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

Comments

[elf]

My husband makes bread from scratch. He doesn't use a recipe, though. (And now would be Not The Right Time to pester him about trying to figure out the proportions and all that.)

I do know that it's really a very simple thing. Flour, water, yeast, salt... everything else is personal variations.

[matrinka69.livejournal.com]

I have the recipe, but yeah, I rarely pull it out when I'm actually baking bread. I have done it so many times that I know what goes in the bowl.

Oh, note that you can use up to half the sugar and only 1 tsp salt in this and it'll come out just fine. I vary the amount of sugar and salt depending on what I'm mixing in or spreading on.