The Secret to Good Toast? It’s Your Freezer

[elleng]

'Toast lovers, I have a modest proposal for you: Do not bother with bad bread. Say goodbye to sweet, cottony, lightweight toast, the kind that squishes under a butter knife or slumps under a blanket of jam.

Just get the good stuff instead, the best bread you’re able to buy, preferably handmade loaves with sturdy crusts and tender crumbs, imbued with the flavors of fermentation. It’s more expensive, and that’s no small thing. But unlike some other items for which you may pay more, good bread is worth a little extra.

Then always keep it on hand. I would argue that the best way to store bread isn’t to wrap it in foil, plastic or brown paper bags, sheath it in a pillowcase or stash it in the breadbox. The best way to keep bread is to put it into the freezer — sliced.'>>>

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/24/dining/how-to-make-toast.html?

[LiberalEsto]

1. Welcome to the Toast Club!

Feel the toast

BE the toast

[Warpy]

2. NYT No Knead Bread, completely cooled and stored in a plastic bag

kept its crackly crust for several days and made the best toast I've ever had.

If you insist on white balloon bread, it keeps quite well in the fridge and if you're going to toast it, having it cold is no problem.

These days, I'm living on gluten free stuff (not celiac, just a rash and wheezing from wheat), so I do keep it in the freezer since it spoils quickly even in the fridge. While some GF bread is OK, most if it is a lot better if it's toasted.

[Tab]

4. Artisan bread is the best, and easy too

https://books.google.com/books/about/The_New_Artisan_Bread_in_Five_Minutes_a.html?id=YVWzAAAAQBAJ&source=kp_cover&hl=en


Used it for years - happy to talk someone through it. Takes no time at all. Make it twice a week (takes about 20 minutes) then in the morning slice off a round and have bread baked in 20+ minutes. I forget what I put on mine, but it was definitely sea salt, a little pepper, and whatever else looked interesting.

[dem in texas]

3. Secret to Good Toast, Don't use your toaster

For perfect breakfast toast, toast the bread in a dry skillet. Don't have to worry about spreading butter and have the toast get damp. Watching fat, skip the butter, want butter, spread it on the bread before toasting in the skillet. Either way, it's yummy, dry crunchy toast. The only time I toast bread in the toaster is when I am making sandwiches. And yes, get a good bread, I like Mega-grain.

[Major Nikon]

5. Handmade loaves aren't expensive if you make them yourself

Factory made enriched bread is pretty crappy for most everything, which is why you don't see it much outside the US.

My rye sourdough makes the best toast I've ever had anywhere. Sourdough also keeps longer than bread made with commercial yeast.