[CnD] Homemade bread
Hello, I am new to this list. I am wondering if anyone has any good, homemade bread recipes, that does not include a bread machine. Thanks. Amanda Life in all its splendor is Mother Nature obeyed. –Weston A. Price, DDS Sent from my iPhone ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
[CnD] Homemade Bread
Homemade Bread Over the last year, I've gradually moved more and more towards making my own food at home. There are several reasons for this: it tastes better, it reduces preservative intake, it's more nutritious, and it's often substantially cheaper than what you find in the store. It does take time, but once you get used to it, most food preparation doesn't take much more time than going to the store, buying it, taking it home, popping it out of the package, and following the directions. Breadmaking is a prime example of this phenomenon. Homemade bread is substantially tastier than store-purchased bread, isn't laden with preservatives, is very inexpensive to make, and doesn't take all that much time, either. The Problems With Industrial Bread Most people in the United States today view the bread purchased at the supermarket as what bread should be. The actual truth is that the bread you buy in the supermarket has the texture and substance that it has for one reason and one reason alone: so that it can be made on an industrial scale and not grow "old" on the shelf at your supermarket. There are two big explanations for this. The industrial scale process is designed to maximize profit while still producing an edible loaf of bread on the table. This is done by using an excessive amount of yeast in order to create lots of air bubbles in the bread, hence the "light" texture of store-purchased bread. It also allows for the use of lower-quality grains because of this yeast abundance, thus the bread is far from nutrient-rich. In the United States, most recipes are trade secrets, but in the United Kingdom, the standard recipe, known as the Chorleywood Bread Process, is widely known. The goal of this process is to make a loaf of bread as cheaply as possible, foregoing flavor, nutrition, and texture along the way. The other bothersome part of industrial breadmaking is the appearance of a healthy dose of preservatives. These preservatives are there solely to extend the shelf life of the bread, again reducing costs for the manufacturer. Every time you eat a piece of store-purchased bread, you're getting a healthy dose of preservatives with each bite. Take a look at the ingredient list from a loaf of Home Pride butter top honey wheat bread, a fairly standard store-purchased loaf in my area. I bolded some of the ingredients. block quote Enriched wheat flour (flour, barley malt, ferrous sulfate (iron), "B" vitamins (niacin, thaimine mononitrate (B1), riboflavin (B2), folic acid)), water, sweetener (high fructose corn syrup or sugar), yeast, wheat bran, whole wheat flour, wheat gluten, molasses. Contains 2% or less of: soybean oil, salt, sweet dairy whey, butter (cream, salt, enzymes), maltodextrin, honey, corn syrup, calcium sulfate, soy flur, dough conditioners (may contain: dicalcium phosphate, calcium dioxide, sodium stearoyl lactylate, ethoxylated mono and diglycerides, mono and diglycerides, and/or datem), yeast nutrients (may contain: ammonium sulfate, ammonium chloride, calcium carbonate, monocalcium phosphate, and/or ammonium phosphate), cornstarch, wheat starch, vinegar, natural flavor, beta carotene (color), enzymes, calcium propionate (to retain freshness), soy lecithin. block quote end That's what a slice of store-purchased bread contains. How to Make Your Own Tasty Homemade Bread, Easily and Cheaply What I've found is that many people are simply intimidated by the seemingly complex and work-intensive process of making bread. It seems difficult and loaded with steps and significant work. In fact, bread is quite easy to make at home, and you only need a few staple ingredients to make a simple loaf. Here's exactly how to make a delicious loaf at home from scratch. Breadmaking #1: Ingredients What you see on the table there is every ingredient and piece of equipment that you need to make a loaf of bread (except the oven). Nothing complicated at all, just basic ingredients that you can often get very inexpensively at your local grocery store. In fact, the ingredients on that table (except for the yeast) is enough to make several loaves of bread. Here's the equipment you need. One large mixing bowl A second one is useful, but optional - you can get by with one if you're willing to wash it in the middle of the process. One spoon You need a spoon to stir the dough. One measuring cup A 1/4 or 1/2 cup measuring cup will do the job. One measuring spoon A one-teaspoon measurer will be just perfect. One bread pan Obviously, to bake the bread in. One hand towel This is just to cover the bread dough as it rises so it doesn't get drafts or dust or anything on it. That's all you need, and it's all stuff that's pretty common in most kitchens. Now, for the food ingredients. 1/4 cup milk 5 teaspoons sugar (or 1 1/2 tablespoons) 1 teaspoons salt 5 teaspoons butter (or 1 1/2 tablespoons) 1 package active dry yeast (you can get yeast near the flour at your local grocery
Re: [CnD] Homemade bread
