First attempt at making bread

[Jack the Lad]

Its a skill we have decided to learn and if we can get the hang of it I know we can store the ingredients.
Went to makro last week, I like to stock up in there, we call it our once in a year shop. Anyways I got the ingredients and this was the outcome.
image by JTL2010, on Flickr
image by JTL2010, on Flickr
image by JTL2010, on Flickr

Tasted really nice cold and excellent warm but never lasted very long before it went stale 3 days max

We did the makro ready mix bread cakes & plain white loaf
Our own bread cakes mix
Parmesan & Sundried Tomato Bread
Chilli Bread

Worked out well, will try again

[Yorkshire Andy]

Put a deep tin in the bottom of the oven filled with boiling water as you preheat the oven before baking



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[ForgeCorvus]

Well done.

Thing is bread doesn't keep, thats why you store it as flour (and LTS grain because flour deteriorates over time).

Love the sound of cheesy tomato-y bread...... Theres no "Drooling" emoticon either

Have you thought about sourdough ?

[Yorkshire Andy]

Try adding a little hunny about a level table spoon to a mix its anti bacterial have a play

[Decaff]

Mmmm they all look fabulous, nothing like making your own bread, although mine is normally done in the machine, you can't actually eat bread I make myself but you could build a house with it... I store mine in a plastic bag if it's not all eaten and that does extend the life a bit more. Saying that, if my Son is around and I've made any type of bread, he will eat the whole loaf in a day. Hollow legs I think.

[featherstick]

Well done, you got some good results there. Bread baking is both a useful skill and a source of great pleasure, in my house at least. I found that keeping records of proportions of flour, water etc. helped me to get consistent results once I had graduated from using mixes. And flour and yeast are much cheaper than loaves of bread. You can freeze bread well if you make too much.