Tuesday, February 7, 2012

BWJ - White Loaves


Welcome to the first Baking with Julia post.  BWJ is the new Tuesdays with Dorie, and there are currently over 300 members.  We will only be baking fortnightly, not weekly.

This week's recipe, chosen by Laurie and Jules, is White Loaves.  In my case, I only made one loaf.

You make some basic bread dough using a stand mixer and dough, then let it rise for an hour or so:


then you pat it out and shape it before putting onto a loaf tin:



and allow the dough to rise again:



You then bake the dough and hey presto - you get bread:


For my first slice of this bread, I borrowed this week's FFwD recipe for Nutella Tartine, and made it on white instead of brioche:




Delicious, even if I say so myself.

Our hosts Laurie and Jules will have the recipe for the white loaves.  And to see lots of other white loaves, visit the LYL section of the Baking with Julia website.

38 comments:

Flourchild said...

Your bread looks great! Wait until you see mine..I had some issues!! It's so nice to see us back together baking again with Dorie!! I love the last picture, looks so yummy with the nutella !!

Cher Rockwell said...

Looks great - and you gave us a bonus sneak peak at your tartine!

Liz That Skinny Chick Can Bake said...

Yeah, great minds think alike! I just figured out I could use my BWJ bread for my tartine as well! Just need to hunt down some hazelnuts :) Your bread looks perfect!

Heather said...

Your loaf looks great! Also I may have drooled a little bit at that last photo.

Kris' Kitchen said...

Wish I had been so smart...Should have let this bread do double duty...but it has all been eaten. Fun to be in another group with you.

Pamela said...

Very nice! I only made 1 loaf as well. It went pretty well for me and it tasted lovely.

wendy (pinkstripes) said...

a nutella tartine sounds awesome. Your bread looks great!

Rachel said...

Looks great, and that nutella tartine....yummmm! Cheers!

Susan said...

I decided to do the same thing! Great minds!

BTW, since your photos look so great, did you know you can widen your column & make them bigger? Just select: Design/Template Designer/Adjust widths.

Until FFWD!

Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella said...

That looks lovely and I love the rise on top too! :D

Beth said...

Beautiful loaf!

Amanda said...

Everything is better with Nutella. Your bread looks delicious!

Finla said...

Wowo they have risen beautifully and super looking bread.

Finla said...

Wowo they have risen beautifully and super looking bread.

Audrey said...

Oh, I wish I had thought of making the tartine and doing a cross-over episode. Beautiful bread!

yummychunklet said...

Your loaves turned out spectacular! I like that they have the humps on the side. Mine didn't get those as much.

Elaine said...

Oh, yours did grow over the sides of the pan! I love the shape of your bread. I have two loaf pans like that and will make the bread in them next time to see if I can get that shape. Your nutella terrine looks mighty delicious!

Jules Someone said...

That looks great! Excellent rise.

Gloria Baker said...

look absolutely nice Cakelaw!

Strychnine said...

Wow, very nicely done. I think that one loaf could count as two! :D

Christy said...

Terrific looking loaf of bread - love how you incorporated the Nutella in it! Looking forward to reading your FFWD post.

TeaLady said...

Look likes your loaf rose like mine - a lot!! And great idea to combo it with FFwD. Clever!!

Kayte said...

Oh, yours is so exciting and big! So impressive. Looks great, inside and out, and I love that you made the FFwD recipe work with it as well. So happy you are continuing on in TWD as it wouldn't be the same without you. xo

Jodie said...

Whoa, look at that height! Nicely done!

Kathy said...

Your bread looks great and I love the photo with the Nutella...oh yum!

Unknown said...

Love the pictures of your bread! I am so hungry now, I am going to have to come back and read the other posts. My stomach is growling like crazy!

Unknown said...

Your bread looks wonderful! I could dig into the nutella tartine right now, if only I could....

Frolicking Night Owl said...

Mmmm! Nutella! I'm dying!! I guess I should get busy & try the FFWD recipe while I've got fresh bread!!

Jennifer said...

I'm not sure what looks better, the loaf or the tartine! YUM!

Nicely done!!!!!

Jill said...

Your loaf is really lovely, and it looks so good with Nutella!

Cindy said...

You win! I love what you did with your bread. It looks delicious.

Robin said...

Darn, I should have read ahead for FFwD, I love Nutella! Your bread looks perfect.

Leslie said...

Beautiful bread! I love your idea of using it for Nutella tartine...yum!

Welcome to our crazy blessed life said...

Oh yum! I am sure this bread was perfect for Nutella Tartine. I actually would have used it for that as well but we ate it too fast. Your loaf looks perfect! Glad you are back for round 2 of TWD!

Karen/Shortbread said...

Wow, you had some bread rising going on! I had mine with some Nutella too, very yummy!

Nichole said...

Such a pretty golden loaf! Mmm, nutella is always a great spread.

Jaime said...

brilliant idea....maybe i will try a nutella swirl next! :)

Teresa said...

I love how well your bread rose! I bet it was brilliant with the Nutella tartine toppings.