Way OT, Bread making

[Papa Charlie]

Talk about bring back memories. Growing up in a small town, each year my mom would grab every pot and bowl we had and we would head off to pick Black Berries. After everything was full and we were cut up pretty good with purple hands, she would spend the next week making Jam. The house use to be filled with that beautiful smell. Then to top it off, she would make bread.

She always made an extra loaf just for me. I loved to cut the end off and eat it out from the inside. Then eat the crust.

When I smell good jam or homemade bread, it always takes me back to those times.

Man that was living.

 

[Ringostar]

I made some a couple days ago. It was VERY dense. I suspect the yeast (even though it passed proofing) wasn't up to par. I really like the basic flour, water, salt, yeast recipes. I bake it in a dutch oven because I love the crust.

I came across the Dutch oven bread method this winter. I made a couple loaves using it. Yes! I really liked the way they came out.

 

[Bruce W]

OMG, nothing but foil wrapped European butter on that there finely hand crafted bread for me.Please do not demean the exquisiteness of the hand labor and all that kneading and prep. Finlandia my go to butter

 

[hillbillydruggist]

Just google. Mine has variations and stuff i learned from other sites. Sites of interest, jack the baker on utube and cyrll hitz also utube. awesome toast. and butter both sides and 3 minutes each side on your grill Bruce

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thanks man

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Anytime im off topic it lasts about 30sec around here. Even when it seems like im off topic, like asking if theres any beekeepers around here so i could buy beeswax from friends instead of random guys to make case lube, but im actually right on topic.

 

[Jim Bridger]

I learned to make Sour Dough when I was a young pup. It was a stable on the Western Plains.

 

[Rocketvapor]

Jim,
Your off topic thread just reminded us we have a bread maker that hasn't been used for a few years.
Not gourmet like some of you posted but a loaf of potato bread is now cooling.
Our SHFT stash has enough raw materials to make a loaf everyday for the next 3 months.
Now to talk her into a loaf of cinnamon raisin bread
Wife isn't a kitchen canner but made a batch of kumquat marmalade a couple days ago from the one tree we have.
Wow, great.

 

[TAJ45]

Oh yeah!!!! Potato bread - ummm, umm umh.

 

[MikeT49]

Timely topic. About 6 months ago I got fed up with feeding 1/3 to 1/2 a loaf of bread to the birds. Even with all the frickin preservatives in store bought bread it would go bad before I would finish the loaf. Saw an ad in my local Bi-Mart. Hamilton Beach bread machine for $49. Got me thinking about homemade bread, I could damn near smell my mom's fresh bread. That first slice off a hot loaf OMG, so good.

I bought one and I'll never buy store bread again. I can make a 1 1/2 or 2 pound loaf in it. The 1 1/2# size is perfect for me. It's about half the size of a store bought loaf and zero preservatives. Just made a Maple wheat loaf last night.

As a bonus, there was a recipe for pizza dough in the supplied manual. I've been buying frozen crusts from the pizza deli and building my own pizzas. The supplied recipe is great. Makes a 16" pizza crust. Crust ends up about 1/4" thick after baking. No more store bought crusts for me.

You can also make cakes in the machine. Be careful doing that. I made a german chocolate cake last week, lasted me three days.

Thanks guys for the new bread recipes, gonna try that damn it bread for sure. Mike

 

[SDWhirlwind]

Ok, just remembered, what is the shelf life of white flour? Have a 10# bag in the freezer at least 5 yrs old. Bought it to make lefsa. Had a stroke 5yrs ago this last Jan and hadn't made any since then until this Christmas. Sis done me a favor and loves my lefsa so made her some. Just curious as to what happens to frozen flour after at least 5yrs.? lol

 

[Rocketvapor]

Thaw it out, smell it.
Flour has natural oils in it and can go rancid.
Anything like the smell of an old chicken fryer and it's
BAD.
Just opened a 5 pound bag vacuum sealed in 2013 and kept in a sealed 5 gallon food bucket.
Sifts well, smells good, made delicious bread this morning.

 

[Rocketvapor]

Here's today's loaf and decontaminated Amazon Sunday delivery,
medicinal chocolate.
(wife been clicking like crazy )

 

[Ccrider]

Man. My Dad made the best rolls. Nothing like them or smelling them when you entered the front door. That and electric wiring were of the few things I did not learn from him.

Guess I will buy a machine and learn how to bake bread.

 

[JSH]

Dang you guys, I think I gained several pounds just reading this!

 

[drano38]

We dug out the bread machine the other day. First loaf almost gone!
Agree, fresh bread is awesome, even cheating with a bread machine.
I bet the everyone here making it the real way is even more awesome.

 

[DirtySteve]

I love nice crisp thick crusted bread to go with soups. Love home made bread with Irish butter and also Amish butter..
Honey goes well with the butter. Luckily I have bees....

 

[DirtySteve]

We dug out the bread machine the other day. First loaf almost gone!
Agree, fresh bread is awesome, even cheating with a bread machine.
I bet the everyone here making it the real way is even more awesome.

We got rid of our bread machine when we moved. I used it for making the dough and would put it in the oven to bake. Gets rid of the annoying hole in the end..

 

[dave@aDave]

I met an old cowboy above Roberts, Idaho some years ago. In the summer he would take care of around 2,500 to 3,000 cows for the local association in the high country. Had about 5 horses (ponies as he called them) and a dog named Oscar. He would go through several horses a day checking on the cattle. For a shower he had a steel drum painted black on some posts by the camper. When the sun warmed it up, he took a shower. Had a sourdough starter in a bucket in the trailer. He liked Wild Turkey also. I learned several things from him.
I later found out that he and his brother owned a construction company and about half of downtown Idaho Falls.

Basque sheepherders can also turn out a dandy meal over a fire.

 

[Jarhead6870]

I’ve been a bread lover since I was a little boy, especially sour doughs with a chewy crust. This led me to learning how to use a starter and making bread and pizza which I’ve been doing for over 20 years baking at least twice a week.

 

[swglenn]

I’ve been a bread lover since I was a little boy, especially sour doughs with a chewy crust. This led me to learning how to use a starter and making bread and pizza which I’ve been doing for over 20 years baking at least twice a week.

What type of oven do you use to get that crust on the bread and pizza?