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Farm Kitchen:  Quick Poll: What holds you back from baking bread?  |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
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Annika
True Blue Farmgirl
5602 Posts
Annika
USA
5602 Posts |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
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tinaberry
True Blue Farmgirl
107 Posts
tina
satsuma
al
USA
107 Posts |
 Posted - Oct 11 2010 : 4:12:29 PM
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| I love baking bread, the smell of it baking, a hot slice with butter, makes my mouth water just thinking about a hot loaf. I have to admit though I am lazy sometimes and will buy a loaf of bread. |
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MamaCrunch
True Blue Farmgirl
161 Posts
Nasvhille
TN
USA
161 Posts |
Posted - Oct 11 2010 : 5:13:21 PM
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Time.
We used to make bread twice weekly but then DS was born and DH started law school. Now we are happy if I can get my ducks in a row and make it to the grocery store each week or so.
I miss making our own bread and I hope I'll be able to start back up sometime in the near future.
Farmgirl #2161
Just tryin' to homestead in the middle of a suburban neighborhood!
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Calico Hen
True Blue Farmgirl
146 Posts
Meg
Middle Tennessee
USA
146 Posts |
Posted - Oct 11 2010 : 5:26:11 PM
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| I love making bread but with only two of us (and Hubby is on the road a lot) we just don't go through the bread very fast. A week ago I baked two loaves and gave one to our friends. We are almost to the end of the first loaf. |
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gramadinah
True Blue Farmgirl
3557 Posts
Diana
Orofino
ID
USA
3557 Posts |
Posted - Oct 11 2010 : 5:32:10 PM
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I love it and do it all the time trying to make sure I have some one to give it to. If I don't make sure it has a home to go to I would eat it all and then it would be baddddddddddddd for my weight.
I always try to take some to girl that does my hair she really seems to enjoy it.I make a sun dried tomato rosmary onion foccoia bread that she loves
Diana
Farmgirl Sister #273 |
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urban chickie
True Blue Farmgirl
734 Posts
Catherine
Niles
IL
USA
734 Posts |
Posted - Oct 11 2010 : 7:01:12 PM
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I do bake my own bread, but not all my bread....the two things most responsible are time and temperature. I am looking forward to resuming baking now that the summer heat is dwindling. As for time...I really enjoy the process of so-called traditional breadbaking, that made most recently popular here in the 70s by James Beard. I enjoy the kneading and, as long as my arthritis is not acting up, actually find it therapeutic. In the last couple years I have mostly converted to using natural yeast instead of commercial, as well. But I do want to investigate the perhaps more historically traditional methods of no-knead bread making. I have put it off because of all the wonderful bread books available that do not use it LOL, several of which I own. But this winter it is finally time, I think. After all, I can still use those older books when I have the time, but I really want to make ALL my own bread, you know?
Catherine
Farmgirl #1370
City Girl By Birth,
Suburbanite By Location,
Farmgirl at Heart
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rosarita78
True Blue Farmgirl
206 Posts
Reina
Drought ridden High Plains
New Mexico
USA
206 Posts |
Posted - Oct 11 2010 : 7:14:07 PM
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I have a simple recipe which I make often (and tortillas too) but really any other bread kind of turns me off because of all the fuss. For example I made brotchen (which was really good) but you had to knead it and then let it set for 4 hours then place in on the sheet and let it set for another 2 hours. I don't have all day to be making bread.
Reina
http://reinascountrykitchen.blogspot.com
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City Chick
True Blue Farmgirl
1402 Posts
Deb
Chattanooga
TN
USA
1402 Posts |
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MrsRooster
True Blue Farmgirl
1168 Posts
Amy
Seabrook
TX
USA
1168 Posts |
Posted - Oct 12 2010 : 06:32:33 AM
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I use my bread machine. It cuts down on time and heat. I am hoping to make bread by hand this fall/winter. I just get lazy and use the machine.
