Adventures in Bread-Baking: Part 1
Last weekend I attempted to make Mark Bittman's Speedy No-Knead Bread... sort of. Being the adventurous experimenter that I am, I altered the ingredients:2 cups whole-grain flour + 1 cup all purpose flour2 cups of really warm water (instead of the 1.5 cups)I followed the rest of the recipe perfectly. However, the results were really unsatisfactory. The center was super dense and gooey, and the bread had a really really hard crust (ok, I also cooked it ...