Saturday, April 2, 2022

[Lesson #5] Foolproof Bread Baking: Pizza, Focaccia, Sandwich Bread, and More


Hello,

Let's wrap up Bread Baking Made Simple with a bit of truth:

Dough is Dough

If you know how to make a loaf of sandwich bread dough, you can make pizza dough. If you can make dinner rolls, you can make focaccia.

Dough is dough.

Once you learn that the steps to make any kind of bread are the same, you can make any loaf of bread you dream.

Take for example my mother's peasant bread recipe. It's incredibly delicious by itself, but simple additions of herbs, cheese, nuts, and seeds allow it to morph into something else.

Bread Toast Crumbs

This is the foundation of my cookbook, Bread Toast Crumbs: one simple foundational recipe, 40 spinoff recipes, including monkey bread, pizza, focaccia, brioche, dinner rolls, cinnamon-swirl bread and more.

"The book Ali and her mom built out of the genius master recipe is a glorious thing—with close to 40 spinoff recipes for different types of bread, plus dozens of ways to use leftover slices and crumbs in all sorts of meals."
— Food52.com

"I don't know Alexandra personally, nor her mother, but their recipe has become a cherished part of my family's life."

— Celeste Ng, author of Little Fires Everywhere

Bread Toast Crumbs Features

  • 40 no-knead bread recipes: pizza, cinnamon-swirl bread, monkey bread, rolls, buns, focaccia, panettone, brioche and more
  • 70+ recipes for using up every slice, heel, and crumb of the many loaves you bake
  • Tips & techniques to help make you a FEARLESS bread baker

"I have only scratched the surface of what this book has to offer, but I love that there are more than just bread recipes in this bread book. If you are a beginner to bread baking, this is a good intro. It is definitely not intimidating!"

— Sherri A. Carras

" These no-knead breads are FOOLPROOF! The writing in this book is gorgeous. I want to live inside this book. The photography is gorgeous, the recipes are delicious - I can't wait to try everything in the book! The bread turns out fabulous, and I have gotten rave reviews from anyone I have shared it with. The stuffing recipe is absolutely perfect, and I will definitely be making it for Thanksgiving. An easy, forgiving, delicious, and from-scratch stuffing recipe? Yes, please! The pissaladiere turned out great, too. So many terrific-sounding recipes to try!

— Marina, a 5-star Amazon review

Introducing Peasant Bread Kits

For everything you need to make bread baking both foolproof and enjoyable, take a look at my Peasant Bread Kits.

With this Peasant Bread Kit, you get a signed copy of Bread Toast Crumbs, two glass Pyrex bowls, a cloth bowl cover, a digital scale, a GIR spatula and more.

"I have given Bread Toast Crumbs as a gift to five of my friends, and I usually include in the gift a digital scale and a set of pyrex bowls - a "can't fail" bread-baking kit. It is hugely appreciated. Now my friends and I can share our bread-baking successes with each other."

— Carol Otey

Moving forward, I'll be back in your inbox sharing my favorite bread recipes of the hour as well as simple and seasonal recipes.

PS: Interested in sourdough? Sign up right here: Sourdough: Demystified!

Happy Cooking,


Alexandra Stafford



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