A couple of my friends introduced me to Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day. The idea: spend a couple minutes mixing up dough and you’ll have homemade bread that is easy enough to become a daily ritual for everyone. Really? How did I miss this? I rushed over to their website, got the Master Artisan Recipe, and watched the video. I quickly whipped up the dough, let it sit overnight in the fridge, and bake my loaf the next day. Drum roll please….
My first loaf of Artisan Bread
Seriously, I couldn’t believe I made that! My hubby said he felt like he was at a restaurant and my boys couldn’t get enough. The loaf was gone in minutes. I calculated the cost and quickly found the dough mixture (enough for 4 loaves of bread) was just $.75. That just $.19 per loaf!!!
The first book was so popular that they published a second book, Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day. I was given a copy to review and another to give to one of my readers!
Again, I started with the MASTER HEALTHY BREAD RECIPE and instruction VIDEO. Here are the things I made:
- The Bradley Benn’s Beer Bread reminded us of stuffing on Thanksgiving- in a good way. Perfect with potato soup.
- The crackers were difficult to make. I couldn’t get the dough ‘paper thin’ as they suggested. The end result was a pita-like cracker. It would have been good with a dip, but I didn’t have any at the time.
- The Cinnamon-Raisin Toast was good warm. We prefer a softer crust and less raisins, but it was still tasty.
- The pizza was AMAZING! We love a thin crust and the dough had such a nice flavor after sitting in the fridge a couple days. We ate two pizzas and wished we had more. This is officially our new pizza dough. Delicious and quick! The dough is good in the fridge for 2 weeks or you can freeze the dough in one pound batches.
I’m happy to be a part of the Artisan revolution! I never knew one bowl of dough could make so many unique breads. I still want to make the breadsticks, cinnamon crescent rolls, garlic-studded baguette…the list goes on. Many of you would benefit from the numerous gluten-free breads. It’s a great cookbook and one of you will win it!
GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED.
GIVEAWAY: One The Carolina Clipper reader will win Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day!
To ENTER, up to 5 entries per person. Please leave a separate comment for each entry.
- Required Entry – Tell us one thing you’d like to make with Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day.
- Optional extra entry – Subscribe to The Carolina Clipper via email.
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- Optional extra entry- Share this giveaway on Facebook or tweet the following on Twitter “Enter @CarolinaClipper to win Healthy Bread in 5 Minutes a Day”. (I added buttons at the bottom of this post to make sharing easy!)
- If you are a Pantry Challenge participant leave a comment and you get an extra entry!
One winner will be chosen on Monday, February 7, 2011 and will be notified via email.
I want to make that pizza crust – it looks great.
I’m participating in the pantry challenge this week.
I’d love to try any kind of good sandwich loaf!… if it truly is as easy as you make it sound!
I subscribe to your email… although for some reason I don’t get emails from you.
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I like you on FB too…. but I think I’d like you if you weren’t on FB.
and I’m going to try your Pantry Challenge b/c I could stand to get rid of stuff in my pantry AND save some $$.
I want to make anything whole wheat or sprouted grain…..do they do THAT healthy?
I am in! We would like to try bagels and definitely the pizza crust. I am sure that I have gained weight eating this bread. I am so impressed that you have tried all these breads!
I ‘like’ you in FB.
I am participating in the pantry challenge!
Shared on FB! Here’s to winning.
I love bread and am excited to make it on my own!
I am always running to our corner bakery to buy their overpriced, but delicious loaves of bread that are cold by the time I get them home and I have to reheat them. I am excited to make and eat some fresh-out-of-the-oven bread with our great winter soups and stews!
I “liked” you on facebook.
I want to try the pizza crust!
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would love to try the pizza crust!
I’m participating in the Pantry Challenge!
I just love fresh baked bread, all of it, any of it! lol So I want to try it just to make fresh bread! I haven’t had any since my machine decided to quit
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I like you on FB!
I get your RSS feed / email updates.
I’m craving some homemade pizza crust. I’m leery that it would actually turn out good knowing my “easy to mess up stuff” cooking abilities
but I’ll try!!
