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[2ManyGuns]

I learned something new today. This is my first attempt at baking good, old fashioned hand kneaded homemade bread. Turned out pretty damn good to! Almost looks like a professional did it. >Blush<



Next time I think I will divide into three loaves instead of two, two is what the recipe called for.

 

[kbaxter60]

I learned something new today. This is my first attempt at baking good, old fashioned hand kneaded homemade bread. Turned out pretty damn good to! Almost looks like a professional did it. >Blush<

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Next time I think I will divide into three loaves instead of two, two is what the recipe called for.

Nice work! We used to get the Rhodes frozen loaves and bake them up. I don't think anything smells (or tastes) better than freshly-baked bread.

Rhodes also sells the dinner rolls in frozen packs. The wife make 'em for me once in a while. I can eat a dozen in an afternoon.

I said "can".
Not "should".

 

[2ManyGuns]

Rhodes is a good product. I am just trying to learn some new skills. Yesterday, I oven canned 12 quarts of rice, 12 of pasta and 12 dry bean soup blends. This is also something I never tried before. As I get older I think more about the time I shall no longer work and have a robust income. So, I have been adding things to my skill set to enhance my waning years. I really do like to eat!

The garden is doing very well this year, potatoes are between 8 an 10 inches tall already, the cherry tomatoes are starting to put on and probably in 35 days or so will be picking beans and squash(zucchini), I will be planting yellow crooknecks next week, trying to stagger the squash. Today transplanted some Big Beef tomatoes and eggplant to another raised bed. With the rain from the last two days I did not get another raised bed assembled and filled for planting the Big Boy tomatoes, maybe sometime this week. In two weeks I should be transplanting jalapenos, serrano and habanero peppers to gallon containers for the summer. Golden Bantam corn is between 4 and 6 inches tall, still need to plant okra, but I have the beds worked up for those, just waiting for it to warm a little more. Busy little beaver I am!! LOL

 

[Glenn B]

I learned something new today. This is my first attempt at baking good, old fashioned hand kneaded homemade bread. Turned out pretty damn good to! Almost looks like a professional did it. >Blush<

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Next time I think I will divide into three loaves instead of two, two is what the recipe called for.

I don't remember if it applies to bread but when baking - recipes call for certain amounts that should not be fiddled with - especially true for cakes, pastries and things like brownies. Even changing the size of a pan can sometimes greatly change the end product. Bread though could be a different story but it is almost certain that baking time will change if you divide the amount for two loaves into that for three loaves. Anyway, congrats on your first effort, came out looking excellent and bet it tasted likewise.

 

[busykngt]

I’ve taken over my wife’s Instant Pot - learning how to cook things in it (You Tube is your friend). I figured if You Tube is helpful in learning how to do some basic pistol smiffin’ (trigger improvements, polishing internals and/or new kit installs, sight change outs, etc.), I could follow some basic cooking recipes. So far, I’ve met with success {mostly}; usually by my second attempt, I’ve got something that actually tastes pretty darn good!

 

[jrbfishn]

Congrats, you will make someone a fine wife someday.

I do most of the cooking at home. Better than the wife. All I make is camp bread though. Still pretty good.
Those look delicious.

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[BRD@66]

Both of you need to bring samples of your work to the family reunion.

 

[2ManyGuns]

I was thinking to divide in three because the dough rose higher than it was supposed to. I carefully measured everything before making. So I think dividing into three loaves in the 9X5 pans may solve the "size". It will not hurt to try.

 

[2ManyGuns]

Been single to long to make a good wife, now a mistress maybe! LOL

 

[Andyd]

I am baking bread for almost thirty years and have tried all kind of different breads, mostly typical German breads and rolls but also French baguettes. I used dry yeast, fresh yeast and sourdough, now I am almost exclusively using sourdough and simple white flour, salt, and occasionally toss in oats, sunflower seeds, flax seeds, poppy or sesame seeds and cummin.

You can divide the dough into as many pieces as you like but have to adjust the baking time to size or volume. I do not use recipes anymore, just toss things together, knead and let the dough proof usually overnight in the colder months.

This is a good article to get you started:
https://truesourdough.com/best-temperature-for-proofing-sourdough-full-guide-how-to/

Below is an older photo of the typical bread that I bake every week, I always cut a couple of slices and use them for croutons.

 

[baboon]

I am baking bread for almost thirty years and have tried all kind of different breads, mostly typical German breads and rolls but also French baguettes. I used dry yeast, fresh yeast and sourdough, now I am almost exclusively using sourdough and simple white flour, salt, and occasionally toss in oats, sunflower seeds, flax seeds, poppy or sesame seeds and cummin.

You can divide the dough into as many pieces as you like but have to adjust the baking time to size or volume. I do not use recipes anymore, just toss things together, knead and let the dough proof usually overnight in the colder months.

This is a good article to get you started:
https://truesourdough.com/best-temperature-for-proofing-sourdough-full-guide-how-to/

Below is an older photo of the typical bread that I bake every week, I always cut a couple of slices and use them for croutons.

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Now that looks snack'N!

 

[2ManyGuns]

Looks extremely tasty, thanks for the link.

 

[jordanmills]

I don't remember if it applies to bread but when baking - recipes call for certain amounts that should not be fiddled with - especially true for cakes, pastries and things like brownies. Even changing the size of a pan can sometimes greatly change the end product. Bread though could be a different story but it is almost certain that baking time will change if you divide the amount for two loaves into that for three loaves. Anyway, congrats on your first effort, came out looking excellent and bet it tasted likewise.

Yep. Cooking is an art, baking is a science.

 

[cvgunman]

I remember my mom and her friends would pass around "starter" dough. They would incorporate it into their batch and then hold out enough to give to the next person as their "starter".
It all looks good!
If any of you have time and don't mind, please PM some recipes.

 

[BRD@66]

Is that "starter dough" business also known as "Herman Bread"?

 

[cvgunman]

Sounds kinda familiar...that was over 30yrs ago

 

[2ManyGuns]

And this has been keeping me busy.



I am in no way near complete. In the middle left of picture 1 you can see the raised bed I just finished filling today. About 32 sq ft by 18 inches deep. All filled with a shovel. No tractor!!!

In picture 2 (the L shaped bed) there are bush beans, onions and radish, needing to thin the radish! In the bed with the trellis contraption there are at the front cucumbers, in the middle to be shaded, lettuce, and on the back side pole beans.

 

[2ManyGuns]

At he bed that is closest to the black berries (white blooming flower) I still need to build the trellis for the Big Boy tomatoes, I am going to try and "train" the vine upwards.

 

[2ManyGuns]

Oh, by the way, the beds are comprised of 98% reclaimed material from pallets! The only lumber I have purchased has been some 1X6 for the caps on some of the beds. The shed skeleton in the far rear near the old tin structure is also the start of a reclaimed lumber project, I started this on Saturday, 3/28. It is going to be a garden tool storage area, storage for reclaimed wood ( some pretty nice pieces of mahogany on the pallets) for future projects, and my small wood store for BBQ. The company I work for gets some really nice pallets, with a little creativity I can rescue some pretty good oak as well as the mahogany!

 

[rotor]

Wife wanted to get back into baking, no yeast available. Life's little things.