Monday, January 28, 2008

The Look of Bread

Now and then we slash the top of the bread loaves after they're shaped into loaves and before the loaves rise. Why is it that that one little touch can make the bread LOOK so much more delicious??? It's the same dough. The same taste. But nevertheless, it looks more enticing.
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  1. Lotzastitches1/29/2008 8:47 AM

    Good Eats recently had a bread episode called Dr. Strangeloaf:
    http://tinyurl.com/2b776a

    He had a reason for the slashes...I'm misremembering probably...but I thought it was to allow the bread to expand more while baking so it would be less dense.

    (I don't think we taped that one.)

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