😉 here's a couple, don't stick to the recipe amount for flour. put less than it calls for in the bowl. add whatever you are going to use to the flour. I like cardamom in bread or sometimes raisons, or whatever you want, herbs... after you have added the liquid and dissolved yeast, beaten eggs if you have eggs in bread, then begin to add flour and stir it in, then knead it in, just until the dough doesn't stick to the bowl or counter. thats how much a loaf really takes. place the dough in a greased bowl with a warm damp cloth on top. I roll the dough in the bowl to have the outside lightly greased. paper towels will just stick to the dough so make sure to use a cloth. have the oven heated to lowest setting, 160 or 170. then turn it off. put the bowl in with the damp cloth on it. it will rise like a charm. depending on the recipe, then either punch it down when its doubled and let it rise again, or shape it into round loaves to bake on a cookie sheet or loaf pan loaves after one rising and let it rise while the oven heats to temperature for baking. :heart: :good: it works Thanks Regina and Loz for your recipes. Good suggestion Churchgirl ... starting a bread thread would be GREAT. :good: I did see at the store “self rising” flour ... does that mean no yeast is needed? Also they had “bread” flour. Is that the flour everyone should be using to make bread? Here I bought the cheap store brand that just says “unbleached” flour. They also sell pizza dough already made ... right now its $1.99 for a package ...used to be 99 cents. Will pizza dough work to make bread ... or is that for pizza and calzones only? Sounds like a lot of work kneading the dough :wacko: ...I’m tempted to just drive to Bed Bath and Beyond and buy a cheap bread maker. 😉 Yohanan ... :stinkerbell: so if it comes out lopsided and burnt you still expect a picture? 🙁 I got the impression from MFATW that the spoil will be water and food because of worldwide food and water shortages. He expects something major to happen in the Middle East within the next few weeks. i haven't used self rising flour. either unbleached or "best for bread" flour can be used. the bread flour is heavier. pizza dough tastes different than a loaf of bread. french bread recipes are probably the simplest ingrediants we have "emergency food"...problem is the majority is dehydrated and we don't have natural water sources near here and are in drought, too...so, if we lose our city water for whatever reason, we won't make it long without God's intervention supernaturally...plenty of evidence of the good Lord's ability and willingness to provide when we rely on Him and ask in faith...but there is also like Todd said about Joseph and then there's also the ants in Proverbs that are wise in preparing... so, i figure if you are provided the means to currently, it wouldn't be a bad idea to stock up if you haven't already, and on the other hand if you don't have the means to get extra now, you can rest assured the Lord will provide any and everything you need to do His will if you are wanting to walk each step with Him in trusting obedience- so if that means if He wants you to survive during a certain period of time, then He will get food and drink to you in His way when you need it... I have stocked up on food that will last for a month or so. Also have about 20 gallons of water. It isn't much but it is good to be prudent. Just a reminder to those who have fur babies ... don’t forget to stock up on their food and special treats. :yes: I just bought a humongous bag of Signature lamb bites and with the other bags of dog food I already have ... I think my dog is set until the rapture or if we are still here early next year. I noticed they are running low on all dog food at this particular store I was in. I walked around the store to see what prices have changed since Tuesday ... today starts the new sale day of the week for them and the “fabulous” sale on the frozen TV dinners are now ... not 5 boxes for $10.00 ... not 4 boxes for $10.00 (which was in effect up till yesterday)... but now ... its 3 boxes for $10.00. Wow, what a bargain. 🙁 I glanced down the commercial bread aisle where they have the wonder bread, hot dog and hamburger rolls, etc. and I see they are getting low. The frozen pretzels were on sale for $2.00 a box yippee! so I picked up a few boxes. Can you tell I’m stalling a little with attempting to bake the homemade bread? :mdrmdr: I picked up humongous bags of dried Mediterranean apricots and dried prunes they were both on sale. Only 2 bag left and I don’t think they will be restocking for a long long time. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw the Iceberg Lettuce for $1.99 and the leaves weren’t “brown”. Or do you suppose they spray painted them green? B-) I will soon find out tonight while washing if the water turns REALLY dark green. I feel like I’m having a special “treat” since going without for so long. They were going like hot cakes ... only 7 heads left. The rest of the veggies are being depleted ... so I picked up more cucumbers and the campari tomatoes in plastic containers ... they are only $3.00 so I picked up 2 containers and 1 was left. Still plenty of candy and soda. It was strange to see not a lot of store workers in today. Not sure if its because there is nothing to restock so perhaps they were told don’t bother to come in? :unsure: I wanted to get gas even though the fuel gauge indicates a full tank. Filled up with the lowest grade ... almost 3 1/2 gallons (3.459) and the price came to $10.00. 🙁 I'm starting food storage again. We did really well during quarantine because I was very active every day at multiple stores. So far prices are up about 25% that I can see, in AZ. I 3rd that proof..... I was looking at a few YouTube’s of people making homemade Italian bread. This guy is the bomb ... he spent nearly 2 days making 2 Braided Italian loaves ... it looks delicious but wow ... sooooo many steps and who has all this time?? :wacko: - Fair Use -
