Sorry I missed Marthaing yesterday, but we were on the road most of the day and when I got home I was so exhausted from traveling I fell straight to sleep! Today I decided to push myself by making some bread with Martha’s Parker House Rolls on page 123 of the Northeast.
Bread making is a specific art that can be difficult to get right. Julia Child spent over three years studying bread making before she found the perfect formula for making a baguette at home. Of course, like most arts there’s no “trick” to getting it right, you just have to practice. So even though I’m always tense about tackling a bread recipe, I know that it helps me to push my culinary skills and that’s a good thing!
The dough for these Parker House rolls is similar to the dough you use to make cinnamon buns, only with less sugar. It created a dense and buttery roll that I enjoyed as a dessert with a touch of honey. Jeff ate his with butter and strawberry jam. I never had these kinds of rolls before, so I can’t say if the texture was right or not. I only know that it was delicious!
Bread making is one of those lost American arts. I understand why that is, after all it’s a fast paced world we live in and bread making is a slow and meticulous process. But it’s hard to beat the satisfaction that comes when your whole kitchen has the intoxicating scent of freshly baked bread right out of the oven.
