Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Homestyle White Bread


Okay, according to the book this should be your first loaf and it was my first loaf.


Okay, not really.  The truth is I had made a few loaves before this one but this one was my best loaf so far.  I think it's a combination of it being a good recipe and also the gluten.  I had been having a really hard time finding gluten and had to go to Montana to get it.  I've since found it at home (of course) and it makes a huge difference.

Ingredients:
water
honey
unsalted butter (I used salted - Shh, don't tell anyone)
flour
dry milk
toasted wheat germ, optional (I opted out)
sugar
gluten
salt
yeast

The Verdict:
This was GOOD bread.  You would never know there is honey in it and it's light and fluffy.  It's like this bread was made in heaven!  I'm giving it five stars - you should try it!

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

What Is the Bread Project?


My husband got me a Zojirushi bread maker for Christmas and also Beth Hebsperger's book The Bread Lover's Bread Machine Cookbook.  There are 300 recipes in it and I've decided to work through the whole book.  This will hopefully be a great resource for myself and anyone else who has a bread machine!

This will be a very bad thing for my thighs!

The goal is to make every recipe in the book in one year - eek!