Comments on: Whole Wheat & Molasses Bread

By: Marye

Marye — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:52:02 +0000

oops. Jessica, I have six kids still at home. ALL of my recipes are BIG.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:33:34 +0000

Thanks so much!

I just made this yesterday, and it was fantastic. I didn’t have loaf pans, so I formed it into two enormous balls and hoped for the best. It was delicious! But you should put a warning on your recipe as to how MUCH bread it makes. I almost couldn’t fit the two loaves at once in my tiny Manhattan oven.

I’m making another batch today to gift, with a little extra molasses and proper loaf pans. Mmmmm.

By: neutron

neutron — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:06:07 +0000

Hi, how are you?
My brog name is neutron.
I love to do bake bread.
I wish I could write like you.
I’ll come back again sometime.

By: Webkinz

Webkinz — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:04:19 +0000

Made some yesterday. Absolutely delicious, and thanks for sharing this recipe.

By: Marye

Marye — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:12:35 +0000

Jennifer..thanks!

Philippa-I don’t know if there is a study, other than in the thirty some odd years i haev been making bread the loaves that I have done by hand seem to have a better texture in the long run.

Monica…oh poor thing…LOL!

By: Monica

Monica — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:45:52 +0000

mmm… I just finished making 5 loaves yesterday. 2 of my wheat bread, then 3 more of my wheat with our breakfast oatmeal leftovers in them. I’ll be lucky if they last thru today… I plan on enjoying every bite, since I’m out of wheat now, and we don’t pick up our grain order for two more weeks. I’ll have to struggle thru making bread with my 7 grain mix… (tic)

By: Philippa

Philippa — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:17:21 +0000

I am curious about your comment that there’s no substitute for hand kneading. I almost always use my KitchenAid to knead my bread dough, and also finish them off with some hand kneading. It’s such a relaxing, satisfying thing to do.

However, I have also made many successful no-knead breads, and I frequently wonder about the necessity of the hand-kneading at the end of the process. Are there any studies that show this has more beneficial qualities than the tactile and aesthetic pleasure it provides the baker?

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:19:35 +0000

Those Ingalls books were full of food you just wanted to make. Good call. I always wanted to make corn cakes – they just sounded cool in the books. Good whole post actually. It really made me want to go bake. Beautiful photos today too.