I've had bread baking on the brain for weeks now. I think it's the cold weather that does it to me (that and the fact that a couple of new bread baking books recently landed in my mailbox). I actually just finished up a batch of no-knead bread last night that made itself into some delicious toast this morning. However, the bread above puts my lowly batch of no-knead to shame, with its light bubbles and full, perfect rise.
In the blurb below the picture on Flickr, Mike says that this loaf's perfection is an infrequent occurrence for him, and that he owes part of the success to the 'bread proof' mode on his new electric oven. Certainly looks to me like it did the trick!
Thanks Mike!
