Has anyone else done quarantine bread making?

[AlaskaMOM]

Yup. Fortunately, I bought a large package (think pound size) of yeast years ago which I keep in my freezer. (and yes, that WORKS). That years old package of yeast has proven to be quite useful. LOL.

Me too! My package I bought from Costco about 3 years ago, and it's still going strong.

 

[Bianca and Bernard]

I'm new to bread making and so far the only thing I've tried is a no knead recipe.
For those of you without a bread machine do you do all your dough by hand or do you use a Kitchenaid mixer?

I use my Kitchenaid. Totally lazy of me.

 

[Hikergirl]

I use my Kitchenaid. Totally lazy of me.

I watched a man on youtube make these perfect loaves of bread but wow it was alot of kneading. I am up for trying it but I was thinking that it isn't something I want to do every single time I want to make it.
I think of it as more convenient than lazy

 

[jsmith]

I'm new to bread making and so far the only thing I've tried is a no knead recipe.
For those of you without a bread machine do you do all your dough by hand or do you use a Kitchenaid mixer?

Always everything by hand-there is no stress relief in watching the mixer turn and i learned long ago to tell when my dough was proper kneaded by how it feels. Can't feel dough in a mixer ( and i have an old Kitchen aid with metal gears , it would knead large batches of dough)
I am not a quarentine baker-just a baker . I bake bread at least once a week under any circumstances. Recently i have made ancient grain no knead sourdough, asiago rosemary no knead sourdough, jalapeno cheddar sourdough, King Arther Back-of -the bag oatmeal bread, Maple Oat Sandwich bread, King Arther sourdough English muffins Rhubard Peach Crisp, Strawberry Rhubarb Pie, Chocolate Chip banana bread-I think thats all of April. thats probably a little more than I might have otherwise but, like everyone esle i have more time, primarily because i am not showing dogs right now.

 

[Bianca and Bernard]

I watched a man on youtube make these perfect loaves of bread but wow it was alot of kneading. I am up for trying it but I was thinking that it isn't something I want to do every single time I want to make it.
I think of it as more convenient than lazy

Kneading dough for is a great stress or anger reliever.

I tend to go with the more rustic bread approach, using the Kitchenaid and a Lodge enameled Dutch oven. Better for my arthritic wrists. If I want to make something like French bread, I would finish the knead by hand (which is why I rarely make those breads anymore).



If you are making , roll a long piece, about the same width as your body. Hold it up and out then bring your hands towards each other quickly, kind of flipping one hand a bit over the other, so the dough twists in the middle. Lay the dough down, open the loop up a bit and bring the ends up over the loop, giving you that classic pretzel shape; press the dough together where the loop meets the unlooped part. (am I making sense?) Hard to explain, but once you do it a few times, you'll get it. Three months of making pretzels at Auntie Anne's and I can do it in my sleep. lol

Note to our newer bakers: Don't knead your biscuit dough like you do a bread dough! Mix ingredients gently; a few quick pat and flip spots, then roll. You'll get a more tender, light biscuit that way. People will think you're a

 

[Hikergirl]

Always everything by hand-there is no stress relief in watching the mixer turn and i learned long ago to tell when my dough was proper kneaded by how it feels. Can't feel dough in a mixer ( and i have an old Kitchen aid with metal gears , it would knead large batches of dough)
I am not a quarentine baker-just a baker . I bake bread at least once a week under any circumstances. Recently i have made ancient grain no knead sourdough, asiago rosemary no knead sourdough, jalapeno cheddar sourdough, King Arther Back-of -the bag oatmeal bread, Maple Oat Sandwich bread, King Arther sourdough English muffins Rhubard Peach Crisp, Strawberry Rhubarb Pie, Chocolate Chip banana bread-I think thats all of April. thats probably a little more than I might have otherwise but, like everyone esle i have more time, primarily because i am not showing dogs right now.

Wow that is alot of breads! Maybe someday I'll be able to do that but for now I can only dream and live vicariously through experts on Youtube

Kneading dough for is a great stress or anger reliever.

I tend to go with the more rustic bread approach, using the Kitchenaid and a Lodge enameled Dutch oven. Better for my arthritic wrists. If I want to make something like French bread, I would finish the knead by hand (which is why I rarely make those breads anymore).



If you are making , roll a long piece, about the same width as your body. Hold it up and out then bring your hands towards each other quickly, kind of flipping one hand a bit over the other, so the dough twists in the middle. Lay the dough down, open the loop up a bit and bring the ends up over the loop, giving you that classic pretzel shape; press the dough together where the loop meets the unlooped part. (am I making sense?) Hard to explain, but once you do it a few times, you'll get it. Three months of making pretzels at Auntie Anne's and I can do it in my sleep. lol

Note to our newer bakers: Don't knead your biscuit dough like you do a bread dough! Mix ingredients gently; a few quick pat and flip spots, then roll. You'll get a more tender, light biscuit that way. People will think you're a

Thanks so much for the info. There really is a lot to learn, it's it's own art form.

