No Knead Artisan Bread

[HoboHounds]

Here's a link to a great way to make your own bread by hand.&nbsp; All you need&nbsp;are the ingredients, refrigeration and a means of baking the bread.&nbsp; I make bread this way&nbsp;- it's inexpensive and simple.&nbsp; It's great because you don't need any of those mixing/bread making gadgets that most of us probably don't have while living a mobile lifestyle.<br><br><br><a href="http://theitaliandishblog.com/impor...d-for-40-cents-a-loaf-no-kneading-no-fus.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://theitaliandishblog.com/impor...d-for-40-cents-a-loaf-no-kneading-no-fus.html</a>

 

[highdesertranger]

ok saved to favs.&nbsp; I will try this I have been using a no knead recipe from mother earth news.&nbsp; it works good I bake in mine in a dutch oven.&nbsp; highdesertranger

 

[dragonflyinthesky]

Can't wait to give it a try. Its something that can be changed with mixed sprouts, jalapenos, cheese and so forth. Ummm, cinnamon sugar.

 

[HoboHounds]

<p>highdesertranger - <br><br>Do you like your dutch oven?&nbsp; Is it useful for baking on the stovetop?&nbsp;&nbsp;Do you think you use it enough to justify&nbsp;the space it takes to store it?&nbsp; I love baking and will miss having an oven on the road.<br><br>I just thought of another good stovetop/grill bread recipe.&nbsp; It makes a sweeter bread, so reduce the sugar if that's not your thing.&nbsp; Reading the reviews&nbsp;is helpful.&nbsp; I cook mine in&nbsp;a frying pan rather than the grill.<br><br><a href="http://allrecipes.com/recipe/naan/detail.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://allrecipes.com/recipe/naan/detail.aspx</a></p>

 

[Wild_E]

Dutch Oven should be a must have for Campers, Rvs and Vandwellers alike. Use inside or outside, put on the ground, in the ground over flames over the grill, over the coleman!

 

[highdesertranger]

hobo hounds yes I love my dutch oven&nbsp;in fact I have a few.&nbsp; only take one on the road.&nbsp; I have never tried to bake on a&nbsp;stove top.&nbsp; with a&nbsp;dutch oven to bake you need most of the heat on the top.&nbsp; I do the coals over and under.&nbsp; however &nbsp;I have had good luck with this method also;&nbsp; in a bbq that has a lid,&nbsp; place a heat sink above the heat source I use a piece of plate aluminum about 3/8 thick, larger than the diameter&nbsp;of the dutch oven.&nbsp; so on a&nbsp;10 inch d.o.&nbsp;you would need like a 12 inch&nbsp;plate,&nbsp; you could also use iron instead of aluminum.&nbsp; then place the d.o. on the heat sink.&nbsp; best if your d.o. has legs if not place rocks under the d.o. to raise off the heat sink.&nbsp; then close the lid and bake.&nbsp; you might have to experiment a little with temp I find it takes a little longer to bake this way, &nbsp;but I have had excellent results.&nbsp; from my results I believe you are getting about 350 degrees in the d.o. maybe a more if you really fire up the Barbie.&nbsp; btw to everyone who&nbsp;reads this d.o. make really good and easy popcorn on a stove top, &nbsp;just like mom used to make on the stove top.&nbsp; I am surprised that dutch oven cook books don't talk about this because it's so easy. &nbsp;&nbsp;highdesertranger

 

[VanFan]

Thanks for this link.&nbsp; It looks great!<br><br>I have a small (2 qt.) cast iron DO with legs which I bought to take camping.&nbsp; It has never left the house because most recipes I've found are for bigger ovens and I'm a bit mystified about scaling them down.&nbsp; I have also wondered whether it is worth the space and mess and expense associated with charcoal.&nbsp; Do you store it in a bag or box to keep the presumably sooty bottom isolated?&nbsp; Sometimes I think if it didn't have legs I would use it on the stove.&nbsp; Any tips are appreciated.<br><br>The little DO <em>has</em> been used in the stick-n-brick to make no knead artisan bread and for cooking recipes from the book <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Glorious One Pot Meals</span>.&nbsp; Like highdesertstranger, I have enjoyed the "Mother Earth News" version and have had <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Artisan Breads in Five Minutes A Day</span> out of the library a few times.&nbsp; Here's a link to their DO method:&nbsp; http://www.artisanbreadinfive.com/2009/03/11/baking-bread-in-a-dutch-oven.<br><br>Yesterday I was looking at this article which has some ideas for stove top baking:&nbsp; http://theboatgalley.com/baking-stove-top-quick-breads/&nbsp; I am intrigued by the suggestion in the Comments of using sand in the bottom (although sand sometimes contains toxic ingredients).<br><br>The naan recipes looks good, too.&nbsp; My favorite (so far) pan bread is demonstrated here:&nbsp; http://www.manjulaskitchen.com/2007/03/21/roti-chapati-flat-indian-bread/<br><br>Stove top popcorn can't be beat.&nbsp; I like to sprinkle Butter Buds on it and just a little popcorn salt.&nbsp; Mmmm.&nbsp; Now I'll have to try it in a DO.&nbsp; Here's an idea for making it in foil that I have not tried yet (Item 17):&nbsp; http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes-and-cooking/50-things-to-grill-in-foil/page-2.html<br><br>Now what's for brunch?!<br><br>Vickie

 

[HoboHounds]

<p>Sounds like a dutch oven would be an asset to have.&nbsp; <br><br>VanFan - I like reading theboatgalley.com&nbsp;<br><br>Lots of useful info from living on a boat can also be applied to vandwelling.&nbsp; In fact here's a link to that website about baking yeast or quick bread in the dutch oven on the stovetop...<br><br>http://theboatgalley.com/baking-bread-stove-top-yeast-breads/</p>

 

[highdesertranger]

I use mine with legs on a stove top.&nbsp; just got to make sure the legs clear the grate.&nbsp; wouldn't work on electric though.&nbsp; but I don't do electric anyway unless I have to.&nbsp; trying to make heat with electricity is very inefficient.&nbsp; highdesertranger&nbsp;

 

[VanFan]

Good news on the stove top use.&nbsp; I'll&nbsp; have to check the sizing on my stoves and give it a try.&nbsp; Thanks.<br>Vickie