Salt risen bread recipe

Experts share art, tradition of this Appalachian classic BY Genevieve Bardwell AND Susan Ray Brown Submitted to The Dominion Post Here is another bread recipe that doesn’t require […]

Savory and delicate.

Take yourself back in time with this irresistible salt-rising bread recipe.

Have you heard of salt-rising bread? Probably not, if you're neither a passionate bread baker, nor a resident of certain parts of the country – the southern and western portions of the Appalachians, western New York down into western Pennsylvania, and parts of Michigan. This traditional American bread remains popular in these regions, where it's often sold in bakeries. But if you're living in, say, Colorado, or Connecticut? You probably never heard of salt-rising bread.

The salt rising bread recipe I use starts with sliced potatoes in the starter. It’s a bit tricky. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t and I have never found any rhyme or reason …

Have you heard of salt-rising bread? Probably not, if you're neither a passionate bread baker, nor a resident of certain parts of the country – the southern and western portions of the Appalachians, western New York down into western Pennsylvania, and parts of Michigan. This traditional American bread remains popular in these regions, where it's often sold in bakeries. But if you're living in, say, Colorado, or Connecticut? You probably never heard of salt-rising bread.

The story of salt-rising bread

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This bread demands a delicate, tricky process that will give you a uniquely delicious result. Starter is made from salt, cornmeal and sugar in milk, which can easily take a full day before the breadmaking commences.