bread

  1. Grock

    FOOD Rustic Bread

    Made a few loaves of rustic bread. I used Gold Medal Semolina flour and Fleischmanns yeast. Recipe is very simple: 6 1/2 cups flour, 1 1/2 tsp yeast 3 cups tap hot water 2 1/2 Tsp sea salt I like to prove the yeast, so I add 1 tsp sugar to the water and then mix in the yeast. The yeast proves...
  2. Dennis Olson

    FOOD Third breadmaking session: now FIFTH session, post 172. Adjustments made

    I managed to pick up a 5 lb package of bleached white flour At the store this evening (last one on the shelves.) So I decided to try making bread again. What I’m doing different this time: The recipe calls for 3c flour. Instead of 3c of the Canadian flour, I used 2c white and 1c Canadian. I...
  3. Melodi

    FOOD Prehistoric bake-off: Recipe for oldest bread revealed [14,000 yrs ago]

    [I]So now actual wheat and barley bread can be traced back to Hunters and Gatherers 14,000 years ago; this combines with the much older oatcakes (I think that was about 20,000 but I don't have the information to hand; shows that Yes Virginia; hunters and gathers did cook and process GRAINS...
  4. Melodi

    HEALTH Could sourdough bread be the answer to the gluten sensitivity epidemic?

    While I don't think it is a total solution, I know that many people can tolerate traditionally fermented grains that have trouble with commercial breads; especially when combined with older forms of wheat-related grains like Spelt, Kemet, Einkorn and even Durum Wheat (soft wheat used Italy and...
  5. Binkerthebear

    Need advice on bread-making

    I want to learn how to make bread. Although I want to grind my own grain, I also want to use a quality bread-making device. Are there any great books or websites that would explain the whole process to a non-cook ? Thank you, TBers.
  6. Kathy in FL

    [FOOD] Bread Machine Recipes

    OK, I know for hard bitten survivalists a bread machine is so not done. On the other hand the end of the world hasn't happened yet and I'll take every short cut I can. Bloody Mary Bread 3 cups bread flour 1 1/4 c. V-8 Vegetable Juice 1 1/2 T. granulated sugar 1 1/2 t. salt 1 env yeast 1 t...
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