Steve- I also LOVE home made bread. I usually make two loaves at a time and they disappear. Recently, I bought a new bread book- Artisan bread in 5 minutes a day (Jeff Hertzberg Zoe Francois). I love this book!! It takes a little thinking but once you "get" it --it is terrific. They use a "steam" method so I put an OLD as in rusty cupcake pan filled with water on the shelf below the bread. The best part is you make up the batch of dough---with NO KNEADING--great for people with arthritis, and once it rises then you put it in the fridge. You have two weeks to use it. So, I will take out a "lump", stick it on the counter to rise, and toss it in the oven to bake whenever the spirit moves me. It is great. Each recipe makes three loaves. There is something comforting about knowing there is dough just waiting to be baked in my fridge. And, yes, I add gluten to every loaf.
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