Baby it's cold outside....

" [Breadbaking is] one of those almost hypnotic businesses, like a dance from some ancient ceremony.  It leaves you filled with one of the world's sweetest smells... there is no chiropractic treatment, no Yoga exercise, no hour of meditation in a music-throbbing chapel, that will leave you emptier of bad thoughts than this homely ceremony of making bread. " ~M.F.K. Fisher, The Art of Eating

 

A perfect day to use your oven............

I have a problem.

Bread, again.
I just can't help myself- I have a fever!
Rustic Cinnamon Raisin Loaf

I followed the no knead bread recipe posted below...

In the last step, before you let it rise in the towel fold in 4 tbsp butter, 8 tbsp cinnamon sugar mixture, and about a 1/3 cup of raisins.

A little mess = a lot of flavor!

Oh my.

Theres no knead....

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/08/dining/081mrex.html
the best recipe to get you acquainted with baking bread from scratch.  

here's a sample from my kitchen!  you can easily add herbs to make something really special, without a ton of work or dishes.