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I Hit the Jackpot This Morning!

4kitties — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 17:53:38 GMT

There were about 8 5lb bags of King Arthur Bread Flour at my Kroger this morning! And one of them came home with me! One of my favorite breads calls for bread flour and my canister is almost empty. I have been on the lookout for bread flour for weeks.

I have also been seeing yeast at both my Kroger and my Walmart. I did not buy any as I already had enough.

Re: I Hit the Jackpot This Morning!

tweets12 — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 18:04:43 GMT

My favorite too. Dont you just love making bread.. Tastes so much better than what you buy, What is your favorite recipe ? Its getting too hot to have the oven on but I miss it.

Re: I Hit the Jackpot This Morning!

SharkE — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 18:08:41 GMT

@4kitties wrote:
There were about 8 5lb bags of King Arthur Bread Flour at my Kroger this morning! And one of them came home with me! One of my favorite breads calls for bread flour and my canister is almost empty. I have been on the lookout for bread flour for weeks.

I have also been seeing yeast at both my Kroger and my Walmart. I did not buy any as I already had enough.

Should had bought it all when you saw it , if they didn't have a limit on it.

when I go on vacation back up to Ind. and White Lily flour I buy ALL they have. Sometimes I'll send the sister, money, and have her to go ahead and buy for me, then, I'll hit the store when I get up there.

Re: I Hit the Jackpot This Morning!

4kitties — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 18:45:16 GMT

@tweets12

Our favorite is a loaf of English Toasting Bread. It is a recipe from the book Bread Machine Magic by Linda Rehberg and Lois Conway. I make the dough in my bread machine and then bake it in a loaf pan in my regular oven. It is wonderful for toasting.

We just finished a loaf that I made when we had a few cooler days here. I do not usually make bread in the summer.

Nothing tastes as good as a nice homemade bread.

Re: I Hit the Jackpot This Morning!

4kitties — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 18:49:24 GMT

@SharkE

My Kroger has the King Arthur in their store all the time. It has just been during this whole virus quarantine that they have been out of stock. But I do know what you mean about stocking up on it.

They also carry the White Lily Self Rising on a regular basis. I buy it for biscuits. I have never tried any other version of White Lily, but I would like to! It sure makes delicious biscuits!

Re: I Hit the Jackpot This Morning!

vabreeze — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 18:53:32 GMT

@4kitties wrote:
There were about 8 5lb bags of King Arthur Bread Flour at my Kroger this morning! And one of them came home with me! One of my favorite breads calls for bread flour and my canister is almost empty. I have been on the lookout for bread flour for weeks. Thank youforyourmconsiderationofothereswho

I have also been seeing yeast at both my Kroger and my Walmart. I did not buy any as I already had enough.

@4kitties

Thank you for your consideration of others who may have a similar need as you had for bread flour!

Re: I Hit the Jackpot This Morning!

Sheila P-Burg — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 20:12:16 GMT

@SharkE ....... I am surprised since Smuckers owns White Lily that they do not sell it on their website with their other products. Is it cheaper in Indiana instead of ordering from Amazon or Walmart. com?

Re: I Hit the Jackpot This Morning!

Mz iMac — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 20:50:12 GMT

@4kitties wrote:

Nothing tastes as good as a nice homemade bread.

While baking, the aroma fills your whole house.

Re: I Hit the Jackpot This Morning!

SharkE — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 22:11:49 GMT

@Sheila P-Burg wrote:

@SharkE ....... I am surprised since Smuckers owns White Lily that they do not sell it on their website with their other products. Is it cheaper in Indiana instead of ordering from Amazon or Walmart. com?

No shipping and handling . My part of Tx. (amarillo) don't carry it. King Arthur, is good, too. I like trying the brands other then Gold Medal never use that any more.

Re: I Hit the Jackpot This Morning!

ID2 — Wed, 10 Jun 2020 09:43:38 GMT

I live among the Amish. I only buy my baking items from them. What a transformation! My baked goods are soooo much better! Noticeably better!

Re: I Hit the Jackpot This Morning!

gardenman — Wed, 10 Jun 2020 11:55:40 GMT

@tweets12 wrote:
My favorite too. Dont you just love making bread.. Tastes so much better than what you buy, What is your favorite recipe ? Its getting too hot to have the oven on but I miss it.

My current favorite bread recipe is pain ordinaire Careme. It's from Bernard Clayton's Complete Book of Breads. Marie-Antoine Careme was a French chef in the 1800s and the founder of la grande cuisine. He was a pretty interesting guy who was the chef for the who's who of British, French, and Russian royalty.

His bread recipe is now over 175 years old but still produces great bread. It's an odd recipe in that it starts with a batter you beat for ten minutes and the dough rises until triple in bulk instead of the normal double in bulk, but it makes great bread. You'll want a sturdy mixer for the recipe as it's a bit of a workout for a mixer. You can find the recipe online from multiple sources if you don't have Bernard Clayton's cookbook.

The website barefootkitchenwitch.com (interesting name for a website) has both the recipe, notes, and lots of photos. It's a good place to look if you don't have Bernard's cookbook. Despite the original creator of the bread being very fancy-schmancy as a chef, this is a very basic, flour, salt, water, yeast recipe that's a simple, real bread, and nothing terribly fancy, just very, very tasty. I highly recommend the bread. It's my goto recipe these days.

Re: I Hit the Jackpot This Morning!

ptagirl — Wed, 10 Jun 2020 12:25:56 GMT

@ID2 wrote:
I live among the Amish. I only buy my baking items from them. What a transformation! My baked goods are soooo much better! Noticeably better!

Me, too!.... There IS a difference, that's for sure!... Have a great day!

Re: I Hit the Jackpot This Morning!

SharkE — Wed, 10 Jun 2020 13:08:02 GMT

what do they do different ? I've ate at Amish places before up in Ind. they don't season vegetables was my main complaint.

Re: I Hit the Jackpot This Morning!

gloriajean — Wed, 10 Jun 2020 19:19:06 GMT

I love making my own bread and have for many years, I can hardly wait to get back to it, once I get enough strength in my arm I to knead again, In March I fell on ice and broke my left wrist, had surgery had a plate put in, and it still hurts, am doing exercises for it, going to Pt, and she thinks I will be able to knead bread again! I make Health breads, very good and very tasty!