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Farm Kitchen:  Boy do I like to bake bread!  |
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lacisne88
True Blue Farmgirl
1181 Posts
Chelsey
Lake Stevens
Washington
USA
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 Posted - Jul 25 2008 : 3:14:13 PM
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I am baking some right this very minute...well actually it's rising right now but it will be baking soon enough! It's on it's second rise so far. I love baking bread so much! I do it completely by hand without a machine or even a mixer. My arm is kind of sore but it is great to make something edible by hand! I love eating it! I can't wait! Does anyone else bake bread? Have a nice day ladies!
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - Jul 25 2008 : 3:50:07 PM
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I love baking bread too! Sometimes I will mix and knead it all by hand. Sometimes though, I let my Kitchen-Aid have the sore arm!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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Caron
True Blue Farmgirl
535 Posts
Caron
Orange
Texas
USA
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Posted - Jul 25 2008 : 3:56:13 PM
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I love to bake bread! I am like you, I do mine entirely by hand also. Currently we are on a sourdough kick, so I made that yesterday.
Caron
"Praise God from whom all blessings flow"
Farmgirl Sister #254
Heart of Texas Farmgirl Chapter |
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Txfarmgal
True Blue Farmgirl
585 Posts
AK
USA
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Posted - Jul 25 2008 : 5:31:47 PM
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i love baking bread, sometimes I cheat and use the bread machine but sometimes I do it by hand! It's very relaxing to me even though arms get really tired.
AngiKay
www.angikay.etsy.com
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LindaMAlbert
Farmgirl in Training
38 Posts
Linda
Belgrade
Montana
USA
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Posted - Jul 25 2008 : 6:29:01 PM
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I am an absolutely dedicated bread baker. I'm convinced it's one of the most basic things people can do for themselves to take back our health and food independence out of the hands of the agi-business industry. I've baked my family's bread for 28 years now. I use a 6 qt KitchenAid now, wore a out a Bosch though it made 2 six loaf batches or more a week for more than 25 years. I often joked that a bread machine would just slow me down. Now that my children are grown I only bake a 3 loaf batch or so a week. Wheat Montana is just 30 miles away so I buy their new strain of 'white' wheat and grind it just before baking with a Magic Mill, purchased way back with the Bosch. My basic recipe was just fresh flour, water, salt, honey, oil and yeast. But I love baking 'old world' breads like challah, pumpernickel and sourdough breads. I have a lot of bread recipe books, my favorites being Bread Alone, the village Baker, Great Breads and Beth Hensperger's baking books. My family loves the White Fog Bread with quinoa. It's great to have a grain mill because I can grind any combination of grain I need fresh. There's nothing like the smell of bread baking or the taste of fresh homemade bread.
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lacisne88
True Blue Farmgirl
1181 Posts
Chelsey
Lake Stevens
Washington
USA
1181 Posts |
Posted - Jul 25 2008 : 11:27:41 PM
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So the bread turned out wonderful! I love fresh baked bread. I don;t know if it is because I have been gone for a while and without fresh home baked bread...but this batch is some of the best I've made. It is just a simple recipe I learned from my grandpa and I mixed white and wheat flour for a nice mix. It's divine! My arms were tired but it was well worth it!
Caron, I haven't tried to make sourdough yet but I would love to. My family loves sourdough. I just got a good recipe book and it has a sourdough bread recipe in it. I think I will try it out!
Linda, thanks so much for the bread book names! They sound really good! You bake bread a lot...that is great! I wish I had more time to bake more bread...it just tastes so good and gets eaten by everyone so fast! 
Chelsey |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Jul 25 2008 : 11:36:23 PM
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I love baking bread too..my favorite and the one I bake as our "everyday" bread is Honey wheat, but I have an oatmeal bread recipe that I love too. I grind the wheat fresh usually once a week and keep in the fridge until I need it (a #10 can..about a gallon) of wheat at a time.
I just feel like it is just a nice thing we can do for our family. Even the worst homemade bread I have made is a zillion times as good as storebought bread. I try hard to not buy bread if I can help it. It has been SO hot here that I have been a slacker about turning on the oven this week though.I bet your house smells heavenly right now!
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
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Ms.Lilly
True Blue Farmgirl
826 Posts
Lillian
Scotts Mills
OR
USA
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Posted - Jul 26 2008 : 06:51:44 AM
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AHHHH...Nothing like the smell of bread cooking! I love making bread. Made 2 loves yesterday, I grind my own flour too. I made a kamut/wheatbread yesterday and it is killing me to not slice off the end and try it! It is for this week and the rule is the cut loaf must be finished first. Thank goodness it is almost finished!! We live about 45 minutes away from Bob's Red Mill and I will be making a trip up there today, it is just like a toy store for me. Linda I agree it is something simple that people can do for themselves. Linda, (or anyone) what do you use for a sourdough starter? I tried using wheat flour and it just flopped. We would love a good sourdough here!
