#55: The Lazy Genius Bakes Bread

<p id="yui_3_17_2_1_1520623679148_16339">Bread is one of the oldest, best foods around. I have no scientific evidence of this, but it feels right. You can't really Lazy Genius bread, but you can start with great principles and have a better chance at great bread sooner than you think.</p> <p>Stuff from this episode:</p> <ul id="yui_3_17_2_1_1520623679148_13526" dir="ltr"> <li id="yui_3_17_2_1_1520623679148_12052"><a href= "http://amzn.to/2FDTPyn" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href="http://amzn.to/2FDTPyn">How to Bake by Paul Hollywood</a> // has a stellar chapter on bread</li> <li id="yui_3_17_2_1_1520623679148_15253"><a href= "http://amzn.to/2FEShEs" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href="http://amzn.to/2FEShEs">The Bread Baker's Apprentice by Peter Reinhart</a> // great if you want to geek out</li> <li id="yui_3_17_2_1_1520623679148_16285"><a href= "http://amzn.to/2p33dBt" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href="http://amzn.to/2p33dBt">bench scrapers</a> are necessary for bread and for cleaning up crap under highchairs</li> <li id="yui_3_17_2_1_1520623679148_17079"><a href= "http://thelazygeniuscollective.com/blog/whitebread" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href= "http://thelazygeniuscollective.com/blog/whitebread">my favorite recipe for a loaf of white bread, along with a video</a></li> <li id="yui_3_17_2_1_1520623679148_18905"><a href= "../../../s/55-The-Lazy-Genius-Bakes-Bread.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href= "/s/55-The-Lazy-Genius-Bakes-Bread.pdf">download a transcript of the episode</a></li> </ul> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>