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Default Success:) (Corn Bread)



"Cheryl" > wrote in message
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> On 10/16/2014 5:51 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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>> "pltrgyst" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 10/15/14, 3:08 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>> The loaf I made today is a great colour and dh *loves* the flavour)
>>>>
>>>> It didn't rise much and is fairly dense, but I didn't really hope for a
>>>> good
>>>> rise since it was half corn and half bread flour . BUT he says the
>>>> flavour
>>>> is even better than the one we bought from the baker which started me
>>>> off on
>>>> this experiment! Needless to say, I am very pleased)
>>>
>>> Congratulations! But which recipe was this first effort?
>>>
>>> Tnx -- Larry

>>
>> All along I used my Ciabatta recipe as the base.
>>
>> I doubt you want to know my first efforts. The bread was good but no
>> taste of corn. I had used only 100g! It was always pure guesswork.
>>
>> What I ended up with was:
>>
>> 2 tsps dried yeast
>> 2 tsps sugar
>> 250g fine corn meal
>> 250g strong bread flour
>> 3 tbls oil
>> 300 ml water
>>
>> It is dense with not much rise, but dh just told me he prefers dense
>> bread (???) lol
>> The wholemeal bread I make and which he likes is fairly dense, but not
>> so much as this one
>>

> I'm keeping that recipe to try!


If you do, let me know how you like it


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