Lillian |
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joyfulmama
True Blue Farmgirl
1175 Posts
Debra
Silver Springs
NV
USA
1175 Posts |
Posted - Jul 26 2008 : 07:57:35 AM
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I am going to try flat bread next week to go with our hummus.. but I am going to experiment with using part lentil flour for the part of the wheat flour.. We are trying to get as much beans into our diet as possible each day.. I sneak them into our smoothies, we eat them in dips and chilis, and now I will sneak them into the bread.. the kids call me the mad scientist of the kitchen..
Blessings, Debra
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sweetproserpina
True Blue Farmgirl
535 Posts
meg
Vinemount
Ontario
Canada
535 Posts |
Posted - Jul 26 2008 : 11:10:49 AM
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Yummy!
I've been baking cinnamon buns this week (I'll do the other half batch today, they get eaten so quickly!). Besides the smell of bread baking, I've decided I really like that yeasty bread smell when it's rising. I was making pizza dough last week- and it just smelled so homey and good.
Ooh, I'd love to try making sourdough or pumpernickel bread one day.
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lacisne88
True Blue Farmgirl
1181 Posts
Chelsey
Lake Stevens
Washington
USA
1181 Posts |
Posted - Jul 26 2008 : 12:10:32 PM
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Hi Meg! I totally agree with you...I definitely love the smell of bread baking but I also really enjoy the smell of the yeast while it rises! It smells delicious!! My bread turned out really divine this time...I mean it always turns out good but this time it is close to perfect!
Chelsey |
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City_Chick
True Blue Farmgirl
509 Posts
Christina
Omaha
Nebraska
USA
509 Posts |
Posted - Jul 26 2008 : 12:21:51 PM
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I love baking bread too! It is theraputic to actually stand and knead the dough. Some of my favorite recipes come from the books Breaking Bread by Father Dominic. He used to do a series on PBS years ago. Also the sourdough recipe in MaryJane's Idea book is great as well. My family doesn't care for the brown wheat nearly as much as the naturally white variety so when I do my sourdoughwith the wheat I add a bit of honey to it.
Christina
Farmgirl Sister #195
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Although no one can go back and make a brand new start; anyone can start from now
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lilwing
True Blue Farmgirl
1403 Posts
Brooke
Fulshear
Texas
USA
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LindaMAlbert
Farmgirl in Training
38 Posts
Linda
Belgrade
Montana
USA
38 Posts |
Posted - Jul 28 2008 : 12:04:37 PM
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Lillian,
I made my sourdough starter with freshly ground organic rye grains and water. Rye ferments easier than wheat and actually contains the organisms that do the work. 1 cup rye flour to 1 cup water. Has to be good well or spring water for this whole process, not city tap water because of the chlorine. Let sit covered on kitchen counter where it will be between 60 and 75 degrees. Check after 24 hours to see if it has bubbles forming on the top and if it is starting to develop a sourdough like smell. Check it again after another 24 hours. There should now definitely be bubbles or a layer of froth. Stir it down and feed it by stirring in another 1 cup freshly ground rye flour and 1 cup spring water. Cover and let sit for another 24 hours. Take 1/4 cup of this mixture and add to a fresh mixture of 1/1 rye flour and water and repeat the incubation period. Make pancakes with the leftover initial starter.
When you have gone through another second feeding with this new batch of ferment, you can start converting it to regular unbleached flour or whole wheat flour by mixing 1/2 cup of starter into a 1/1 mixture of your desired type of flour and water and letting it incubate. The starter may be a little balky about converting to a new type of growth medium and you may have to go through several incubations before you get a vigorous culture. What you want to see is lots or bubbles or a layer of clear sour almost alcoholic liquid, called 'hooch' by the way, on top of the batter after 24 hours incubation. Now its ready to use in any sourdough recipe. To store, put 1 cup of a refreshed starter in a sealed 1 pint canning jar in the fridge and refresh it weekly. For a longer time between use, you can make a very stiff dough with your starter and flour and refrigerate. This desem type starter can go longer between feedings, but needs additional time to rejuvenate into a working starter, by letting it sit in a jar of tepid water to just cover for 24 hours to soften and activate it before feeding it with the regular water/flour mix and letting incubate for another 24 hours. Happy baking!
Linda
There is no faith which has never yet been broken except that of a truly faithful dog.
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Jul 28 2008 : 12:20:47 PM
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Chelsey,
I sure appreciate a good bread maker!
Our good, earthy neighbors moved this spring, and I especailly miss being able to walk down the road and pay a friend for her excellent bread! Panera and Harvest Grain are ok, but you still can't beat home made!!!!
Enjoy. I am so envious. And I do have recipes, but it's not the same when someone such as yourself knows what they are doing. It's almost an art form.
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Homespun Livin
True Blue Farmgirl
409 Posts
Brenda
Louisiana
USA
409 Posts |
Posted - Jul 28 2008 : 8:09:59 PM
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Meg, will you share your pizza crust recipe? I had been using organic spelt, but I am not doing something right. It turns out a heavy thick crust and we like out pizza to have a thin crust. Any suggestions, advice? I am willing to try another type of flour if I need to.
