LordEden

I've learned how to cook a good amount of food and I feel like I can cook just about anything if I have a good handle on what is in it. There is one area of my cooking that I have NO experience in. Making Baked Goods.

I've NEVER made bread. Never baked bread, never made dough, never made anything like that. Last two restaurants had snobby Pastry Chefs that made all that stuff. Only I know about baking is that if the pasty chef is there early in the AM I get fresh bread for breakfast.

I *LOVE* bread, I mean I can't express my love for bread with words. Flat bread, fluffy soft bread, Italian breads, unleven bread, Mexican bread products, wheat/white American bread. You name it I love it.

So I turn to you TFP chefs/cooks, help me out with this. I just read squeebs' post about his weird pizza bowl thingy and he had a recipe for bread at the bottom. I thought to myself, it can't be that damn easy! Am I wrong? Load me down with everything you guys know about making bread, recipes, tips, books, troubles, ideas, half-baked thought processes.

I want to bake something tonight before I clean my kitchen and would love to know something simple to start out with.

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