Does No One Make Bread Anymore?

[pt_tangles]

Without a bread machine? Mine finally bit the dust this summer, and I have yet to replace it. Today I want to make some nice fresh bread, but I'll be damned if I can find a recipe that doesn't use a bread machine. Does anyone have any favorites that they would like to share?

--Phae

ps - will prolly cross post to a couple cooking comms

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[sarahswampwitch.livejournal.com]

My favorite Bread is from "The Farm's Vegetarian Cookbook" and is a recipe that I used for years and years and years while homesteading, mainly because it worked well when using a wood-fueled oven, plus I needed to bake lots of bread and have consistent results.

The Farm's Whole Wheat Bread
from "The Farm's Vegetarian Cookbook", published 1975 by The Book Publishing Company

Mix together in a small bowl:
1 cup warm water
2 Tbsp baking yeast
2 Tbsp sugar or honey or molasses
Stir it gently and then let it sit so the yeast can grow and get all happy and yeasty.
In a large bowl mix:
2 cups water
1/4 cup sugar or honey or molasses or a blend of the three things
1 1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp oil
Mix both bowls together and stir well. Then add 6 cups of UNBLEACHED ORGANIC WHITE flour and stir until lump-less to develop the gluten. Then stir in 4 1/2 cups of WHOLE WHEAT ORGANIC flour. Knead it for about five minutes or until the texture is smooth and even. Put the dough in a bowl and cover it with a wet towel. Put bowl in a warm place to rise until double. Punch it down and form dough into two loaves. Put them in oiled pans, let them rise, covered with the towel. Then bake at 350 degrees until done -- abut 45 minutes in a conventional oven. May take less time if you are using a wood-fueled oven.

Happy baking. :-)

[pt_tangles]

That looks very tastey too! I am gonna have to give all of these a try when I have more flour ;)

Thanks

--Phae