BREADMAKING - Page 4

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

@HerRoyaLioness I would LOVE to have that recipe you got! It would be fun to make and freeze it some cold dreary winter day! If you would post it I would be very grateful!

SharkE · ‎08-19-2010

@eddyandme wrote:
@brandiwine wrote:
The best flours I have found are King Arthur. Most stores carry it. I also use their dried milk and buttermilk. Makes an outstanding loaf!!! I live at high altitude and need to add extra gluten. Find a good bread machine cookbook for great ideas. Happy baking.
Thanx, @brandiwine. I got a 5lb bag of KA Bread Making Flour today - it was on sale at the grocery store! Any recommendations on the best yeast to use?

Platinum, it's only in limited markets though. I order mine thru Walmart. King Arthur and Hodgsons Mills advertise a high grade better then that Fleischman's gunk which is all you can find most places.

I use one pkg a month to flush down the commode to keep the pipes open. LOL

HerRoyaLioness · ‎03-13-2010

@Sooner- I am on my way out for the night, but I will look for the recipe tomorrow and try and get it posted.

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

@SharkE wrote:
@eddyandme wrote:
@brandiwine wrote:
The best flours I have found are King Arthur. Most stores carry it. I also use their dried milk and buttermilk. Makes an outstanding loaf!!! I live at high altitude and need to add extra gluten. Find a good bread machine cookbook for great ideas. Happy baking.
Thanx, @brandiwine. I got a 5lb bag of KA Bread Making Flour today - it was on sale at the grocery store! Any recommendations on the best yeast to use?
Platinum, it's only in limited markets though. I order mine thru Walmart. King Arthur and Hodgsons Mills advertise a high grade better then that Fleischman's gunk which is all you can find most places.
I use one pkg a month to flush down the commode to keep the pipes open. LOL

We can find it at local health food stores like Natural Grocers and Whole Foods, and also at local supermarket. We felt very lucky to get it locally. I used to order it from KAF. Now if I could just get White Lily for biscuits!

SharkE · ‎08-19-2010

It was in Ind for awhile, my sister would send it to me, but, it got discontinued. I'm thinking people just don't bake any more. No reason that

Platinum yeast shouldn't be an hot item and should fly off the shelf.

I have to beg, borrow and steal to get it. LOL

HerRoyaLioness · ‎03-13-2010

Found it, but remember this recipe is over 30 yrs old since it has been in my possession, older than that originally.

Old Army Bread Recipe

12 C bread flour (stir it up good before using)

1/3 C sugar

1 TBL salt (full)

1/3 of a large (8 oz) yeast cake (2.67 oz, which near as I can figure is 6 tsp dry yeast)

2/3 C powdered milk

1/3 C Parkay margarine, melted

1 Qt water (4 cups)

1 egg, beaten

Combine 4 cups of the flour, sugar, salt and powdered milk. Mix melted margarine in with mixer on low until like fine cornmeal.

Crumble yeast in 1 cup (out of the 4) of warm water and stir to dissolve. Add to flour mixture with 1 more cup of warm water and mix with mixer on medium speed. Add 1 cup water with beaten egg and mix. Add last cup of water and mix until smooth.

Add liquid mixture to rest of flour and mix with wooden spoon. Turn out on floured board and knead until smooth and satiny. (about 10 min).

Put in well oiled bowl (knead slighlty in bowl to coat with oil), cover and let rise until double and leaves dent when you press it with finger. Punch down, knead a little, oil bowl if necessary and let rise again until double.

Turn out and divide into 5 loaves (approx 1 1/4 lb each). Shape loaves (oil hands) and put in 4x8 pans greased with solid shortening. Oil tops (or use melted margarine) and let rise until light.

Bake 20 - 30 min at 400°

I haven't made this for ages, but I did use the cake yeast. You can fit all 5 pans in the oven if you put 3 at the back vertically and 2 in front of them horizontally. It is worth the effort, the bread is good!

JeanLouiseFinch · ‎10-03-2011

I don't have a lot to add to the bread baking and/or recipes. I only bake a family Christmas yeast bread recipe. The rest of the year I just buy it already made.

Anyway, if you are making bread the old-fashioned way, mixing and letting it rise in a bowl on the counter, please be extra careful if you have a dog in the house. It's dangerous for them to eat unbaked yeast dough.

Group 5 minus 1 · ‎03-11-2010

Mom and her friend would go shopping together and complain about the cost of bread. It was 10 cents a loaf. Her friend would say "make my words, someday we will pay 25 cents a loaf".

Daysdee · ‎03-09-2010

I also ordered the yeast recommended here. I was using Fleishmann's but now it is never on sale. I make all of my bread in the bread machine.

eddyandme · ‎09-24-2011

@Nightowlz@Brandiwine

Got my SAF yeast. Found it today buried under snow and ice on the front-door landing!

Just got off the phone with Amazon. Had ordered Barkeepers Friend pan polish, Barkeepers Friend, cleanser and the yeast. The items were noted 1-not delivered due to weather, then delivered to a safe place. Well for two items apparently a safe place was to leave them on an unclosed landing during ice/snow storms! The last item may have been safe as it was delivered to OK (I live in MA)! (Don't know if the weather was any better there!!!)

Anyways, do you think the yeast is still all right? It's frozen solid - like a rock! Amazon doesn't want it back (would need new packaging as part of the insulated envelopes are stuck to my from steps) so, don't know if I should toss it or not. Haven't seen that brand in my market.