Ambitious Deliciousness – Dont Eat Lazy.

Here’s a recipe from Sullivan Street Bakery that I tried a while ago, while I had access to a dutch oven. I tried the same recipe again with a few changes:

*I used whole wheat flour instead of bread flour, mainly because it’s healthier. i was afraid that the texture would be too tough, but this was actually quite delicious.

*I recall thinking that this recipe needed more salt, so I added some more and it was perfect.

*Since I don’t have a dutch oven, I used a cast iron skillet to see if that would be a good substitution. To my delight, it turned out good!

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Thanks again to those that weighed in on the great banana vs. plantain debate. I really appreciate everyone’s comments. I should have offered the winner a prize or something!

After that post, I ended up with 4 very ripe bananas, which turned out to be just the perfect thing for banana bread. Very ripe, as in, use-it-or-lose-it. Can you believe that it was my first time making banana bread? It was super easy to make and doesn’t require a stand mixer. I realize the circular pan makes it look more like cake, but I don’t have a bread loaf pan so I improvised. I added a little bit of dried coconut flakes that I had from before. It didn’t really do anything other than add a little bit of crunch to the bread.

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A while ago, I was taking care of a few things around my apartment, when I realized that I had bookmarked a recipe for pita bread. If you haven’t noticed already, I enjoy making things from scratch, especially if I’ve never made it before.

Though the road to homemade pita bread was a relatively painless process, I wasn’t too thrilled with the way mine came out. The dough needed to be a bit more elastic. I think I also forgot to let the dough rest once more before popping them into the oven. I will have to figure out what went wrong and then do another post with the recipe.

Don’t worry. I will post the spinach dip recipe, even though it was an afterthought in order to make up for the mediocre pita bread. At the store, I grabbed frozen artichokes but they were $4.19 for a 8 oz. box so I screamed and ran in the other direction. Fortunately, frozen spinach was on sale so I grabbed two.

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This bread has a nice crunchy coat on the outside, while the inside is soft and chewy! Can you smell the fresh baked bread goodness? It smells wonderful! (Sorry. I hate it when people do that on television and here I am, doing it to you!)

Apparently, this no knead bread recipe was all the rage long before I started reading food blogs. I learned about it here and decided that it’s time I try my hand at breadmaking.

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