I decided to start this adventure off with bread. My family of 7 eats a lot of bread....for breakfast, lunch and dinner....especially when a yummy bowl of soup is involved. I have been working on making a great loaf of bread for a little while now. So it was a perfect food to start with. But...here is where my busy life realism comes in....I use a breadmaker. I know if I had to do this by hand, every day...I just wouldn't do it. But this yummy 2 pound loaf of white bread took me all of 5-6 minutes and voila.....the house smells amazing and it will take all my will power to stretch this loaf out for two days...cause my family loves it. Well, lets see of sweet hubby can get used to using it for sandwiches EVERYDAY....we shall see.
Recipe for 2 pound loaf of White Bread
1 1/4 cups warm water
3 Tb. oil
3 Tb. sugar
2 tsp. salt
4 cups bread flour
2 tsp. bread machine yeast
That's it! I love how there are very few ingredients and I always have them on hand! Yummy bread in 3 hours. Of course every bread machine is different...so follow your machine's instructions and recipes.
So....would I make bread instead of buying...I sure would love to try. It is a matter of fitting it into my morning routine every other day. In my opinion, the taste, time and low cost are worth it. I have a wheat recipe too...I will blog that one another time.
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