Last night, I made some dough. I knew one can make dough in the food processor (I used to make a pizza dough in mine), so I googled a recipe for that. I found a recipe, but then discovered that when my old processor finally broke, I bought a smaller one plus a stand mixer. My current processor is too small for pizza dough or a regular size loaf, so I made it in the stand mixer instead.
I substituted whole wheat flour for half the all-purpose flour, plus added the sprouted wheat and barley, but otherwise followed the recipe.
I put it in a non-stick loaf pan and let it rise in the refrigerator overnight.
This morning, I took it out of the fridge and put the loaf pan in my crockpot slow cooker. (I chose this pan because it fits inside my large crockpot - which I got free via FreeCycle, btw.)
The loaf baked for 2.5 hours on high - until it was no longer gooey on top. The crust was not brown like it would be in an oven. If I cared about that, I could put it under the broiler for a few minutes.
After the loaf cooled a bit, I turned it out of the pan onto a wire rack and let it finish cooling. (Btw, my crockpot didn't even need cleaning after this, so I just put it away after it cooled!)
Tonight, I cut a few slices from the loaf. It's a bit crumbly so wouldn't be good for sandwiches, but it's moist and delicious and amazingly wonderful with just butter. It would probably also be awesome with a hearty soup, stew, or chili!
I plan to experiment a bit more with other recipes, but I expect bread making to become a permanent thing here at Casa de Los Pituleys!
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