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Ms.Lilly
True Blue Farmgirl
826 Posts
Lillian
Scotts Mills
OR
USA
826 Posts |
Posted - Jul 29 2008 : 07:29:48 AM
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Thanks Linda- I am printing off your instructions right now!
Lillian |
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lacisne88
True Blue Farmgirl
1181 Posts
Chelsey
Lake Stevens
Washington
USA
1181 Posts |
Posted - Jul 29 2008 : 09:27:45 AM
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Each of my bread dough batches bakes 3 small loaves. We are already on our last loaf!! My family loves the bread so much! There is always someone eating it...I will have to make more soon. Baking your own bread is in my opinion completely better than buying it at the store. I do buy the flour from the grocery store because I never thought to grind my own flour. How do you do that? Where do you get the flour to grind?
For Christmas this year I plan to bake a loaf of bread and some cookies for the people on my list as well as make some special handknits and such. I am already planning now because I know it will creep up fast!
I will post my recipe soon. I don't know if it is very good, but the bread always turns out delicious! My grandpa gave me the recipe.
Chelsey
Farmgirl Sister #283 |
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4234 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
4234 Posts |
Posted - Jul 29 2008 : 11:43:39 AM
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Just finished baking 5 loaves of sour dough bread. I use a 6 quart Kitchen Aid Mixer. Got it for Christmas, as my old k.a. died after almost 20 years. This bigger one is nice for doing larger batches of bread.
I usually make sour dough, or honey oatmeal bread. Potatoe bread is good too.
Michele |
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K-Falls Farmgirl
Chapter Leader
2096 Posts
Cheryl
Klamath Falls
Oregon
USA
2096 Posts |
Posted - Jul 29 2008 : 12:32:27 PM
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I Love making bread.. It is so much better than store-bought , I think.. I remember my mother making bread when I was a little girl, Gosh there is nothing better than the smell of fresh baked bread.. Makes me want to make a couple loaves now... I do not own a bread machine...anymore.. I prefer to make it grandma's way..
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nampafarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
494 Posts
Kim
Nampa
ID
USA
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Posted - Jul 29 2008 : 12:41:48 PM
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I would love some bread recipes. I am new to it. Have always bought the frozen kind you thaw but recently have got this inkling to make it fresh.....I love Sourdough the best. I have a bread maker but also have 2 mini loaf stoneware pans that hold 4 loaves at one time. Is there a certain pan I should use?
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KatyDo
True Blue Farmgirl
70 Posts
Kaye
Uintah
UT
USA
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Posted - Jul 29 2008 : 2:20:27 PM
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I love everything about homemade bread especially that fresh aroma in the house. My sis is an excellent cook and she gave me the best recipe for rolls, make the dough, let rise once, pinch down, put it in frig overnight, let rise again, bake. Great time saver at Thanksgiving.
KatyDO
Follow Your Bliss |
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paradiseplantation
True Blue Farmgirl
1277 Posts
julie
social springs community
Louisiana
USA
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Posted - Jul 30 2008 : 05:37:35 AM
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Bread is one of my favorite things to bake. I'm getting ready to try my own recipe for a cinnamon blueberry bread that can be used as French Toast. I have one I got from Country Living years ago called a Whole Wheat Cinnamon Raisin Bread. It's very dense and not really great for just slicing and eating out of the oven, but oh, made into French Toast it is wonderful! I usually make several loaves at Christmas to give away as gifts. If this Blueberry Bread works, I'll do the same! Hey, Kim, if you want some bread recipes, email me with your address and I'll send you some. I love my stoneware pans for baking breads best, but any good quality pan will work!
from the hearts of paradise... |
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LindaMAlbert
Farmgirl in Training
38 Posts
Linda
Belgrade
Montana
USA
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Posted - Jul 30 2008 : 06:44:56 AM
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Brenda,
Try using half the water and half the spelt flour in the recipe to make a starter. Mix them well and let sit covered overnight. Next day add the yeast to the starter to bloom, the rest of the recipe for your crust.
Linda
There is no faith which has never yet been broken except that of a truly faithful dog.
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Jami
True Blue Farmgirl
1238 Posts
Jami
Ellensburg
WA
USA
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Posted - Jul 30 2008 : 07:38:57 AM
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I too am a baker through and through, HOWEVER, I have to take baking vacations because I also love to eat what I bake....sheesh. I can pack on the pounds with all of those carbs. A vacation is like 2-3 days... because I can't hold out long!
Jami in WA
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Suzan
True Blue Farmgirl
659 Posts
suzanne
duncannon
pa
USA
659 Posts |
Posted - Jul 30 2008 : 08:42:36 AM
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| Julie, Would you mind sending me that blueberry bread recipe? |
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Farm Kitchen: Boy do I like to bake bread! |
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Boy do I like to bake bread!
