Milk Loaf

Well, in my small windows of opportunity this morning I managed to make a loaf successfully with fresh yeast – yay! For some reason I’ve tried twice before and have ended up with a brick. I don’t think I got the temperature of the liquid quite right before. This is a recipe from the Dan Lepard book, the Handmade Loaf, that Dan gave me for my birthday. It’s a lovely, homely, milk loaf meant to be good for sturdy sarnies.

It smells wonderful! Can’t wait to try it. I’ve discovered that making bread is actually OK with a bambino in the house, so long as there’s not an emergency whilst I’m covered in sticky dough. The gaps between kneading and rising are quite handy.

Window’s closing.. gotta go!