[Marcella]

“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.

[JRandomFreeper]

Heck, I use a commercial KitchenAid(tm) mixer with a dough hook (8 minutes for my standard loaf). I'm not kneading that stuff by hand. That's why generators were invented.

/johnny

[Twinkie]

Thank you. - I’m 66 yrs. old; and seem to be getting weaker as we speak. Come to think of it, though, even in my twenties and thirties I couldn’t knead bread worth a flip. The loaves they have at the bakery depts. in the supermarkets that are supposed to be “homemade” have so many additives in them that it’s scary.

[Twinkie]

Thank you. - I’m 66 yrs. old; and seem to be getting weaker as we speak. Come to think of it, though, even in my twenties and thirties I couldn’t knead bread worth a flip. The loaves they have at the bakery depts. in the supermarkets that are supposed to be “homemade” have so many additives in them that it’s scary.

[Ellendra]

I might have to add that to my Christmas list. I used to make my own breads quite often, but a few years ago I messed up my shoulders and now kneading or rolling out dough is a painful experience.