The Bison Girl :: a lifestyle of good cooking, good eating & living well

Last night about 8 o'clock I really wanted something I could knead for awhile. I'm certain that I'm in the minority in this, but there's just something about making things from scratch with my hands that is really satisfying to me. And I love kneading dough. It's a great stress / tension reliever... very peaceful for me. So... I went to Barnes & Noble and looked at bread cookbooks and pasta cookbooks and came back with The Pasta Book (Williams-Sonoma) . About this Cookbook I chose this book because in the first section there are detailed instructions AND illustrations for making pasta by hand. Something I've tried to do unsuccessfully a couple times already with the basic instructions that have come along with my pasta machine.  Additionally, this book has a number of tasty looking pasta recipes for using with the noodles you create, as well as even more recipes for cooking with dried pasta noodles. Even further, this book goes into things li...

Okay, so let me start by saying that this post will not have the recipe for the bread I'm going to show you. That wouldn't be fair to the author or publisher -- and quite frankly probably isn't legal. :)  So, if you think this bread looks delicious, you'll either want to find a similar recipe online or find this book (which I highly recommend anyway, for it's plethora of other delicious bread recipes!) Here's the link to it on Amazon. What I will show you, however, is my process in following Reinhart's instructions - my opinions on how easy it was to follow and how my finished recipe turned out! That way, you can see how truly easy bread making can be! Here's a slice of the finished product: