To begin with, I grew up on homemade bread. I know what a good loaf of bread tastes like. I know what it looks like, I know the feeling of coming into a house where it's been baked. It's amazing. It's home to me. I want that for my kids. I want it for my husband.
Well, I've been fighting the good fight the last 6 months trying to make a good loaf of bread. It has eluded me! Tonight, was the straw breaker. Look at this freaking loaf of bread. I've decided to laugh about it and call it my science experiment. It's going to make me laugh every time I cut into it.

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That's awesome, Anna! Being one of Penny's daughters-in-law can be a hard thing to live up to for me in a lot of things. With my oven, it cooks really hot and all the bread and rolls I've tried are burned on the outside and raw in the middle; even when I turn the heat down! My hat goes off to your efforts!! Looks good to me!
Anna, that looks good to me too. I love warm, homemade bread, but I've never been able to master it either. I just stick to rolls for dinner because they are easier for me. Keep it up - I'm sure you'll get it right soon. Your mom is a hard woman to live up to. I think she is pretty amazing, but I think you are too.
Angela
What is wrong with that loaf of bread?? I am being serious too, not joking. It looks good. Big, but good. Okay, maybe a slice might not fit into the standard toaster...... but it still looks tasty! Send it to David if your fam won't eat it. You know that would be his dream come true, a whole HUGE loaf all to himself!
Ah, as long as it tastes yummy who cares what it looks like (I think it looks delicious, by the way). It all gets mushed up in your mouth during the chewing process anyway. If it tastes good, celebrate. The perfect loaf will allude you less and less with practice. I never worry what my loaves of bread look like (too much) as long as they taste GOOOOD.
Ben says: "Mmm beh! (bread) Beh! Beh! Beh!" Now I have to go get him some. Thanks a lot.
I wish you could see some of the beauties that have come from my oven. You'd feel better about yours.
Ok lady...time to invest in a bread maker. I think my sister bought mine at walmart for $30...and it is AWESOME!! A warm loaf of bread in 1hr and it does all the work withouth the mess!! :) I love the timer function, because you can wake up to warm bread. :) ummmm!!!
Your bread always smells and tastes wonderful! Like I said the other day I wish I was more like you in the cooking department and the bow making department! I will get that french bread recipe for you though if you want to try it out. It is way yummy!
I feel your pain, Anna. I have been trying to make a decent loaf of bread for years... it tastes okay, but how the HECK do you make it look like a loaf of bread? However, while my bread only tastes okay, I'm positive that your bread would taste amazing.
Oh, and I just got my background from leelou blogs. It's super-easy... copy and paste:)
Hey cuz, it looks like very loaf i make.... all that matters is the taste, and it looks as though its very tasty!!! LOVE YOU GIRL!!!!!!!!
Anna, stop being so hard on yourself. As Jennifer would say, the bigger the better. Maybe with that bread I would only need to eat ONE sandwich to get filled up. NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT!
Dude, it's better han the stuff yo made while I was visiting. Do you remember?
It's Rad!! Save some for me!! (you are what you eat, right - I think its Brainiac Bread. No wonder you guys are so smart!)
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