Homemade Bread

I love homeade bread. Sourdough is my favorite. I have a starter that I'm doing for Amish Cinnamon bread and it's very yummy. I did a sourdough bread starter one time and it was so good. I wish I could find another one of those.

I make it all the time. I do it by hand, or I use the bread maker. Nothing smells better than bread baking in the oven. Especially on a cold day. I also like to experiment with herbs and nuts and fruits.

You know, this may sound silly, but I was raised Morman and that was the first thing that I learned how to bake. They did a class at church for all the young women and taught us how to make Morman white bread. You know we are suppose to cook and clean and stay 3 steps behind our husbands? JUST KIDDING!! I don't want to be bombarded with nasty emails! I still make it now and my husband just gobbles it up. I think that was the best cooking class that I've ever taken.

I agree there is nothing like simple homemade bread... my husband and I has started baking recently and we are totally enjoying it. Our 2nd attempt on baking bread was much better compared to the rock-hard first attempt... what a laugh! It is fun and it is good to eat... also gratifying when it turns out well.

Here is a recipe for Honey Wheat Bread using a bread machine. I like making it that way so I don't have to heat up the house with the oven and I don't have to knead it or worry about it. My sister uses this recipe all the time.. it's her favorite. She never buys bread anymore, she always makes it in her bread machine or oven. Honey Wheat Bread.. for Bread Machines. Ingredient List: * 1.25 cup of water * 3 tablespoons honey * 2 tablespoons margarine or butter, softened * 2 cups Whole Wheat flour * 1.5 cup bread machine flour * 1.5 teaspoon salt * 2 teaspoons regular active dry yeast OR * 1.75 teaspoons bread machine or quick-acting active dry yeast Bake on Whole Wheat cycle Yumm, I am getting hungry just reading about fresh bread..lol

I love to make bread as well. I also make cinnamon rolls and bread braids. However, you are not correct about the cost. for me, it is not the cost of the ingredients that force me to make bread only once in a blue moon; it is the cost of my time to make bread. It is a significant investment and as I have other things to do, baking sometimes takes a back seat. Or bread takes a back seat to cookies.

I love home made bread. It is so much better in taste than the bread that you buy at the store. I wish I had the time to make my own bread.

H'mm... I am going to have to rethink things here. Last time I bought a loaf of bread at the supermarket it was $2.89. I tried making bread a few years ago when it was cheaper and decided that it was too much trouble for the little savings. That has changed, hasn't it?

Good for you! I love homemade bread. Almost all of ours I make as we have dietary sensitivites with things containing preservatives...We usually have bread making day on the weekend and make a weeks worth. It always smells so yummy. I love that first piece still warm from the overn..Emmm.

thats really cheap. share me your ingredients. i want to try that bread. thanks.

Gee, I wonder why you have carpal tunnel syndrome...(giggle!) I have a bread maker and try as I might, I cannot get the bread to rise up like it used to. I haven't changed any of the ingredients or the procedure, yet all I'm getting lately are tan-colored bricks. Perhaps my breadmaker is broken, I don't know. I do enjoy the taste and cost-effectiveness of homemade bread, though.

Yes it costs less and tastes well. But I am living alone and dont have time to do this. Therefore, although I dont like, I go for ready made one. As far as cost is concerned its not that costly.

I'm glad you still feel like kneading bread. My bread machine kneads the bread. Laugh

Ooh, homemade bread is wonderful!^_^ I can't believe how cheaply you made it, as well!^_^ I am so sorry to hear about your carpal tunnel:/ I worry about that myself because I spend so much time typing on the computer:/ I'm glad that you have another way to knead the bread so that you can still make such a wonderful addition to your meals!^_^ Thank you again for all of the economical suggestions!^_^

You've got me shopping for a bread machine now...:)

Sorry to hear about your carpal tunnel. We absolutely love homemade bread. Especially when it's right out of the oven and we top it with butter. Yummmy! The smell of homemade is almost as good as the taste. A loaf wouldn't last any time around here. Unfortunately it seems we never have time to cook it. Will have to try some of the frozen dough some of the posters have commented about.

I use a breadmaker (Being a man and lazy ;-)) But all that you need to do is to fill it and turn it on.

My grandmother use to make homemade bread! I enjoyed it but we couldnt find a sharp knife to cut the bread, so it would always be squashed homemade bread :) all n all it was still yummy!

Yep i agree with u after all home-made has disntinct aroma and sense of love attached with it ,also providing the goal of economical and originality rather than trying synthetic yeast manufactured breads!!!!! Kudos to ur hard-work......

contrary to how easy it sounds....a lot of people don't have time for baking bread at home....meanwhile some breads in the market are an excellent alternative...especially since there are so many kinds of them.....