Bread

[Liketobake]

Do you like to make breads?, Do you use a bread maker, or do you do make them the old fashioned way? What kinds of breads do you make. Do you have any spectacular bread recipes?

[PigsnieLite]

I like the sliced kind. Wid butter on top. The only thing I haf ever baked are brownies and they came out looking like big black pancakes. I ate them anyway becuz charcoal is good for you.

[pilgrim30]

Hello Liketobake!

This is my first post, as I just registered.

I have a bread machine, although I've not used it for several months. I keep telling myself I MUST make some bread. It is much better for you than what you purchase. One main reason is that you have control of the ingredients.

You may not know it, but many prepared foodstuffs out there contain soy in some form or another. It is listed as various names, and is not always listed as "soy." I learned this from being on the thyroid forum after being very ill from thyroid disease.

Here is my recipe that I concocted for my husband, as he likes Roman Meal Bread - and their recipe is a trade secret.

Iona’s© Faux Roman Meal Bread

Remove pan from machine. Insert kneading blade (spray hole with Pam first.) Add ingredients in the order given. When using “timed bake”, make certain yeast does not come in contact with liquid in the pan.

Have all ingredients at room temp, measured, ready to add to the pan. Dough must be warm (from the tepid water) to start rising. Do not lift lid more than absolutely necessary.

Hint: To measure molasses, spray measuring spoon with Pam first to keep from sticking.

2 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon sugar
2 tablespoons molasses
1 ¼ cup of tepid water
1 large egg (beaten into the tepid water. Add immediately.)

1 cup Old Fashioned Oats - raw
½ cup whole-wheat flour
2 ½ cups bread flour
4 T of gluten
1 ¼ teaspoon salt
1 ½ tsp bread machine yeast; add into a depression in the flour if this is to be a timed bake.

Place the first 4 ingredients into pan.
In a large mixing bowl, add the flours, oats, gluten, salt, yeast. Mix well with a whisk.
When this is complete, measure the warm water into a glass measuring cup. Whisk in the egg and pour immediately over the other ingredients already in the pan.
Gently dump the flour mixture into the pan, being careful or the flour will cause a cloud of dust.
Insert pan into machine, making certain it is locked into place.
Close lid; plug machine into outlet.
On menu, select: “basic”, 2 lb loaf, light color.
Push START.
When done, remove from machine immediately and place loaf on rack to cool before attempting to cut.
Enjoy.
My husband likes this bread. Very satisfying.
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May be utilized for your own private use, not to be used for publication or profit without my permission

[Breadbeard]

I bake a of bread. I found a new method from a fantastic book from Richard Bertinet titled Dough - Simple Contemporary Bread. You can get it at Barnes and Noble for about $30 - I know it sounds expensive - and it is but it will revolutionize the way you make bread. I was so used to using warm water and proofing the yeast before adding it to the dry ingredients, blah, blah, blah. This is amazing. He explains the reason behind everything he tells you to do. I have never had each loaf come out so uniformly time after time! No more kneading as you know it. It's kind of funny because he talks about the words punching and kneading as sounding rather harsh when it comes to making bread but he has you literally slapping the dough down onto a marble slab or the kitchen table, stretching it and folding it over itself, slapping, stretching and folding. You can feel the dough come into it's perfect texture. Its amazing. You're going to wonder where this technique been all your bread baking career. I really hope you will try it.

[watsjame]

Hello All,

I just posted a few comments and a recipe for bread machine cinnamon rolls under the thread "Looking for Bread Machine Recipes". Go check it out. Its a super simple recipe that people will just ooh and ahh over for days. I get asked to make these almost everyday by my people at work.

Chip

[honeybee07]

To make home madebread can I use the bottled yeast instead of the caked yeast or packaged yeast.I love to bake homemade stuff and i have not tried to do in the oven and I want to but all i have is the bottled yeast not the other.Just how much yeast should I use if I can use the bottled.It doesn't say except for in my bread machine book.

[momof2]

Hi Honeybee,

Yes you can use the bottled yeast in homemade bread. In fact, you can use the same recipe that your breadmachine uses. There are actually a lot of recipes out there for homemade bread that call for the bottled kind of yeast. How much you need depends on what kind of bread it is, as well has how many loaves you are making.