National Homemade Bread Day

 

Today is National Homemade Bread Day! Guess how I spent the morning.

Click on this sentence for a good basic white bread recipe from King Arthur Flour. Here's my ball of dough.

Here are the two loaves that ball of dough made. I covered them and let them rise for an hour. I  sprinkled corn meal on the pan for a crispy bottom crust.

One hour later -- risen, floured, scored and ready to bake.

After baking! The house smells wonderful.

This is the more beautiful of the two. Looks good, doesn't it?

Perfect inside. The whole thing took about 2 and half hours from gathering the ingredients to this. Click to enlarge.

Buttered while still warm.

Second slice with homemade peach jam. And that is how one celebrates National Homemade Bread Day. Try it!