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[teresafloyd]

Wah! The bread machine broke. J only made 14 loaves this weekend.

I'm going to have to teach him to make bread the old-fashioned way, so here's the recipe for four loaves:

Bring to near boiling point:
4 cups water

Stir into
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup powdered skim milk
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup vegetable oil or hard margarine

Allow to cool to room temperature, then beat in:
6 cups whole wheat flour
3 teaspoons yeast

Stir in, mixing by hand at the end:
5 cups white flour

Knead until smooth, then turn into a large bowl. Cover and let rise until doubled in bulk.

Punch down and shape into four loaves.

Allow to rise again, and bake at 325F for about 15 minutes or until loaves sound hollow when tapped on the bottom.

Comments

yay, bread recipes!

[hillbillie.livejournal.com]

That looks good, although..baking time = only 15 minutes?!
In my oven, that would get me a nice loaf of hot dough. :P

Personally, I've never used a bread machine, cuz making bread is so danged easy anyway, and I enjoy the kneading part; it's good exercise. for my weak old hands.I like to braid and then glaze mine. Increases the "Oooh!" factor, when takenout of the oven.

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Did I wish you happy (birth)day last week? I meant to. :D

Re: yay, bread recipes!

[laplor.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the wishes. It was a good one - It's good to be old!

Bread is fun to knead and everything, but you know how teenage boys are. We make 18 to 24 loaves per week on top of our day jobs! I like to save my arthritic fingers and wrists for things like knitting. J has actually cobbled the thing together to last a little longer. What I really want is a heavy-duty mixer that can do the main mixing, then I could manage the little bit of kneading that you still have to do by hand.

If we didn't' use the bread machine, I suspect I'd have to make it all because my spouse really has never done it by hand. He's used industrial mixers, but never just a big old bowl and a spoon (I like a whisk until the first bit of flour is beat in.)

In my oven, I like to check the bread at about 15 minutes or when it starts to smell good. J says it takes 21 - he actually sets a timer.

I have a sweet bread recipe that gets braided all fancy with raspberry jam in the middle. I can tell you there are no leftovers from that one!