www.mrsrooster.blogspot.com
Farmgirl #1259
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Ninibini
True Blue Farmgirl
7577 Posts
Nini
Pennsylvania
USA
7577 Posts |
Posted - Oct 12 2010 : 08:35:34 AM
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Absolutely nothing! I use the recipe from the book "Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day," using a combo of non-bleached white and whole wheat flour. We use that recipe for everything from bread to rolls to pizza dough to spinach pie dough to even cinnamon roll dough! I don't bake quite as much during the summer because of the heat, but as soon as the cooler weather hits, the bread is in the oven almost daily - and my son's friends are always looking for it, too! The recipe is on their website, and the book itself contains a plethora of other types of bread recipes which I hope to try one day. But this one recipe keeps us going. The thing I like about it so much is that you just mix it, let it rise, and then shape and bake - no kneading, no real mess. And you can make the dough ahead of time and it can be stored in the fridge up to 10 days...although, to be honest, it never lasts long enough in our house for that! :) I think I read somewhere that MJ has a similar type recipe... has anyone tried it or know where I can find it? Thanks! - Nini
God gave us two hands... one to help ourselves, and one to help others!
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emsmommy5
True Blue Farmgirl
1547 Posts
Angie
Buckley
WA
USA
1547 Posts |
Posted - Oct 12 2010 : 09:25:02 AM
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Simply stated... time and scheduling. I love homemade bread. I would make all of ours except for the crazy schedule I work under. Hoping with the cooler weather and canning season slowing down I can work bread back into my life!
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urban chickie
True Blue Farmgirl
734 Posts
Catherine
Niles
IL
USA
734 Posts |
Posted - Oct 12 2010 : 09:28:05 AM
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Interesting that so many say time is a factor. Funny that it doesn't really take all that much time per se, but you have to be around every so many hours to do the next step. Working outside the home really puts a damper on bread making!
Catherine
Farmgirl #1370
City Girl By Birth,
Suburbanite By Location,
Farmgirl at Heart
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
3324 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
3324 Posts |
Posted - Oct 12 2010 : 10:02:48 AM
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I love every aspect of baking my own bread even including the mess in the kitchen-BUT, I would eat bread all day long if I baked it---
There is nothing like homemade bread fresh from the oven with homemade jelly or plum butter!
Melody
Farmgirl #525
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marjean
True Blue Farmgirl
3851 Posts
Marsha
Deltona
FL
USA
3851 Posts |
Posted - Oct 12 2010 : 11:12:34 AM
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Trying to get a gluten free bread with no yeast to cook right is the reason I don't bake it as often. It either comes out to dense and tastes undercooked in the bread machine.
But, I do have a recipe I used to make in my crock pot before Lyme that was delicious that I was thinking of trying again with some different gluten/yeast free recipes.
Anyone have any good gluten/yeast free bread recipes they'd like to share with me?
Farmgirl sister #308
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Mamarude
True Blue Farmgirl
107 Posts
Anna
Durango
Colorado
USA
107 Posts |
Posted - Oct 12 2010 : 1:16:37 PM
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| We are newly gluten free, dx celiac about 2 months ago and my youngest child is allergic to wheat. I baked most of our bread for the last 14 years, and now I'm just trying to adjust to our new diet. I imagine I'll get back into it eventually, store bought gluten free bread is EXPENSIVE and doesn't taste very good. |
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Betty J.
True Blue Farmgirl
1403 Posts
Betty
Pasco
WA
USA
1403 Posts |
Posted - Oct 12 2010 : 1:19:05 PM
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What holds me back is the fact that I have to eat it all myself. I don't do much backing anymore for that reason. My DIL is on a special diet and can't eat carbs of any kind. My sister is the same. Now that I'm going on vacation, I can cook for my son and his family. All they want is my fried chicken and mashed potatoes and gravy.
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pinkwitchy~farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
230 Posts
Beverly
Lee's Summit
MO
USA
230 Posts |
Posted - Oct 12 2010 : 5:09:31 PM
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I've never made homemade bread....quick breads, yes, but not good ol' bread. I think I'm scared to try it because I've heard alot of time is invloved. It's funny this post showed up when it did...I was just telling DH over the weekend that I'd like to try to make bread! After reading the responses.....I will definitely be trying it soon. Anyone have a good recipe for a beginner?
