Kitchen

[haddon9]

I rarely buy regular bread anymore.  Lately I have been purchasing sourdough bread from a local bread maker.  It has very few ingredients.....just sourdough starter, flour, water & salt.  Occasionally  I'll buy a loaf with extra ingredients like seeds in it.

I cut it in half and freeze half and make sourdough bread toast several times a week.

[lynnie61]

SO eats a loaf every few days.  I occasionally buy a loaf of rye for me, but keep maybe 1/3 out and the rest goes in the freezer.  I do like Hawaiian rolls for sliders.  

[Flatbush]

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@Pooky1 wrote:

Flatbush have you thought about getting a bread maker? Mixes, kneads , rises and bakes all kinds of bread 

@Pooky1 

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Yes, I do have a bread machine, but since I use no preservatives, it goes stale, or I have to freeze it.

I do like making pizza dough in it and then it doesn't matter, but even that has been awhile ago.

You are right tho. I think I should make the dough for bread any how and then I can probably freeze 1/2 the dough and bake the other half.

Thanks for reminding me about the bread machine.

[Moonlady]

All bread goes in the freezer, including English muffins. We don't eat bread every day, and I wouldn't want it to go bad and have to be thrown out. 

Even specialty breads go into the freezer--Wegmans garlic Tuscan, their delicious cranberry-orange with sugared crust and other autumn breads. I mentioned once when they were giving samples at Wegmans should brag about how well their breads freeze.

Just remember one thing: Please step away from the microwave. No bread belongs in there lol. And don't put it on a flat surface, counter or plate) to defrost. That's how the bottom gets soggy. I place ours on  the toaster oven rack. If I didn't have that, I'd use a cookie rack. Even grilled cheese sandwiches come out perfect--and not soggy--with frozen bread.

Freezing bread is not only a great way to extend the life of bread, but it's also allows people who live alone, or couples, or smaller families to enjoy bread without feeling that they're being wasteful.