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What shall I do when I’m craving fresh bread but haven’t had a day off in over 2 weeks? Try a new quick bread recipe! https://www.averiecooks.com/30-minute-honey-whole-wheat-skillet-bread I wanted something more savory to go with the leftover corned beef from St Patty’s day, so subbed the white flour for store-bought rye (not whole grain rye). Cut the sugar in half but left the molasses and honey. Added 2 tsp of caraway seeds, very slightly crushed in mortar.

Made the Grant loaf from ‘World Encyclopedia of Bread and Bread Making’. 1/3 recipe =1 loaf Used 100% hard white wheat, fresh milled. No-knead recipe, but the dough was stiffer than I’d expected. Added 1 TBSP of gluten with the dry ingredients. Turned into small Dutch oven, covered, to rise. Result: pretty tasty, but crumbly. Fresh loaf had a crisp/crackly crust and soft crumb. Mistakes - forgot to preheat oven so the dough rose too long.