NOTE: I am getting a lot of comments and seeing this photo popping up on other blogs about the suggestive shape of this bread. I SWEAR I didn't even realize it. My pure little mind didn't think that far when I was taking this picture. Or serving this bread to coworkers and wondering why they didn't comment on the awesome design of the bread. I'm surprised I didn't get fired. Needless to say, get your minds out of the gutter! Ok, Ok, you are right. It totally does. This bread is slightly NSFW. I need to put a censored sticker on it. Sigh.
I think I take the prize for the slowest bread baker out of all of Bread Baking Apprentice Bakers.
I'll just say that it is because I like to savor my bread baking experience thankyouverymuch.
So about two weeks ago, I savored this bread. And savored it some more. Because this bread is unreal. It deserves a CHALLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH times twelve. Light, yet rich, with delicious spices of cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, honey, orange zest and cloves.
Now that is a bread that packs a punch.
This bread will definitely be making an appearance at my family's Christmas celebration this year. It reminds me of a panettone, but it is 1,000 times easier to make.
On a side note, I'd like to start taking all of those gorgeous photos of the process of making the bread, but I get too impatient. How do food bloggers do it? You see photos of the blogger kneading the bread, but who is taking the picture? Or, if the blogger is taking the picture, where are those extra hands coming from?
Get this book. Make some bread. Savor it. Take your time. Take pictures with multiple hands. Enjoy. Experience. Carbo-load. Do it.
Click here for a great walk-through of the bread making experience!
Great job on the bread! It looks lovely. I skipped the glaze on mine, and when I see pictures from other people, I kind of wish I'd added it.
Posted by: Di | June 23, 2009 at 09:47 PM
LOL - it is a fabulous looking bread, all the same. Love the shiny glaze!
Posted by: Cakelaw | June 24, 2009 at 06:42 PM
I think theres a penis in your bread..........
Posted by: Silvana | June 25, 2009 at 01:44 AM
MaWaahahahah I loved reading your comments. They made me giggle. Your censor covers the important parts.... he he kind of like an olive leaf. teehehe Well, needless to say the part I can see looks so beautiful. Do you have a line of peeps outside your door waiting for the bread? Wow, the food you turn out. Get your boyfriend to do the camera work for you in payment for all the wonderful meals you share and enjoy.
Great Job
AmyRiuth
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No need to feel embarrassed, everyone else has their head in the gutter. Christopsomo is considered a sacred bread by some Greek Orthodox Christians. The design on top is simply a stylized cross. Christopsomo means "Christ bread".
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