I first picked up Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day in January of 2010 and I still love it. I really can’t say enough good things about this book- it takes all of the work out of bread baking. Each recipe starts with a basic bread dough that’s easy to throw together and takes no time for rising. Simply use a big container and put the dough in the fridge until you’re ready to use it. This book is full of great recipes for everything from cinnamon rolls to pizza crust. Each takes only a portion of your dough and turns it into something magnificent. It’s also chock full of simple, healthy bread recipes. The only draw back to this book is that most recipes need your dough to rest and come to room temperature before baking. Like any other good bread recipe, this means about 90 minutes of resting/rising. As long as you plan ahead, you should have no problem. Read more about my experience baking from this book here.
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Pumpernickel, for sure. REAL authentic pumpernickel.
My absolute favorite are rolls that I make, not too high, but chock full of various flours, grains, sprouted seeds, and then near the end of the cooking, I coat with a glaze and add more seeds for the topping. The seeds, sprouts, glaze can vary, but I love to have it with salads and/or soups. Oh oh, I’m getting hungry!!
I love a really great pizza dough!
… dark rye with caraway
Potato bread, tied with naan fresh off the grill!
Honey whole wheat
yeast rolls
A really sour sourdough with a chewy crust.
High fiber
Crusty lean bread, low-yeast & slow rise. Sometimes all white flour and sometimes with a handful of whole wheat with butter please! (I also love sweet sandwich bread with graham flour, bagels, cinnamon rolls and more.)
Stuffing, can’t get it right.
I adore any bread that is lovingly made by hand.
The beauty of a homemade loaf that is proudly shared by the baker is one of the sweetest pleasures in the world!
I love cinnamon rolls right out of the oven with a light glaze of cream cheese icing.
My all time favorite is multi-grain sour dough that my grocery store makes. Soft on the inside with a crunchie crust…yum!
crusty kalamata olive
My mother’s homemade oatmeal bread. Hot out of the oven with lots of unsalted butter!
I love really thin French baguettes. More crust to bread ratio when they’re extra thin!
I do love a good rye bread
I just started baking bread a month ago. So far, Irish Soda bread and Honey Oat… simple and quick.
The brown bread from cheesecake factory!
I love whole wheat bread for sandwiches and savory breads as a side at dinner.
Sourdough!
Sourdough bread is my fav
I usually make my own recipes. I use different flours… white, whole wheat, rye…. i’ll add flax meal, wheat germ and vital wheat gluten for a boost of nutrition and a variation in the textures. I love bread Yum!
Paul
I’ve always loved fresh baked bread, and I’ve had my eye on this book for quite a while!
I am scared of tarts and crostatas. Making sure the shape is right totally intimidates me.
Cinnamon Orange Bread and Homemade Rye are a toss-up for favorites.
Parker House rolls, but only for special occasions. Mmm, buttery goodness!
what I would love to be able to make is my grandmother’s Italian Sweet yeast egg Easter bread this coming Easter, Also a real good Italian bread dough would be good. Thanks so much. Sherry
Hot and fresh, doesn’t matter what “kind”…all are great!
nice Black Russian rustic boule
The bread sticks at Olive Garden….so bad for you, yet so, so good!
Caraway rye.
My moms homemade bread
love fresh bread – and any thing fresh is great.
about 30 years ago when I was a kid going to the swap meet with my Mom, there was a place that sold bread that was so crusty & flakey on the outside & very soft on the inside. I didn’t know what it was called but I guess it was a french bread baguette. I would eat it all walking around the swap meet. They had candy, ice cream… but I loved the bread. Say “swap meet” & that’s my strongest memory
Cincinnati’s Blue Oven Bakery bread – especially the apricot-walnut
anything with a crusty outside and a great chew.
I’m a fan of sourdough bread. I love the tang of the natural yeasts and love the fact that it is truly of this region–Oregon!
Dave’s Killer Bread…right across the street from Bob’s Red Mill!!! (Any flavor!)
Crusty on the outside, soft in the inside bread.
Whole grain sourdough or an olive-studded boule. Also, marble rye.
Irish Brown Bread
My favorite is the baguette my husband bakes: wheat + spelt + bread flour. The best! And I would love to win this book to offer him. Thanks for this great giveaway.
Sourdough with the more sour, the better.
Sourdough!
Wow …. that’s hard – JUST ONE favorite? Okay, if it must be ONE, then I’ll go with organic sprouted whole grain (It’s my healthy indulgence)!
a warm crusty french bread-yum!!
My favourite bread would have to be olive bread- yum.
Sour dough