I'm waiting on a couple supplies from Amazon so by this weekend I'll be back at trying!

 

[gharter]

Lots of sourdough. Bread, pancakes, and cakes. Gotta keep the starter alive.

 

[jsmith]

Lots of sourdough. Bread, pancakes, and cakes. Gotta keep the starter alive.

Just stick It in the fridge! Mine was good unfed in the back of the fridge for 6 months while I recovered from shoulder reconstruction. Pull it out and feed it a couple of times and you are ready to bake.

 

[FigmentSpark]

Zojirushi bread machine available on Amazon. It is pricey, but makes incredible bread!! I bought one, then my daughter saw it and bought one to replace the one that she had.

Oh, yeah. I've heard of those ones. That's the dream machine. Not sure I can afford it, though, lol.

 

[gharter]

Just stick It in the fridge! Mine was good unfed in the back of the fridge for 6 months while I recovered from shoulder reconstruction. Pull it out and feed it a couple of times and you are ready to bake.

My wife has tried this several times and killed them if she waited more than 2 weeks.

 

[DisneyOma]

This is the best thread on the DIS right now, IMO!

And now I want pickled beets:

I’ve made banana nut bread twice since quarantine.

I don’t have a bread maker, but we both enjoy good tasting bread. Today I am expecting a loaf of artisan bread from Dayton Ohio. Yes, I ordered an Ultimate Grilled Cheese package from them along with some Ohio baby pickled beets. Those things are the best!

Could you share the company in Dayton that is doing this, pretty please?

 

[jsmith]

My wife has tried this several times and killed them if she waited more than 2 weeks.

did it mold? starter is actually very tough-unless it molds you should be able to restart it from the dried stuff on the side of the jar. If it separated-into solid and liquid-its not dead at all-just really hungry. Stir the the liquid back in, divide it in half and feed it a coiple of times -should be good ( I have had starter for more than 40 years, current is 9 years old-unless it molded I could always get it going again.

 

[Skippy918]

I'm new to bread making and so far the only thing I've tried is a no knead recipe.
For those of you without a bread machine do you do all your dough by hand or do you use a Kitchenaid mixer?

I’ve been hand kneading. Sourdough is easy to hand knead because it uses a stretch and fold. Hand kneading the challah and French baguettes wasn’t too bad either. I just ordered some danish whisks which is supposed to make mixing dough easier.

 

[kyton]

I want to try these next week:
https://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/japanese-milk-bread-rolls-recipe

I use a Thermomix here in Australia and that is the style of dough I made cinnamon buns out of last week. The big tip we had on our recipe was to put the milk in the freezer for 20mins to chill it down but our ratios aren’t the same.


These were my finger buns and cream buns using a sweet dough.


Plus there has been Caramel Mars Bar slice, ANZAC biscuits (cookies) for our National Day remembering our soldiers and savoury pies filled with beef short rib, miso and beer.

Today I’m thinking pretzels or fried yeast doughnuts since I’ve only had to work 2days this week so I’m now homeschooling our 3 kids.

 

[RamblingMad]

I picked up Paul Hollywood’s Bread book, and then it took me a month to find flour and yeast. Now I have on order some cooking stuff from IKEA. Once that arrives I’m good to start making bread.

 

[Babsy]

Zojirushi bread machine available on Amazon. It is pricey, but makes incredible bread!! I bought one, then my daughter saw it and bought one to replace the one that she had.

when I am making a full recipe, more than a single loaf in the machine, I like to hand knead the dough. For most of my life, when we had the the kids still home, I made a batch of bread (7 loaves) once per week.

It's not hard at all and pretty relaxing, IMO. Bread is fun and satisfying to make yourself.

 

[YesterDark]

I'm new to bread making and so far the only thing I've tried is a no knead recipe.
For those of you without a bread machine do you do all your dough by hand or do you use a Kitchenaid mixer?

I knead by hand because my mother has a mixer that I'm waiting to get back.

But no-knead bread is pretty damn easy. I bake two loaves every 3 days. Like this morning:

Lasts me 3-5 days depending on the kids.

I made two dozen bagels and froze half so I'll have some for next weekend. That'll be the only time I have to knead anything honestly. Unless I try to make french bread again. But that's a ton of work.

 

[YesterDark]

My wife has tried this several times and killed them if she waited more than 2 weeks.

It's tough. Here's what you do:

Equal parts white and wheat flour day 1 with a 70% hydration, then every day after use 1 cup flour and .5 cup water. And watch her go. I stopped feeding mine daily and put it in the fridge for a longer process. I didn't like tossing all the discard away, and the wife doesn't like sour dough pancakes and stuff.

 

[mmouse37]

I also made homemade soft pretzels for the first time the other day. They came out really good!! I used Alton Brown's recipe.



I definitely have to work on shaping them more like pretzels but they really came out tasty!! I made another batch that were Mickey shaped.

MJ

 

[3 MEN AND A BOAT]

My wife has taken up baking bread,
I’ve gained 8 pounds