Vincent Price’s House Bread

I have been waiting to cook the Vincent Price’s House Bread for months!  Jenny (from Silver Screen Suppers) sent me the recipe AGES go, possibly even pre-pandemic.  Then, there was no yeast for months on end.  And so, last weekend, I finally made it.  Worth the wait?  You bet!  This is literally straight out of the oven. It was burn your fingers hot but damn it was good!!!!

I am not a very confident bread baker at all so whenever a loaf turns out well, I am absolutely delighted!  And this one had me turning cartwheels!

I’m not surprised Vincent Price made this his house bread.  It may well become mine!  It has everything I love in a bread – a crusty outside, a nice soft middle, the crumb is fine, it’s great for sandwiches, it toasts well…it is a really good all-purpose bread!

I love this photo because it looks like I have photobombed myself with a plate of toast! It gives a whole new twist on the term breadhead!

At first, I wasn’t sure about the ground ginger in the recipe.  I was worried that it may have made the bread taste a bit more like a sweet loaf than an everyday bread.  Not to worry though, you can’t even hardly taste the ginger.  You might not be able to taste it at all.  I thought I could detect it but I knew it was there and so might have imagined it.

“It tastes like proper shop-bought bread “said the fussiest eater in the world when I asked for his opinion. High praise!

You can click through here to find the recipe on Silver Screen Suppers.

And here’s a special Spooktober message from the man himself!

Happy October and have a great week!