if I wanted to because it is already closed. But I had to get in on the action with all these delicious looking breads popping up everywhere.

Working with yeast always intimidates me even though I have been getting better at it over the past year or so. The part that I don't like about making bread is the kneading part. But with my trusty KA mixer and the bread hook I don't really have to worry about kneading a thing.

The first bread that the group made was Anadama Bread. I was intrigued and decided to see if the cookbook was at my library. Low and behold it was there. After looking at the recipe and the ingredients I convinced myself that I could do it. This is a really nice cookbook too! It has lots of intro pages to teach bread bakers. Add to the fact that I have a huge container of cornmeal and molasses left over from various recipes I decided to give it a whirl.


While I made the bread over the course of two days, I told Ben that I felt like I was completing a science experiment. On day 1 you have to mix water and cornmeal and let it soak overnight. On day two, you add the yeast, flour, molasses and other ingredients to get it to rise and eventually bake it. It was quite simple and fun to prepare.

If you are interested...Nicole (who started the Bread Bakers Apprentice Challenge) posted a fantastic step by step instruction guide with the recipe HERE for this bread. Check it out and try it. The bread is really good and tastes great as a sandwich bread because of the softness.

I think that I may even try the a few more challenges before I have to return the book to the library.