I’m a Pantry Challenge Participant and this would be great to keep that going!!
I’d like to try the bagels. BUT, I make a broccoli bread and a pizza bread. They are stuffed breads and I’d love to try to do those.
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There probably isn’t a bread recipe I don’t like. I like bread SO much…I’m most excited about the pizza dough because I haven’t found a recipe I really love yet. And, making bagels at home sounds fun.
I get your emails
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I’m joining you in the pantry challenge. For dinner tonight…taco soup. Gotta use up all those beans!
I shared this post on facebook. I don’t usually…I just wanted the extra entry so that I can win
Hey CC,
I really want to make that pizza crust. I’ve never had success so I just gave up. Ready to try again.
I’d love to make some easy healthy whole wheat bread!
Just shared on FB.
Just joined the pantry challenge!
I would like to make just regular bread for sandwhiches. We only like fresh bread so it get’s expensive, would love to make my own!
I’m doing the pantry challenge, sort of with you. I started last week already and should have enough for the next 2 weeks as well. Trying to have a cleared out pantry while our home is on the market!
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I subscribe via email as well!
I’m still searching for the perfect pizza crust recipe – would love to try this one! thanks!
Thank you very much for this post! I ran right over to the website & can’t wait to try out some of the recipes…just in time for Valentine’s Day too!
I would love to make healthy bread of any kind! Your first loaf looks beautiful and delicious! I love it when my bread turns out tasty and pretty!
Love, love your blog, btw! Such useful and motivating info! I miss seeing you in the FM HT and at the pool since you moved. 
I would LOVE to make that pizza crust!!!
I’m an email subscriber!!!
I “like” you on FB!!
I’m posting to FB! I REALLY want this book
I would like to make it all…I am trying to get my family off of processed foods a little at a time….this book sounds wonderful
I have been making this bread for a long time, but would like to try making the pizza dough!
I am an email subscriber!
I follow you on twitter and facebook!
I shared this on facebook!
I would make the homemade pizza crust and all kinds of other goodies!
I am an email subscriber
I follow you on twitter and also via facebook
It would be great to make our own crackers!
Tweeted it!
I would love to make bread each day for the kids lunches. My boy love pbj and I would love to use better and more healthy bread!!!
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Hey, R- Thought I already entered but guess not. Bagels intrigue me and whole grain bread. I’m doing pantry challenge in moderation and have subscribed via FB and all the other options. The term “artisan revolution” cracks me up. Did you come up w/ that or is it in book? Sounds like a great commercial slogan to me…Join the Artisan Revolution (said as I spread my hands throught the air as if I’m envisioning it on a billboard).
I would love a new way to make a fancy bread to dip in oil w/seasonings!
I already receive the emails:)
Our family would like to try making a while wheat 9 grain bread. We were spending $8 a week on 2 LaBrea loves from HT before deiscovering this recipe. Now we spend 80 cent a a week! Great savings!
I would love to use my bread machine and start making healthy bread for my family. I am a big couponer and can get loafs of bread pretty inexpensive – but feel that making homemade would be much better for our health. I would really like to try my had at the Artisian bread – yours looks beautiful!
Well my kids are definitely bread eaters and it’s filling. It seems like I am always feeding them lol so I try to stuff them with bread. And if I could make delicious bread in 5 min that is also heathly it would be great. It’s already hard to find time in my schedule with triplets anything I can do that will make my job a little easier is definitely something I look for:) And if it saves us money even better since money is so tight in our house anyways
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I would love this book – we love to bake bread
This book looks amazing! We love baking things from scratch (it’s my two year old’s favorite activity).
Also, I liked you on Facebook and shared this link (I’m already an email subscriber)
I want to try the pizza crust!
I’ve always wanted to make pizza so pizza crust would be first thing I want to try.
I ‘liked’ you on Facebook.
I subscribe to your blog by email.
I tweeted about the giveaway.
I just signed up to your pantry challenge on your blog.
Thank you for the opportunity to win this book. I’ve heard good things about this book.