Making a “Bread Dough Basket”

2 Responses for "Making a “Bread Dough Basket”"

1. Kevin Weeks November 13th, 2007 at 8:59 pm

   Charlene,

   Thanks for your bread basket question. You asked for a recipe for an edible basket - fact is, I’ve only seen bread baskets that were not edible.

   Without ever having made one (but having baked hundreds of loaves of bread) I suspect the basic technique of weaving strips of dough over a bowl would work for any fairly hearty bread. And, if you skip the shelac than you’re set. In fact, I would use a recipe for breadsticks to make the dough. A lot of breadsticks use pizza dough or a soft Italian bread.

   Here is my fantastic breadstick recipe:
   Kevin Week’s Pizza Dough recipe.

   And, I did some internet research for confirmation. The only recipe for edible bread for a bread dough baset I came across is here:
   How to Make Bread Dough. This site does a good job of explaining the technique.

   Chef Adam also recommends pizza dough or a soft Italian bread.

   Hope we’ve helped. Please let us know how it goes. It will be beautiful. And, our pastry chefs are here on call at 1-800-977-1224 if you need some live help!
   ~ Chef Kevin
   and Chef Adam

2. Chef Erika Cooper November 13th, 2007 at 9:48 pm

   Charlene,

   The bread baskets I’ve seen weren’t edible.

   I did a search though and failed to turn up one that was. The best description
   I could find is here: How to Make Bread Dough..

   I have baked hundreds of loaves of bread and suspect the basic technique of weaving strips of dough over a bowl would work for any fairly hearty bread. Skip the shelac step of course. And, use a recipe for breadsticks to make the dough.

   Beadsitcks are often made from pizza dough and sometimes from a soft Italian bread. Use my rich pizza dough recipe from A Year In Bread. Click HERE for this recipe.

   Hope we’ve helped. Please let us know how it goes! It will be beautiful! And, ur pastry chefs are here on call at 1-800-977-1224 if you need some live help!

   ~ Chef Kevin