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Seriously, it’s embarrassingly easy.
Have you ever walked into a house and smelled fresh baking bread?
Oh my gosh, if you are nodding your head no right now than it is time to change that. Like right this very second.
If you are not one of those poor unfortunate souls than you know that it is probably one of the coziest and most comforting smells there is.
Well, I don’t know that might be a bit of a stretch. Cookies might just be a tad better, but cookies are different. Cookies are a sweet and totally different craving. Bread is savory and you get to eat it at dinner with warm soup, stews, meats – well really it can be eaten with anything. Or without anything, else that is, just toast it up with some butter.
Personally, my favorite way to consume bread is dipped into soup.
Warm creamy soup.
And I blame this one hundred percent on Panera.
Yup, Panera and their stickin’ bread bowls. I was, no am a total sucker for them. When I was younger I always had to have the bread bowls whenever the rare occasion occurred that we actually got to go out for food. And trust me, it was pretty rare. Although, if you can believe it, it is actually even more rare now.
I cannot remember the last time I actually went and got food somewhere else and I don’t even know if they have Panera’s in the west.
We did used to get pizza delivered every now and then, but ever since we moved to Colorado that has never, like not even once, happened. In fact the last time we probably got carry-out was from either Hungry Howie’s Pizza or maybe BW3’s back in Ohio. Guys, that was like seven years ago.
SEVEN!
And I am not exaggerating.
I think it is mostly because the food choices up here are actually not the best.
Or at least they are not to my family’s particular tastes. Or my family is just pure cheap as ever and they rely on me as their personal sous chef. Yeah, pretty sure that’s it. Now that I think about it the carry-out kind of slowed down around the time I started cooking.
Totally all makes sense now.
Maybe I should start charging?
What’s the going rate these days?
Ah man, who I am kidding, that’s never going to fly. I guess I get free rent, so I got that going for me! Hallelujah!
Anyway, these bread bowls are SIMPLE.
Just mix some flour, yeast, salt, pumpkin purée, and water with a spoon. Let it sit covered overnight at room temp. Dump the dough onto a flour surface and divide into six balls (or you can make it even easier and leave it as one big loaf). Place them on a floured baking sheet and let them rise one more time for about an hour. While they rise get a big dutch oven steaming hot and then bake those bowls, cool, and fill em up with soup!
Easy peasy.
If you do not have a big dutch oven you can use a baking stone, and if you don’t have a baking stone you can use a cast iron skillet and if unfortunately you have none of those, than I’m not quite sure of the results, but don’t let that stop you. I am sure the bread would still be good just baked on a HOT baking sheet, but I am not sure it would be super crusty like the ones you see in the photos. I have found that most of time there is nothing like baking bread in cast iron. I swear it works like magic! So good. Crusty on the outside, so sot and flavorful on the inside.
These bread bowls have only the slightest hint of pumpkin, but it makes them perfect for breakfast, sandwiches and any fall soup. They’re also perfectly addicting. Just throw some butter on a fresh slice and you will not be able to stop. It’s so good.
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Thinking soup tomorrow?
Oh and the winner of the Baked Doughnuts for Everyone Cookbook is Kate M! Nice job! I sent you an email!
Hum that delicious, I will try. Thank you
I hope you love this! Thank you! xTieghan
Thanks. Fresh baked bread is one of my favorite things ever.
Agreed! Thank you so much Ricardo! xTieghan
Gostei muito do sua receita, adoro pão, vou tentar fazer em casa para minha famÃlia,
INGREDIENTES
5 1/2 xÃcaras de farinha de pão
1 colher de sopa de sal
1 colher de chá de fermento seco ativo
2 xÃcara de água morna dividida
2/3 xÃcara de purê de abóbora (de preferência caseira, mas enlatada também)
Olá! Estou tão feliz que você amou esta receita e espero que seja incrÃvel para sua famÃlia! Muito obrigado!
This was the first bread recipe I have ever used. I made a loaf last night that was delicious!! Very easy recipe to follow. Thank you so much!
Thank you so much!
Looks delicius! *-*
Thank you!
hmmm.. good food recipe. soudns delicius.. i wil try next weekend.
Great! I hope you love this! Thank you!
Very good! Thank you for sharing! : )
Thank you Maria! I am glad you like this!
Very good your recipe I love homemade bread I will try to do here because I do not have a good oven but I will try anyway thank you.
I hope this turns out great for you! Thanks!
I’ll try to do
Thanks!
Wow, I’m so glad I try to make this recipe here for my love.
I hope it goes great for you, Juliano! Enjoy!
I loved his blog, and this recipe is wonderful. I want to test with sweet potatoes too, it must be delicious. I love making breads at home, thank you and success!
Thank you!!
Tieghan,
Thank you for such a lovely recipe! I just made the bread bowls and am going to fill it with some homemade Roasted Red Pepper soup!.. That is of course if the bread bowls survive tomorrow!
Just had some with butter and hot cocoa….hmmmm, hmmm guud! 😉
Just found this recipe. I used to make yeast bread all the time, and loved it! However, recently found out i have antibodies to gluten (celiac blood test), and I feel so much better w/o wheat flour.
Since this recipe is no-knead, i dont see why it would not work with Gluten Free AP Flour Blend. Could you please advise? It is a lot of flour to waste, but i could maybe halve the recipe first time? Is it possible to halve a yeast packet and get good results? Thanks!
I’m a huge fan of Jim Lahey and this is very similar to the no knead method he has been preaching since his book was published. I was always a “non baker” until this method came along, and now my family enjoys a variety of fresh baked breads every week. If you haven’t read his book, do so..his pizza dough recipe (similar method) is a revelation!!
Does the bread have to rest for 12-18 hours or can it rest for a shorter amount of time? I would love to put my soup in them tonight but I only just now saw your recipe. ):