Bread baking party?

[neotoma]

I went out to lunch with holli, ellen_fremedon, andcoyotegestalt yesterday, and we got to talking about bread baking, and the odd variants of bread recipes, and what the definition of 'spoon bread' is.

But what came out is that we would all be interested in having a bread baking party sometime before it gets too hot to do so -- basically, sometime before June, or possibly late May.

I'm interested in making anadama bread, and probably more pita. But I'm looking for suggestions for other interesting yeast-leavened breads that might be fun to make at a foodie party like that.

Comments

[peoriapeoriawhereart]

I meant more the rest and rise, though not having a candy thermometer is another issue.

[neotoma]

Oh, for the rise, I generally sit my bowl (metal) on top of my stove and preheat the stove. You can set your stove to 250 and once it's there, turn it off; the residual heat will last long enough to help the bread rise.