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  • No-Knead Bread

    Although it’s not particularly keto-friendly, I made a loaf of NY Times No-Knead Bread (fine-tuned versions):

    No-knead bread - loaf
    No-knead bread – loaf

    Wow, that tasted good and definitely added a bit more pep to my morning bike rides!

    The receipe produces a rather wet lump of dough in the mixing bowl:

    No-knead bread - mixed
    No-knead bread – mixed

    It looks much more promising after rising for 18 hours:

    No-knead bread - 18 hour rise
    No-knead bread – 18 hour rise

    The recipe calls for a large heavy pot, which produced a long-disused nickel-plated cast iron Wagner Ware No. 8 Drip-Drop Roaster from the attic:

    No-knead bread - Wagner No 8 Roaster
    No-knead bread – Wagner No 8 Roaster

    I scrubbed out the interior and used it as-found to good effect. After the cookin’ was done, a few hours of electrolytic stripping seemed in order:

    No-knead bread - electrolytic pot strip
    No-knead bread – electrolytic pot strip

    The lovely nickel plating on the outside of the pot didn’t need stripping, but the interior is once again a nice flat black surface and the next loaf should drop right out …