#but it certainly has the extra sweetness Dylan describes so I figure it worked just fine!

[littlehollyleaf]

And the latest vintage baking adventure is

ANADAMA BREAD 🍞 😋

I've actually made this bread before - there's a recipe in one of my bread specific cookery books. It was a while ago though, and clearly didn't stand out as I don't remember it much (though I do recall finding it tasty enough). I'm pretty sure that version was fiddlier however, with long on the counter kneading and shaping - Dylan's tells you to simply knead IN THE BOWL and only roughly shape the loaf. So I was curious to see how the crumb would turn out just doing it that way.

Answer: it turns out great 👍

Unlike Dylan, who talks in his intro here about not being a fan of making yeasted bread as a whole, I really really do love it. So I've got a decent amount of experience at this point. Meaning I actually have some basis of comparison for this recipe. And it compares VERY FAVOURABLY! Softer than I'm used to in my homemade bread, which may be more because it asks for plain flour not bread flour as opposed to the difference in kneading, but that suits the sweeter flavour of this one to my usual breads I think.

Delicious with butter and cheese - but I suspect it will be HEAVENLY with jam and/or nut butter 😋 And since I'm out of jam atm, seems like a perfect excuse to shop for more... FOR SCIENCE...

#b dylan hollis #a true but boring story #about me #baking yesteryear #aside: I only had non-liquid molasses and wasn't sure if the measurements would be the same #so I subbed for a mix of malt extract (which I use in my other breads) and treacle #no idea how this might have altered the flavour #but it certainly has the extra sweetness Dylan describes so I figure it worked just fine!