IT’S NOT ALL SUCCESS

When my children were young, I baked homemade bread each week (I even ground the wheat!). I eventually moved out of that phase and, like most people, returned to the convenience of store-bought bread.

During the pandemic, store bought bread was hard to come by for a while. That didn’t jive very well with Oscar’s penchant to eat a whole loaf in a day or two, so the rule became that if he wanted to eat bread, he was going to have to make it. Funny how he didn’t seem to want to eat bread then – lol.

Now a loaf of bread costs $4.00 and the taste and texture makes has become unpalatable. So, I’ve been on the hunt for an EASY bread recipe.

Imagine my delight to come across a recipe for Peasant Bread. It required no kneading and took only 2 cups of flour, 1 teaspoon each of yeast, sugar, and salt, and 1 cup of warm water. How simple!

First attempt: I cooked it in a cast iron skillet (as seen in a You Tube video) and ended up with this:

Second attempt: I cooked it in a small oven-safe mixing bowl (also suggested on the You Tube video) and it looked much better:

Unfortunately, I didn’t like the flavor or texture. Sigh.

So, the hunt continues.