Pain de Mie

Do we all remember my Pain de Mie fail? Cute, right? Well this is what happens when you actually have a pain de mie pan:

Square bready goodness.

Following this recipe from King Arthur Flour (I know, you’re shocked), I let the bread rise to within about 1/2 inch of the top of the pan, then slid the lid on:

And it came out great! The Kiddo loves it (that’s huge) for cinnamon toast in the morning, and Sunbutter sandwiches for “wunch.”

I cut the loaf in two and froze half; the other half goes in our breadbox or the bread bag, where I slice as needed. Honestly, I’m not totally sold on a whole bread storage system. What do you do with homemade bread? Slice it all then freeze? Freeze a solid half loaf? Nom it all so fast there isn’t any to freeze? Or…?

KAF whole wheat sandwich bread

The Kiddo loves this bread (that’s it in the header up there). That alone earns the recipe a special place in my kitchen. Plus, it’s EASY, and so good! Store bought bread no longer compares — this is the good stuff.

I actually don’t stray a bit from the KAF recipe, so I’ll let you follow it on through to their site. Try it, try it now, eat it now. I promise you’ll love it!