Farmgirl Sister 1575* * * It is often the bend in the road that makes life worth the drive * * * |
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msdoolittle
True Blue Farmgirl
1143 Posts
Amanda
East Texas
USA
1143 Posts |
Posted - Oct 12 2010 : 8:04:47 PM
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In a nutshell...I can be lazy. I admit it. Some days I'm scrubbing the ceiling with a toothbrush and others I just don't want to do much of anything. Lol.
FarmGirl #1390
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Oct 12 2010 : 8:53:30 PM
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Hi ladies!
Well I made bread yesterday for our cabbage burgers and I need to make some more tomorrow for more cabbage burgers as the first batch have been eaten!! So yummy!
Anyway- one of the things that I dislike about making bread is cleaning up the mess! So I have figured out a way to make bread using one large bowl and a plate.
The bowl I have has about a 6-8 inch bottom and flares up to be about 2.5 feet across. It's what we call a "popcorn bowl" in the house I grew up in since we would make enough popcorn for a family of 6.
Anyway I get the water and yeast started in the bowl and mix in flour to make the sponge. After the sponge has doubled I stir in the remainder of the flour until it dries up enough to be kneadable. Here is where I differ a bit from tradition. Instead of dumping it out on a surface to knead and work the dough, I knead in the bowl which has the side benefit of incorporating all the flour that didn't get absorbed during mixing as well as keeping my countertops clean. Then I put the kneaded dough ball on a clean plate and I do a quick wash of the bowl with hot water and a scrubber. I dry the bowl and grease it with butter. I then roll the dough ball in the buttered bowl and cover to let it rise as appropriate. I then shape and move the dough onto prepared baking dishes.
Clean up is a snap because the bowl only has to be lightly washed to clean away the butter and there is no flour/dough residue on the counter and the measuring dishes can be washed quickly.
The biggest time sink is the rising which is hands off anyway so as long as I start the process in the afternoon, we have hot yummy bread for dinner!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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Karrieann
True Blue Farmgirl
1900 Posts
Karrieann
Northeast
Georgia
USA
1900 Posts |
Posted - Oct 12 2010 : 9:30:21 PM
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...mostly because of the hubby doesn't eat them.. for no real significant reason... he will not falter from his youth bread.. bleached white wonder bread. I don't eat that... so if I do bake.. and I do... I'll be the only one who'll be eating it.. the fresh home baked bread.
Karrieann ~ Farmgirl Sister #766 (29 Sept 2009)
My Blog: ...following my heart, dreams and Jesus
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Pammy
True Blue Farmgirl
66 Posts
Michigan
USA
66 Posts |
Posted - Oct 13 2010 : 04:59:37 AM
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| Time! although once I get started at it, I find it really doesn't take that much of my time. Pam |
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MrsRooster
True Blue Farmgirl
1168 Posts
Amy
Seabrook
TX
USA
1168 Posts |
Posted - Oct 13 2010 : 09:41:45 AM
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Alee-That is a wonderful idea!!!!
My hubby has offered to buy me a dutch oven and the Artisan bread book. So I am going to be trying it.
www.mrsrooster.blogspot.com
Farmgirl #1259
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star-schipp
True Blue Farmgirl
942 Posts
Starletta
Middletown
Indiana
USA
942 Posts |
Posted - Oct 29 2010 : 06:24:40 AM
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I want to make the committment to bake all our bread but the time factor gets me every time. I'm going to check out the suggestion from Nini for Artisan bread in 5 minutes a day
We can do no great things; only small things with great love - Mother Teresa
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Fiddlehead Farm
True Blue Farmgirl
4562 Posts
Diane
Waupaca
WI
USA
4562 Posts |
Posted - Oct 29 2010 : 07:41:13 AM
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I have both books Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day and Healthy Bread in 5 Minutes a Day. I love the no knead breads recipes they have and the easy free form loaves. Very simple to have home made bread fresh daily. Once in awhile I will bake Amish White Bread from the recipe I found at AllRecipes.com. It is a little more time consuming but worth it! I love the smell of fresh bread baking, especially when it is cooler outside. Nothing like a fresh, hot slice with butter and homemade jam!
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Farm Kitchen: Quick Poll: What holds you back from baking bread? |
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Quick Poll: What holds you back from baking bread?
