January 23--The day I made bread and the coffee maker died.

[zyzyly]

I made some bread in my dutch oven this afternoon. Started it yesterday evening and let it sit out and do its thing overnight. This morning the dough/batter was warm and yeasty. It almost looked like sourdough starter. I added some flour and kneaded it a few times, then tossed it back in the bowl and into the oven to proof. I love that my oven has a proofing setting. It beats my old contraption, which was a foam ice chest and a heating pad.

After I fooled with the bread I made coffee. I tried to make coffee. The coffee maker light came on, but then failed to do anything else. I guess it is the heating element. It is about 10 years old, so I tossed it out and went out and got a new one--the exact same one as I had. It's a little 5-cup Mr. Coffee with a stainless steel carafe. The old one was faithful until the very end.

After I got back from shopping, I messed with the bread some more. I put the Dutch oven in the regular oven and let it get super hot. Then I dropped the dough in and put the lid on. 50 minutes later I had a delicious loaf of bread with a very crunchy crust. It was so simple. I am already thinking of ways to enhance the recipe, maybe with some garlic and herbs or something.

My friends and I listened to some music tonight. Some random funky Latino stuff and some David Bowie covers. It was good.

Comments

[randomdreams.livejournal.com]

Dutch oven bread sounds pretty good. I may have to try that.

[zyzyly.livejournal.com]

You should-it is so simple, and tastes so good!

[wantedonvoyage.livejournal.com]

That's a pretty good run for a coffeepot. Do you do the periodic vinegar brew to clean the heating element? We learned our lesson after wrecking an almost new Cuisinart with our hard water. They were generous with the warranty... once... but I suspect it went on our permanent record!

Bread looks yum! I have never tried to bake bread.

[zyzyly.livejournal.com]

I used to do the vinegar thing periodically, but that fell by the wayside about 5 years ago. I should put it on the calendar.

[throbinson.livejournal.com]

This looks really delicious! I love crusty bread with plenty of butter.

Seems like anymore, coffeepots are disposable items. We recently had to replace our Hamilton Beach BrewMaster, which is one of those pots that doesn't have a carafe, just brews up to 12 cups in an internal tank. Sooner or later they all develop a leak, that was the third incarnation we'd had. We ended up replacing it with a Mr. Coffee which seems to be pretty spiffy.

We also use a Keurig for coffee at any other time but mornings (we drink the entire 12 cups in the Mr. Coffee every morning). Did I mention we like coffee at our house?

[zyzyly.livejournal.com]

This little Mr Coffee is perfect for us. We have about 2 cups each in the morning.

Yeah that bread turned out good. My wife ate about half of it when she got home from work last night

[3-black-cats.livejournal.com]

That is some good looking bread. :)

[zyzyly.livejournal.com]

I was very happy with it. More again soon!

[neptunia67.livejournal.com]

My gosh, I can practically smell that bread from here.

[zyzyly.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah--it has a lovely aroma!

[thoughtsbykat.livejournal.com]

Mmm, that bread looks crusty and delicious.

[zyzyly.livejournal.com]

Haha--that describes it perfectly--crusty and delicious!

[gurdonark.livejournal.com]

The bread looks great. I hooe the new coffee machine serves long and well.

[zyzyly.livejournal.com]

I like this bread a lot. I will experiment with the recipe and see what I can come up with.