5 minute artisan bread

Over a week ago I was lurking on 2 Peas in a Bucket and found an entry for "5 minute artisan bread." Wow, was I intrigued. Is it possible to make bread in 5 minutes a day? Well, not surprisingly, I was on amazon.com in a flash and the book was to be delivered in 3 days. The Book is "Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day" by Jeff Hertzberg, MD and Zoe Fancois

I read through the book and was still a little skeptical. Life got in the way and I put the book off to the side. Then last Sunday, I felt like really cooking! Spending a week in bed vomiting does that to me. I was hungry and needed something to occupy my time while the meat was browning for a simple pan of spaghetti. I pulled out the 5 min bread book, flour, yeast, salt, a wooden spoon, a measuring cup and a 6 quart plastic tub with lid. 5 minutes later I had bread rising and all that needed cleaning up was the wooden spoon. I just dried the measuring cup (only measured water with it) and washed the spoon. Amazingly, I was able to make the bread in the tub, let it rise then refrigerate until I want fresh bread. Of course, I wasn't thinking very well and do not have any pictures of the process.

Today I pulled out my dough, formed a ball, let it rise, baked it and proceeded to eat it! All in less than one hour!!!!!!!!!!!! This is now to be my go to bread recipe and yes, I did take a few pictures.

the bread was cooling and making wonderful crackling sounds, I made a dipping sauce. Do I love dipping sauce! Super simple: olive oil (extra virgin), garlic (fresh), oregano, thyme, basil, Parmesan cheese (use fresh). Oh, so tasty.

Now I wonder will there be any bread left for the rest of the family by the time they get here after school and work. Probably not, better bake more!