The bread Baking Babes are celebrating bees this month, using both honey and a flower infusion in this French classic.

Well, almost a French classic. I assume there are the usual BBB variations and additions and deletions.

Pain de Mie is a white sandwich bread with a tight crumb that is baked in a pullman pan.

Oh, you don’t know what that is?

I admit, I didn’t.

I knew that it made a square sandwhich loaf but I had no idea how it worked,

Tanna, of My Kitchen in Half Cups. our host kitchen for this month, has a photo of one on her site.

Not all of the Babes have one so there are work-arounds posted on some of their sites. I’m not telling you which ones because all of the stories and solutions are fun to read.

The most surprising part of this lovely bread is that it’s a white bread – or mostly white. Most of the Babes avoid using white flour if at all possible.

To get the whole story, the reicpes (there are 2 – one quick, one that needs a few days) and the details on being a Bread Baking Buddy visit My Kitchen in Half Cups.

The recipe was inspired by the head baker at King Arthur Flour…. what a job!

Tanna’s Pain de Mie

Cathy’s Pain de Mie

Aparna’s Pain de Mie

Kelly’s Pain de Mie

Karen’s Pain de Mie

Judy’s Pain de Mie

Elizabeth’s Pain de Mie

Elle’s Pain de Mie

And that’s it for the Babes in the June.  Stay Safe & Healthy Everyone!

And the Babes are:

The Bread Baking Babes

A Messy Kitchen – Kelly
Bake My Day – Karen
blog from OUR kitchen – Elizabeth
Bread Experience – Cathy
Feeding My Enthusiasms – Elle
Judy’s Gross Eats – Judy
Karen’s Kitchen Stories – Karen
My Diverse Kitchen — Aparna
My Kitchen In Half Cups – Tanna
Notitie Van Lien – Lien

And me…. Thyme for Cooking – Katie