Serious Eats: Recipes
Bread Baking: Dressed-Up White Bread
If you're going to serve a loaf of bread to company, why not make it pretty as well as delicious? This one looks impressive, but it's simple to do.
As far as flavor, I brought this one to a potluck, and one of the comments was that it was so good, it didn't need butter.
Tips on Making this Recipe...
by hand-kneading »
in a stand mixer »
with a food processor »
It's not a plain white loaf — there's semolina and oatmeal to add character and flavor — but it's also very approachable for diners who aren't adventurous.
And while it's a dressy-looking bread for dinner, the leftovers are perfect for breakfast toast or lunch sandwiches.
If you don't need a fancy loaf, you can skip the snipping and make it a plain loaf. Or use the snipping technique with your own favorite bread recipe.
About the author: Donna Currie has been cooking for fun and writing for pay since the days when typewritten articles traveled by snail mail. When she combined those talents in a food column for a newspaper in her area, she realized that writing about food is almost as much fun as eating. She most recently launched the blog Cookistry and has now joined the Serious Eats team with a weekly column about baking.