My 52 Weeks With Christie

This Week’s Recipe: Arty Bread

Inspiration: Sticking with The Pioneer Woman’s: Super Easy! cookbook….I made Arty Bread….which my household renamed Faux-caccia (again, because I was describing the recipe and utterly bricked the real name).

In any case….

Here’s the thing: I can’t eat frozen bread dough called for in the recipe — due to stupid, stupid allergies. So I thought, why not make the bread dough I normally make, which generates two loaves, and bake one as usual whilst transforming the other into Mrs. Drummond’s Arty Bread.

I mean, the worse that could happen is it catches on fire….And if we’re being totally honest here, it wouldn’t be the first bake of mine to end up in cinders.

So my trusty mixer and I whip up a standard white loaf dough.

And, BTW, if you’re looking for a great bread recipe, the one I swear by was published in the book Hot Bread Kitchen:

Now back to the Pioneer Woman.

With a little trepidation, I started slicing, pressing, brushing, and shredding various toppings into the flattened dough….and it turned out absolutely fantastic! Perhaps, it could’ve used a few more tomatoes and olives (as I used a restrained hand when applying moist-ish ingredients, something I learned from the Great British Bake Off), but otherwise, it was outstanding! Especially when dipped in my roasted veggie red sauce!

Christie: I think Tuppence would be all over kitchen hacks and I believe Miss Marple would enjoy this bread since you can make it look lovely by artfully arranging the toppings! It’s even more satisfying when you can use produce plucked from your own garden, which I think Miss Marple would also appreciate.