Bread Baking

[matrinka69]

I love to bake my own bread, and I really should just stop buying the craptastic stuff at the store and make my own weekly. It tastes better, is better for me and it makes me feel so lovely to do the work

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[matrinka69]

Lovely, crusty wheat bread sits on my counter. One loaf is sliced and in the fridge for making sandwiches for Tim's lunches. The other will be torn apart by hand, slathered with margerine and eaten with much gusto at supper. Maybe it'll last until tomorrow. Maybe, but it's fresh baked bread, and it rarely lasts two days around me. :)

[gwyddon]

Heh. Fresh baked bread is my downfall. :pats stomach:

Could the tune you hum be something you picked up from your mother or grandmother? I know all of us have the habit of doing this "bye-oh-baby" thing when we rock a baby.

[matrinka69]

Maybe. Mom wasn't one to hum or sing much, though.

[erickajo]

I don't get to bake as much bread as I like, but last week I got a breadmaker. I love it. Its not hand kneaded, but it has a timer and greats me in the morning with a warm loaf of whatever I set up the night before, and I have yet to get the brownies to do that ;)

[matrinka69]

I've tried bread machines, and either I'm doing something wrong (possible) or they just don't meet my exacting demands for bread. I haven't liked the crust or the texture of any of the recipes I've tried in the machines.

[phae_talon]

Its tricky, and every machine is different. I would much prefer to make mine by hand, but I am just too lazy most of the time.

--Phae

[matrinka69]

For myself, the time saved in preparation wasn't worth it. The actual prep time with a machine may be shorter, but it actually seems to take longer to end up with a loaf of bread in the machine than doing it by hand

[phae_talon]

*drools* Fresh bread is my most favorite food!

--Phae