batter bread 2 and french bread

Guy followed up his amazing batter bread 1 with (what could be better?) more batter bread 2. Then he made two loaves of French bread, too.

The Batter bread 2 used the same recipe as before (from Esther H. Shanks' Mennonite Country-Style Cooking). We still have no bread loaf pans, so he cooked the Batter bread loaf in a stoneware baked-bean casserole pot. The finished shape of the loaf is beautiful, although it occurs to me that the loaf resembles a giant muffin.




Here is a photo of the giant loaf of Batter bread 2 as well as the two loaves of French bread. The French bread recipe was also from Esther H. Shanks' Mennonite Country-Style Cooking.

The French bread is decorated with slashes and poppy seeds sprinkled onto brushed-on egg whites.

The bread tastes every bit as good as it looks!