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Breadmaking Simplified

America's Test Kitchen · Season 9 · Episode 23
We’ve taken the trouble out of breadmaking with our Almost No Knead Bread and Soda Bread recipes.

A no-knead approach to bread baking produces loaves that look like they’ve been baked in a professional bakery, but the bread varies in size and shape and the crumb lacks the complex yeasty, tangy flavor of a true artisanal loaf. We loved the ease of this approach—and the extraordinary crust on the bread—but we wanted our loaves to have a consistent shape and deeper flavor. The result is a tasty bread that rises high each time. We also reveal our Irish Soda Bread recipe, which is less sweet and easier to make than most American versions.

Recipes

- Almost No-Knead Bread

- Skillet Soda Bread

Equipment Center

- Serrated Knives

Science Desk

- Kneading and Autolysis

Episode Details

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Season
9
Episode
23
Air Date
06/Jun/2009
Air Time
14:00
Runtime
25 min

Overview

Episode summary.

We’ve taken the trouble out of breadmaking with our Almost No Knead Bread and Soda Bread recipes.

A no-knead approach to bread baking produces loaves that look like they’ve been baked in a professional bakery, but the bread varies in size and shape and the crumb lacks the complex yeasty, tangy flavor of a true artisanal loaf. We loved the ease of this approach—and the extraordinary crust on the bread—but we wanted our loaves to have a consistent shape and deeper flavor. The result is a tasty bread that rises high each time. We also reveal our Irish Soda Bread recipe, which is less sweet and easier to make than most American versions.

Recipes

- Almost No-Knead Bread

- Skillet Soda Bread

Equipment Center

- Serrated Knives

Science Desk

- Kneading and Autolysis

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