http://blog.emealsforyou.com/2009/02/19/recipe-of-the-week-ciabatta-bread/ Tasty blog from EmealsForYou.com Thu, 08 Dec 2011 05:22:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://blog.emealsforyou.com/2009/02/19/recipe-of-the-week-ciabatta-bread/#comment-469 Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:11:32 +0000 http://blog.emealsforyou.com/?p=1105#comment-469 Hi Elizabeth,
I am really glad you asked the question. The answer is that this is a very “wet” dough and can be made by hand mixing. Our grandmothers made bread every day without a mixer and bread hook. I use my bread hook all the time but sometimes there are occasions when the clean-up is easier just to hand mix the dough. Please give this wonderful bread a try and let us know how you did. The main drawback of the ciabatta is that it takes a full day to rise so you have to wait a day until you can bake and eat it.

]]> http://blog.emealsforyou.com/2009/02/19/recipe-of-the-week-ciabatta-bread/#comment-468 Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:50:44 +0000 http://blog.emealsforyou.com/?p=1105#comment-468 When you say “mix”, do you mean like stir with a big wooden spoon? Or does it require a stand mixer and a dough hook? That’s what keeps me from attempting to make bread from scratch, I’m so intimidated by the dough.

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