If we would all learn how to make really good bread; that would go a long way on our food list. Simplify. Simplify. Simplify. - I’m sort of tired of those we get at the supermarket, even the whole grain ones. - My homemade yeast bread has always turned out like a brick; but I make cornbread, whole grain pancakes and sometimes biskits.
It takes a mentor that is good to really teach you how to make bread. I can teach the basics in a 10-12 hour session.
I make all of my own bread; loaf bread for sammiches, baguettes, bread sticks, cinnamon rolls, all of it. I haven't bought bread in years.
/johnny
“My homemade yeast bread has always turned out like a brick;”
Don’t tell Johnny, but I cheat. I have a big bucket (like the Amish use) with a manual handle and you turn the handle for 3-5 miinutes and the bread is kneaded. Then, leave it in there to rise. See, I couldn’t knead worth a darn, so I got the Amish dough bucket. There are manual kneading machines now, but they are modern looking.
Johnny is an expert with anything food, but I have to cheat.