Bread Baker’s Apprentice Challenge – Anadama
I bought The Bread Baker’s Apprentice a few months ago and came home so excited to get started. You might remember that I even made a couple breads. But then I made a sourdough starter and my first try at sourdough turned out hard as a rock. The second try broke my stand mixer. I officially gave up on the book after that one.
A couple weeks ago I saw that Pinch My Salt was looking for people to bake along with and complete every recipe in the book. I emailed her as soon as I realized what she was asking. You can’t keep me down sourdough!
Our first bread was the anadama. This one never appealed to me. Molasses and cornmeal? Umm… no thanks! But I couldn’t skip out on the first recipe, that would just be wrong.
The molasses, thankfully, is hardly noticeable. The cornmeal just adds a little crunch to the top of the bread. Overall, a good bread although I don’t think I could use it as sandwich bread or anything like that. Just a little butter for this guy.
We won’t be posting the recipes for this bread since, you know, we would end up posting the whole book but I want to encourage you to purchase it and start baking with us.
I didn’t think that I’d like this bread much either but I was shocked at how great it is. It seems to adapt well to all sorts of sandwiches, always a plus in my book.
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Your bread looks great. I joined the group too but won’t begin baking until i get back from vacation in June.
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Your first bread turned out fabulously!! The anadama not only looks beautiful, but I bet it tastes amazing. I think baking through BBA sounds like a wonderful idea. I can’t wait to see the other breads you post about. Sorry that I’ve been an absent commenter; I just finished up my law school exams and am finally getting around to my google reader.
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Looks great, I have my book and hope to start baking along when I get back from vacay. Glad you liked it.
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Your loaf looks great and I’m baking right along with you.
I had a hard time finding where to post a comment. :o)
I’ll be following your blog.
Susie
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Your bread looks wonderful. I love the challenge. I’m so excited to bake breads I might not otherwise.
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