Honestly, when it comes to making breads, I receive more misses than hits.
This No Knead Bread, “so easy that a 4-year old can make it”? It shamed me to no end.
I guess I’m still a babbling infant; did I receive a big fat FAIL.
I seem to have had it wrong in what seemed like so many ways:
1- I don’t possess fancy schmancy cast iron cookware. Pyrex was given a go, which is what I have. The miserably-failed “bread” got so stuck I swore I needed a jackhammer to pry it out.
Should have listened to Pickle’s doubtful meow.
Should have lined it with baking paper.
Should have invested in fancy Le Creuset for this experiment.
Hindsight. What a wonderful thing.
2- Tasted like a sea salt rock. How could 1 teaspoon of salt have given such a salt attack?
The dough you see was the half portion of risen dough.
Did I mistake ‘teaspoon’ for ‘tablespoon’? Someone please rewind the security tape.
Would I give this No Knead recipe another try?
Truthfully?
No.
With instant yeast readily available, one could probably fast forward the 12-hour wait to just 1 or 2 hours. Unless, of course, you like waking up to the big surprise and gawk at a bubbly wet mess of yeasty goo.
It did make me happy, though, to see the dough double in size the next morning.
It did. But that was to be expected, wasn’t it?
I haven’t given up hope on trying to make a good bread. Not yet.
Working with these microorganisms can be tricky business.
Did I tell you? I really didn’t enjoy Microbiology classes.
Oh no! That is sad – I always have trouble pulling bread out of pyrex bowls. Apparently you have to greasy it so much that it is WHITE with fat. The recipe for the bread you used looks weird – all the no-knead breads I’ve made only need 1-2 hours rising yours was 12-20 hours right??? Maybe try another one (that cheese one on my blog is goooood but there are many others which are good too)
Thanks for the boost. Yes, I think I should give a no-knead another try huh. It will fit perfectly into my bake a-bread-a-month goal for the year. Speaking of which, January’s zooming by and I haven’t stuck my finger into my planned bread-baking. Yikes.