Rain…we got rain. I guess you can call 3/10 rain. Today it is overcast and a bit dreary, which made a great day for baking bread. I am definitely NOT an officiando when it comes to making bread. I am not even certain I could be considered NOVICE. Is there a category below novice? Nevertheless, I am excited about my efforts. At the moment the bread is sitting in the pan, inside the oven, completing its last proof. Is that what it is called?

I found the recipe in a wonderful bread baking cookbook I purchased last summer while we were in Manhattan, Kansas. DD was attending Deb Patterson’s/KSU Elite Basketball Camp. I always look forward to our trips to Manhattan. This particular trip, we stayed in Haymaker Hall, instead of our usual stay at Moore, on the beautiful Kansas State campus. We had a couple of days of teen-free roaming of the town and surrounding area, which included a couple of trips to Call Hall for scrumptious K-State ice cream, and an afternoon at a local bookstore. The book, Bread–Artison Breads from Baguettes and Bagels to Focaccia and Brioche by Eric Treuille and Ursula Ferrigno,  has detailed photographs of the breadmaking process, as well as a bit of history and detailed information about many types of bread.
I chose the Victorian Milk Bread Recipe which is supposed to have a soft crust and make great toast…but we will see if it does when I make it…lol. The recipe calls for an 8 x 4 pan, however, I discovered that mine was 9 x 5…so we shall see what difference the pan size matters.