
baking bread
#21
Posted 16 October 2008 - 02:34 PM
http://www.recipesou...d-goods/breads/
Edit: Holy crap, i'm green! :bow:
#22
Posted 16 October 2008 - 02:35 PM
#23
Guest_lost_onabbey_rd_*
Posted 16 October 2008 - 02:42 PM
so here is grandma's recipe
Banana Bread
Ingredients:
1/2 cup crisco or margarine
1.5 cups sugar
2 eggs slightly beaten
1 cup mashed bananas (personally i like to let them get very ripe, then put them in the freezer and thaw as needed, i find they mix easier that way, 2 large or 3 smaller ones makes about a cup)
1 tsp either vanilla or lemon extract (i always used vanilla myself)
2 cups sifted flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup sweet milk (optional)
1/4 cup chopped nuts (optional, and seeing as i don't like nuts in my bread i leave them out)
1: cream crisco and sugar together
2: gradually add eggs and beat thoroughly
3: add banana and vanilla and mix thoroughly (add nuts here if you choose to include them)
4: sift in dry ingredients and allocate with milk (i normally add about 1/4 to 1/2 cup)
5: pour into greased 9in loaf pan and bake at 350* for 40-45min (i don't know if its just these shitty apartment ovens but i don't even check it till 45 mins and it normally takes about an hour for me)
gonna cook me up a loaf this weekend, banana bread makes a great on the go breakfast
especially with a littl pat of butter in the microwave for 15 seconds
#24
Posted 09 November 2008 - 11:08 AM
thx,as many of the chatters know i LOVE banana bread
so here is grandma's recipe
Banana Bread
Ingredients:
1/2 cup crisco or margarine
1.5 cups sugar
2 eggs slightly beaten
1 cup mashed bananas (personally i like to let them get very ripe, then put them in the freezer and thaw as needed, i find they mix easier that way, 2 large or 3 smaller ones makes about a cup)
1 tsp either vanilla or lemon extract (i always used vanilla myself)
2 cups sifted flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup sweet milk (optional)
1/4 cup chopped nuts (optional, and seeing as i don't like nuts in my bread i leave them out)
1: cream crisco and sugar together
2: gradually add eggs and beat thoroughly
3: add banana and vanilla and mix thoroughly (add nuts here if you choose to include them)
4: sift in dry ingredients and allocate with milk (i normally add about 1/4 to 1/2 cup)
5: pour into greased 9in loaf pan and bake at 350* for 40-45min (i don't know if its just these shitty apartment ovens but i don't even check it till 45 mins and it normally takes about an hour for me)
gonna cook me up a loaf this weekend, banana bread makes a great on the go breakfast
especially with a littl pat of butter in the microwave for 15 seconds
trying this one today
#25
Posted 09 November 2008 - 11:35 AM
kind of bread my Grandparents ate.
You could smell it even before you walked in the farm house.
German Rye Bread
INGREDIENTS
- 2 (.25 ounce) packages active dry yeast
- 1/2 cup warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
- 1 1/2 cups lukewarm milk
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup molasses
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 3 1/4 cups rye flour
- 2 1/2 cups bread flour
- Dissolve yeast in warm water.
- In a large bowl combine milk, sugar, and salt. Use a mixer to beat in molasses, butter, yeast mixture, and 1 cup of rye flour.
- Use a wooden spoon to mix in the remaining rye flour. Add white flour by stirring until the dough is stiff enough to knead.
- Knead 5 to 10 minutes, adding flour as needed. If the dough sticks to your hands or the board add more flour.
- Cover dough and let rise 1 to 1 1/2 hours or until double.
- Punch down dough and divide to form two round loaves. Let loaves rise on a greased baking sheet until double, about 1 1/2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Bake for 30 to 35 minutes.
#26
Posted 09 November 2008 - 12:13 PM
#27
Posted 09 November 2008 - 12:24 PM
A few years back, i scored a Vitamix blender which makes short work of grinding whole wheat grain into a fine flour for bread making or a coarse chop for cake spawn..
With a 50lb sack of winter wheat - Made a ton of bread for really cheap, all kinds of nuts,fruits and flavors can be added..The yeast is proly the more expensive part..
There's something almost primal about a steaming loaf , fresh from the oven..
And so irrisistable , i proly gained 10lbs.. heh...
100% whole grain bread is heavy and dense ..White flour can be added to lighten but
i prefer not to..
My real weakness was whole grain, raisin, chocolate, pupaya, peanut butter cookies...I could eat half the tray b4 they even cooled...Lol
#28
Posted 09 November 2008 - 01:07 PM
i hear ya, golly. best fresh from oven with ice cold milk.
on yeast
the sourdough technique of
setting back a cup of the bread dough
in the fridge for starting the next batch
works great.
cf. http://mycotopia.net...ough-bread.html