Crusty White - perhaps

No, we haven't left our Christmas present collect dust in a forgotten corner - we've just been a bit blog-lazy. Maybe because we haven't been trying out lots of new things recently. Until now!

Well, actually, it was a couple of weeks ago when we first tried our luck with the Crusty White mix from Laucke. I've always been a bit hesitant to do the plain, old, boring, white bread but here we are. Our first attempt went so wrong that it wasn't worth documenting it (publicly). For some reason, half of the dough ended up outside the baking container and it was full of huge holes.

So this time, instead of following the recipe, Lizzy did what she does best - improvise :)
Less water (only 400ml), less yeast (only 1t), less flower (a bit) and then hand over control to the breadmaker's "French" program. The result was better but still not perfect. Here's a shot:

Still a lot of air bubbles in the top third. Maybe we'll try a different setting next time.

Taste isn't as boring as expected, so it will get another chance. It goes well with my favourite cherry jam. Mhhh :)