3.5 hours later, I returned from dinner with ABS to an apartment smelling wonderfully of bread and a golden loaf sitting in my bread machine.
A picture of my baby, with the bread machine in the back.
A close-up view.
First taste test. The texture is very satisfatory. The crust is crispy and perfect. The inside is soft, moist but "structured", and well-mixed. Taste-wise, it has the characteristic dense and rich flavor of whole wheat, though it seems a bit saltier and not as sweet as I would have liked. I think a bit more molasses would make it tastier, and possibly using whole milk rather than non-fat milk.
Eaten with butter and jam, it was very delicious. Overall, this seems to be a success.
Now the only probelm is, how am I going to eat 1.5 lbs of bread all by myself?
1 comment:
wonderful, I'm glad you're enjoying your bread. I think personally the biggest weaknesses of the bread machine are the crustlessness (which obv is totally cool if you enjoy softer bread) and the vast vast quantities of bread. my bf's housemates last year made bread in the breadmaker just about every day and within a week I couldn't even stand the smell! so maybe that's really sort of soured my taste for breadmaker bread. but you should enjoy it, and not listen to a sour old fussy-body (is that a word?) like me ;)
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