Kitchen

[Sooner]

Actually, bread goes stale faster in the fridge. Home made bread just doesn't stay good very long! Make small loaves and eat fast. You can make croutons or breadcrumbs and freeze those too.

[Antilope]

On 1/7/2014 Sooner said:

Actually, bread goes stale faster in the fridge. Home made bread just doesn't stay good very long! Make small loaves and eat fast. You can make croutons or breadcrumbs and freeze those too.

Yes, but if it's not put in the fridge after a couple of days, it molds, then you really can't eat it.

[oceantown]

I don't have problems with my homemade bread getting mold. I store in the snapware, and it is good for several days, up to a week. I do not refrigerate it. I wonder if it is our climate, or if it is my recipe. I make homemade sourdough. I use Unbleached all-purpose flour, and my sourdough starter, which I have had and maintained for over 4 years. My recipe is so simple, just 1 teaspoon sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon yeast, then the sourdough starter (fed) and all-purpose UNbleached flour.

[shoekitty]

On 1/7/2014 poppinfresh said:

Shoekitty, I have been looking at that breadkeeper on Amazon. About how long does it keep your bread? And is it hard to figure out where to set that dial? I live in Seattle, so we do have humidity

It works well I would say. Depending on the bread I make it can last almost a week. Some breads with honey, more sugar last longer. I find no matter what my homemade bread is really fresh for 3 to 4 days, then it is crumbly, and breaks when sliced. Mine bread keeper is so old it doesn't have the air dial. My daughter has the air dial, it is easy, you just turn to adjust the amount air holes that are exposed to take in air. I think it works so well because it really wraps around and hugs the bread loaf. It is convenient, adjustable from a full size loaf, to about half a loaf. There is a bread/jam/dehydrating website that sells bread making machines and supplies and books on that subject. They sell this bread keeper, and the one I have that has no air vent.

[druid102]

I slice the bread first then put it in a plastic zip-lock bag and put it in the freezer. I get out as many slices as I need at a time, (they thaw quickly or I microwave for a few seconds). If I am making toast, I put them in the toaster still frozen. It seems as if frozen keeps the fresh taste and texture better than just putting it in the fridge.

[poppinfresh]

Thanks shoekitty!