topic Re: Bread call in Kitchen

Bread call

SharkE — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 21:38:36 GMT

Re: Bread call

SouthernBee — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 22:40:54 GMT

@SharkE : Looks delicious.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Re: Bread call

Kachina624 — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 23:40:57 GMT

Oh my, that's just bread perfection. I can imagine how delicious your house smells.

Re: Bread call

SharkE — Fri, 24 Nov 2023 00:23:04 GMT

fat loaf is gonna be delievered to somebody I know from church. His wife doesn't cook.

I wait and baste with butter after baked.

Turned out pretty well.

Re: Bread call

Ttownlady — Fri, 24 Nov 2023 01:06:42 GMT

SharkE

Happy Thanksgiving day !

Bread looks so good like in a Bakery window.

You need to open a Bakery from home,

and sell them to us and ship fed ex.lol

Re: Bread call

SaveTheTurtles — Fri, 24 Nov 2023 01:39:35 GMT

Looks delightful. I don't know what recipe you like to use but for you or anyone who likes to bake bread from scratch I highly recommend The Breadbaker's Apprentice by Peter Reinhardt. It does not disappoint.

Re: Bread call

SharkE — Fri, 24 Nov 2023 02:01:04 GMT

I pick 'em from Taste of Home, here and there.

As long as it takes butter, eggs and milk that's a winner

Next time I use my bread machine I'm using dry milk.

King Arthur said the reason why the top of my bread

sags in middle is "it's to wet". Bread machine baking is

tricky. I do better the long way.

Re: Bread call

gardenman — Fri, 24 Nov 2023 12:30:33 GMT

@SaveTheTurtles wrote:
Looks delightful. I don't know what recipe you like to use but for you or anyone who likes to bake bread from scratch I highly recommend The Breadbaker's Apprentice by Peter Reinhardt. It does not disappoint.

Bernard Clayton's "Complete Book of Breads" is quite good also. The "Pain Ordinaire Careme" from that book is maybe my favorite basic white bread. It's a weird recipe in that you start with a batter you beat to death for ten minutes first, but it makes a very good bread. It's comparable to the La Brea Bakery round Italian loaves you can buy in supermarkets. Only you make it yourself and it's maybe a little bit better.

Re: Bread call

Sooner — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 02:49:58 GMT

@SharkE Been baking in bread machines since 1992 and I'm still not convinced dry milk makes a difference.

Re: Bread call

SharkE — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 03:13:34 GMT

don't know, really don't . I hate it when mine sinks down in the middle. I think all bread machines whether cheapy or the Zo's are finicky.

I'll try the dry milk next time as King Arthur suggested and see if it makes a difference. I seem to do better

when I do it on my own. LOL

Re: Bread call

gardenman — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 12:03:50 GMT

Yeah, I think bread machines are great for mixing and kneading and that first rise, then you're generally better off shaping the dough by hand and letting it have the final rise and baking it conventionally. I never have a problem with conventionally baked loaves collapsing or having issues.