Amanda, what kind of bread are you looking for? I have a recipe for no knead bread which have not made for some time but as I recall, it was good. I also have recipes for sweet breads like pumpkin, date nut and banana nut, all from scratch and none with a bread machine. If you would like any of those recipes, just let me know. Sharon -Original Message- From: Amanda F via Cookinginthedark [mailto:cookinginthedark@acbradio.org] Sent: Friday, June 10, 2016 3:28 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: af032...@gmail.com Subject: [CnD] Homemade bread Hello, I am new to this list. I am wondering if anyone has any good, homemade bread recipes, that does not include a bread machine. Thanks. Amanda Life in all its splendor is Mother Nature obeyed. –Weston A. Price, DDS Sent from my iPhone ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
Re: [CnD] Homemade bread
That sounds great. I am also looking for any kind of bread you can use in sandwiches and all or make into rolls. On 6/10/16, Sharon Howerton via Cookinginthedark wrote: > Amanda, what kind of bread are you looking for? I have a recipe for no knead > bread which have not made for some time but as I recall, it was good. I also > have recipes for sweet breads like pumpkin, date nut and banana nut, all > from scratch and none with a bread machine. > If you would like any of those recipes, just let me know. > Sharon > > -Original Message- > From: Amanda F via Cookinginthedark [mailto:cookinginthedark@acbradio.org] > Sent: Friday, June 10, 2016 3:28 PM > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > Cc: af032...@gmail.com > Subject: [CnD] Homemade bread > > Hello, I am new to this list. > I am wondering if anyone has any good, homemade bread recipes, that does not > include a bread machine. > Thanks. > Amanda > > Life in all its splendor is Mother Nature obeyed. > –Weston A. Price, DDS > > Sent from my iPhone > ___ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > > > ___ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > > ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
Re: [CnD] Homemade bread
Sharon, please share your recipes with the list. Thanks in advance. ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
Re: [CnD] Homemade bread
Are you looking for yeast bread or quick bread like banana bread that is leavened with baking powder/soda? Do you want to make whole wheat or white or rye? Susie -Original Message- From: gail johnson via Cookinginthedark [mailto:cookinginthedark@acbradio.org] Sent: Friday, June 10, 2016 4:57 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: gail johnson Subject: Re: [CnD] Homemade bread Sharon, please share your recipes with the list. Thanks in advance. ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
Re: [CnD] Homemade bread
Sharon, can you e-mail your banana nut recipe to me? Believe it or not, there's a Vietnamese restaurant where I live and they make the best banana bread I _ever had. It has chocolate chips and walnuts on top. I don't know how she does it but I'm sure she's not giving any recipe away. If I could, I'd send some to you'all-it's _that good! Juliette Silvers - Original Message - From: Sharon Howerton via Cookinginthedark To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Date: 06/10/2016 4:03 pm Subject: Re: [CnD] Homemade bread > > > Amanda, what kind of bread are you looking for? I have a recipe for no knead > bread which have not made for some time but as I recall, it was good. I also > have recipes for sweet breads like pumpkin, date nut and banana nut, all from > scratch and none with a bread machine. > If you would like any of those recipes, just let me know. > Sharon > > -Original Message- > From: Amanda F via Cookinginthedark [mailto:cookinginthedark@acbradio.org] > Sent: Friday, June 10, 2016 3:28 PM > To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > Cc: af032...@gmail.com > Subject: [CnD] Homemade bread > > Hello, I am new to this list. > I am wondering if anyone has any good, homemade bread recipes, that does not > include a bread machine. > Thanks. > Amanda > > Life in all its splendor is Mother Nature obeyed. > comWeston A. Price, DDS > > Sent from my iPhone > ___ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > > > ___ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
Re: [CnD] Homemade bread
Amanda, I have two main folders with techniques for baking bread and the others are actual recipes. No bread machines in them. I have formatted most of the recipes for embossing. ' Here are the category for the types of bread. Consider what you want to obtain . For instance, corn bread, dinner rolls, quick breads, Sweet rolls and yeast breads. Gary Patterson -Original Message- From: Amanda F via Cookinginthedark [mailto:cookinginthedark@acbradio.org] Sent: Friday, June 10, 2016 3:28 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: af032...@gmail.com Subject: [CnD] Homemade bread Hello, I am new to this list. I am wondering if anyone has any good, homemade bread recipes, that does not include a bread machine. Thanks. Amanda Life in all its splendor is Mother Nature obeyed. –Weston A. Price, DDS Sent from my iPhone ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
Re: [CnD] Homemade bread
