Bread Making.

[JulieSherris]

Do you know what??

If nothing else, then at least posting the recipe link has started you all off baking your own bread at home - ok, maybe a few mixed results here & there, but some of you are poking & prodding the recipe & experimenting... and it's taken the mystery & voodoo-ishness out of bread baking

So, whether you like it more salty, less salty, half wholemeal, no wholemeal, more oil, watered, milked, not watered, not milked, it really doesn't matter, what matters is that you tried to bake bread & so far, you're mostly succeeding & that's the best thing ever - oh, I'm so proud of you all!

The recipe & method that I wrote up was the way that I make our run of the mill daily bread & yep, I change & experiment as well, but for the daily rolls/sandwiches/toast etc, I like to brush with water & milk for a softer crust - it's all about personal preference.

One day I might even share my yorkshire pud recipe

[grahamhobbs]

Julie that was extremely well put, its great that people should try baking their own bread, to experiment and to realise that it is fundementally simple but also that there are hundreds of ways of doing it, each producing slightly different breads.
You can make any bread from naan to a heavy dark soughdough rye loaf at home, everything, in fact, other than the standard packaged white slice, which is made in an entirely industrial/chemical process almost devoid of any relationship to bread making techniques.
Julie goes for a soft bread, I prefer chewy stronger tasting breads.
The fun is discovering how you can manipulate the method to suit your taste and your schedule, and how you can get vary the flavour and texture in your breads. It's a wonderful, creative journey, even if at times a bit of a roller coaster.

[surlymonkey]

Great recipe!

Have just made a batch of rolls. The flour was plain bargain basement stuff (from Aldi @35p), and it came out a treat. The milk on top gave it that extra pukka factor!

[jackieinspain]

I´m new to just about everything, but I´m learning.
The link on page one that Julie gave (http://www.mayoplodders.com/whitebread.html) doesn´t seem to be working.

Does anyone have the recipe please?
Thank you

[Chaldeonmenthe]

I cannot seem to get the link Julie gave to work either. Is there any chance that anyone has Julie's recipe written down or saved that they can repost for me? (she says with ever so much anticipation....)

[Green Aura]

http://mayoplodders.myfreeforum.org/whitebread.html

There you are.

[Chaldeonmenthe]

Thanks so much, GA!