Master Bakers?
 

Anyone into baking their own bread?

If so, you NEED to try this:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandsty...holemeal-bread

I've been making bread by hand for some time, and this recipe is by far the best wholemeal I've ever had. And the kneading is easy too.

Give it a go!

looks tasty. going to have to try it out

I make bread all of the time. Usually a simple "amish white bread" recipe for speed and ease. Will check out the link, thanks.

Yeast tip. Most recipe's that call for a "sachet" (2.25 tsp) of yeast can be done with 1 tsp. Just mix the warm water and sugar for the recipe and sprinkle on the yeast and let it bloom/reproduce for a while (30 min) and you're good to go.

The first thing that yeast does is multiply until there are enough to consume the sugars in the given volume of liquid. (you learn this in brewing beer) Therefore when you use less, you simply need to let it sit an extra 30 minutes or so. Simple and money saving if you're tight like me.

you don't need sugar for yeast to proof, warm water works perfectly fine.

I've also learned that the kneading process doesn't need to take long either, it has more to do with time. 2 hours after the first ball you make, keep covered in a warm bowl with plastic wrap. then 1.5 hour after you cut it into loaves. time consuming but perfect loaves every time.

I make it in waves, sometimes i'll make it every day for a week or two then get bored of it and on to something else. I'll check out the recipe though thanks.

Warm water works fine to proof, but if you want to increase the number of yeast rapidly you should give them some food.

Wait... what?!

I used to but have been oven-less for a bit now while I was moving between places. I can feel that changing very shortly. I liked to do a honey wheat.

I like the chapter about the baker in Kitchen Confidential. Adam Real Last Name Unknown.

http://books.google.com/books?id=Zzb...ge &q&f=false

Yup. Cut and paste. Can't be bothered to type more than your name - but you didn't even do that...

I make good bread. I don't "Knead" (ROFL!!!) your cut and paste tips or shit.

TYPE SOMETHING, YOU MINDLESS SHITHOLE! Formulate an opinion. But you can't, so I leave you now...

There are a lot of recipes about making bread here. Bread looks tasty.

i have tried a few times now but it normally turns out inedible