My boyfriend is on a bread baking kick.
It is awesome.
His
first loaf was a flax/wheat concoction, made with whole seeds, left to rise for a few hours and baked a hair too long. The loaf ended up being a bit tough, and it didn't rise enough, but it was full of fiber, and filling. Spread enough butter on anything and it tastes amazing.
Undeterred, and faced with the rotting bananas in our kitchen, he made a simple banana bread a day later, and at the last moment, put an egg wash and sweetened flake coconut on top. The results were delicious. Three bananas made it more like a cake then a bread.
You're jealous.
Moving forward, we're thinking of attempting a semolina bread, and a sourdough. I like zucchini bread, but that's simple enough, and can be made alongside something more difficult. I wish we could have made something using the four now rotten avocados I bought last week and didn't use in time, but avocado bread sounds...yuck.
He mentioned that a good goal would be to make some bread every weekend, providing us with fresh bread throughout the week. I like this idea a lot, as processed wheat and whole grain bread is usually too spongy and bland for me. I still buy it though, because there should always be some bread in the house.
Hopefully we'll keep this up. Personally, I really want to make breakfast breads like popovers and muffins on a regular basis. I'd be a hit at work, for sure.
