Bread?

[The Architect]

Who makes their own bread?

It all started with the bread machine my wife bought.  Since then I've started baking more and more bread.  It tastes good and I know what I put into it.  And nothing beats that fresh out of the oven taste.

Last week, French baguettes



Today bialys (very hard to find around here  )




What kind of bread do you bake?

[somegirl]

Very nice!

I used to bake my own bread but haven't done it in a while.  Think I should start again.

I used to do a fair amount of different kinds of multigrain loaves, also pizza crust, cinnamon rolls, dinner rolls, etc. 
I tried sourdough but had a bit of a hard time keeping the starter going.

[mitt]

My wife bakes a lot of bread.  She has tried many different french baguette recipes, but none were really good.  We were maybe spoiled my living in France for 2 years.

We recently found a take and bake loaf from Minneapolis (http://www.newfrenchbakery.com/products/product_detail.cfm?CAT_ID=1&this_section_id=2&snav=1) that are really good.

She makes 1 type bread that takes a 1/2 can of Budweiser that is to die for.  I will have to ask her what it is.

mitt

[Grampa]

this thread is evil

[somegirl]

I once made a gluten-free pizza crust from scratch.

[Grampa]

I once made a gluten-free pizza crust from scratch.

we actually make g/f bread all the time, and...... Betty Crooker now makes g/f cake mix

[teddy037.2]

*g/f hugs for BP*


I can't bake a dang thing.  well, ok, I managed to not make the beast with two backs up biscuits that one time.

[The Architect]

I can't bake a dang thing.  well, ok, I managed to not make the beast with two backs up biscuits that one time.

I used to be the same way but I figured if I can do the valves on my bikes and design multistory buildings, I should be able to bake a loaf of bread?  So I gave it a shot.  It's not as easy as you might think but it's doable.      

[The Architect]

this thread is evil

Sorry BP.  I don't know how you do it.

[Mad Duc]

I've been trying to do more kitchen stuff but haven't tried bread yet.  One quick trick I learned with unsliced bread - if its a day or two old you can rub the crust with wet hands then throw it back in the oven for 10 minutes @ 350 and the bread will be nice again. You can get 3-4 days out of a loaf doing this.

[mstevens]

We go through 50-pound bags of King Arthur "Lancelot" four or five times a year.

Bread is good.

[teddy037.2]

I used to be the same way but I figured if I can do the valves on my bikes and design multistory buildings, I should be able to bake a loaf of bread?  So I gave it a shot.  It's not as easy as you might think but it's doable.      

I leave the baking to my patisserie degree'd sister ^_^ but I'm a fairly handy cook. it's a totally different world.

[LA]

Who makes their own bread?
It all started with the bread machine my wife bought.  Since then I've started baking more and more bread.  It tastes good and I know what I put into it.  And nothing beats that fresh out of the oven taste.
Last week, French baguettes

Today bialys (very hard to find around here  )

What kind of bread do you bake?

I'm a good cook - have cooked 90% of the food my family eats for almost 30 years, but breads and cakes are tough.

That's good lookn' stuff. 

LA

[Popeye the Sailor]

She makes 1 type bread that takes a 1/2 can of Budweiser that is to die for. 

They make Budweiser that's to die for? I've never seen it sold 

[Embyr]

*ponders this as christmas/hanukkah gift... most likely to self*