Bread in a bag

...except I don't put the dough ingredients into a bag.

I've made this bread three or four times recently because it's so darned easy and it doesn't make a baking mess in my kitchen.

I found the link for the recipe on Facebook. I decided to give it a test run, to see if it might be something Violet and I could do together during her next visit. I thought mixing up bread dough in a plastic bag sounded like a terrific idea.

Once I went to the actual recipe site, though, and read some reviews, I liked the idea of mixing it in a bowl even more.

While mixing the ingredients, I have a two-cup measure of water heating in the microwave.

Once all the ingredients have been mixed together and stirred well, I set aside the two-cup measure of hot water in a corner of the microwave, place the bowl of dough in the microwave, and let it sit there to rise.

(I do NOT turn on the microwave while the dough is rising.)

I remove the risen dough from the microwave, stir it down, and put it back into the microwave. I repeat this step 3-4-5 times, depending on how much time I have, what time I need to have the bread baked, etc.

After letting the dough rise several times, I take it from the bowl, knead it a few times on my flour-dusted bread board, put it into a greased loaf pan, and place it in the microwave one final time to rise before baking.

I bake it at 350-375 ° for about 30 minutes. Done. Delicious bread.

The last two times I've made this bread, I substituted one scant cup of whole wheat flour for the third cup of white flour. I use a scant cup because whole wheat flour is heavier than regular flour, and I don't want the dough to be too heavy.

So that's how I make Bread-in-a-bag (but not in a bag).