Also, I have a braille book which I had transcribed that has recipes for breads with whole grains. I would have to type these in because they are in hard copy braille. And when I think about it, you may well not be interested in braille. Gary Patterson -Original Message- From: Amanda F via Cookinginthedark [mailto:cookinginthedark@acbradio.org] Sent: Friday, June 10, 2016 3:28 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: af032...@gmail.com Subject: [CnD] Homemade bread Hello, I am new to this list. I am wondering if anyone has any good, homemade bread recipes, that does not include a bread machine. Thanks. Amanda Life in all its splendor is Mother Nature obeyed. –Weston A. Price, DDS Sent from my iPhone ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark ___ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
Re: [CnD] Homemade Bread
With all due respect this recipe is a bit too reliant on pictures for this forum; after all many of the cooks here are blind, so this post may need some work. I am blind, bake bread, and can safely ignore your reference to pictures, but what about the beginner who began this discussion? One other thing; when I was studying in Mexico, the Mexicans I lived with called that American store-bought bread Cardboard. Ah, but that cardboard fits into a toaster so nicely. Brenda Mueller Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 7, 2017, at 8:09 PM, Helen Whitehead via Cookinginthedark > wrote: > > > Homemade Bread > > Over the last year, I've gradually moved more and more towards making my > own food at home. There are several reasons for this: it tastes better, it > reduces > preservative intake, it's more nutritious, and it's often substantially > cheaper than what you find in the store. It does take time, but once you get > > used > to it, most food preparation doesn't take much more time than going to the > store, buying it, taking it home, popping it out of the package, and > following > the directions. > > Breadmaking is a prime example of this phenomenon. Homemade bread is > substantially tastier than store-purchased bread, isn't laden with > preservatives, > is very inexpensive to make, and doesn't take all that much time, either. > > The Problems With Industrial Bread > > Most people in the United States today view the bread purchased at the > supermarket as what bread should be. The actual truth is that the bread you > buy > in the supermarket has the texture and substance that it has for one reason > and one reason alone: so that it can be made on an industrial scale and not > grow "old" on the shelf at your supermarket. > > There are two big explanations for this. The industrial scale process is > designed to maximize profit while still producing an edible loaf of bread on > > the > table. This is done by using an excessive amount of yeast in order to create > > lots of air bubbles in the bread, hence the "light" texture of > store-purchased > bread. It also allows for the use of lower-quality grains because of this > yeast abundance, thus the bread is far from nutrient-rich. In the United > States, > > > Homemade Bread > > Over the last year, I've gradually moved more and more towards making my > own food at home. There are several reasons for this: it tastes better, it > reduces > preservative intake, it's more nutritious, and it's often substantially > cheaper than what you find in the store. It does take time, but once you get > > used > to it, most food preparation doesn't take much more time than going to the > store, buying it, taking it home, popping it out of the package, and > following > the directions. > > Breadmaking is a prime example of this phenomenon. Homemade bread is > substantially tastier than store-purchased bread, isn't laden with > preservatives, > is very inexpensive to make, and doesn't take all that much time, either. > > The Problems With Industrial Bread > > Most people in the United States today view the bread purchased at the > supermarket as what bread should be. The actual truth is that the bread you > buy > in the supermarket has the texture and substance that it has for one reason > and one reason alone: so that it can be made on an industrial scale and not > grow "old" on the shelf at your supermarket. > > There are two big explanations for this. The industrial scale process is > designed to maximize profit while still producing an edible loaf of bread on > > the > table. This is done by using an excessive amount of yeast in order to create > > lots of air bubbles in the bread, hence the "light" texture of > store-purchased > bread. It also allows for the use of lower-quality grains because of this > yeast abundance, thus the bread is far from nutrient-rich. In the United > States, > most recipes are trade secrets, but in the United Kingdom, the standard > recipe, known as the > Chorleywood Bread Process, > is widely known. The goal of this process is to make a loaf of bread as > cheaply as possible, foregoing flavor, nutrition, and texture along the way. > > The other bothersome part of industrial breadmaking is the appearance of a > healthy dose of preservatives. These preservatives are there solely to > extend > the shelf life of the bread, again reducing costs for the manufacturer. > Every time you eat a piece of store-purchased bread, you're getting a > healthy dose > of preservatives with each bite. > > Take a look at the ingredient list from a loaf of Home Pride butter top > honey wheat bread, a fairly standard store-purchased loaf in my area. I > bolded > some of the ingredients. > > block quote > Enriched wheat flour (flour, barley malt, ferrous sulfate (iron), "B" > vitamins (niacin, thaimine mononitrate (B1), riboflavin (B2), folic acid)), > water, > sweetener (high fructose corn syrup or sugar
