Comments on: Depression Era Homemade Bread

By: Korie

Korie — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:32:01 +0000

I have 4 teenage daughters who love to cook with me. 1 of them is already a favorite cook of mine since she makes up her own recipes and they always taste mazing. Since I am a new fan of this website and trying things ive never eaten before making bread with my girls is oging to be a new thing to do on Sat afternoons. We have a big family and are always in need of a new loaf of bread so hopefully this will cut down the cost each week.

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By: Erin

Erin — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 13:57:14 +0000

Hello all – When I saw this post it made me think of the bread recipe I have (which tastes great!) This recipe was passed to me from a great friend who makes it all the time. Below are proportions for one loaf.
3/4 c warm water (I use slightly more.. a little less than 1 c)
1 t yeast
2 c flour (more as needed)
1 t salt

dissolve yeast in warm water (about 5 min)
add flour & salt & mix until blended
add more flour a little at a time & knead dough until just barely sticky
let rise , covered in a warm place until doubled
punch down, knead & shape into a long skinny loaf
let rise in a well oiled pan (olive oil)
bake @ 450 for 10 min, then turn oven down to 425 & bake for about 12 min.

*If you choose to use wheat flour, I would only use about 1/2 wheat flour and 1/2 bread (or all purpose) flour. it is too dense with only wheat flour.

Enjoy.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:02:24 +0000

Oh yes! Please tell me how that works. I think it will be great!

By: Micah

Micah — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:49:19 +0000

I am going to try making this bread this week. My plan is to let it rise, divide it out to rise in the pans but I will only be making 2 loaves. The rest of the dough when divided will go into freezer bags and be frozen. I figure you can buy frozen bread dough at that point in the rising process, why not just make homemade frozen bread dough? I will report back with my results!

By: medaevalmom

medaevalmom — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 21:11:41 +0000

you could easily just cut everything in half .. 2.5 lb flour etc… and get half the amount of dough..

also, someone asked about using wheat flour, i haven’t used this recipe, yet, but i do often make breads at home i find, i have great success and nice light loaves by allowing extra rising time, and sometimes a little extra water. it helps a lot to dissolve the yeast in a cup of warm water, then when foamy, add a touch of sugar, before blending into the flour.

By: Nicole P

Nicole P — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 23:34:15 +0000

We used this recipe for a few loaves then used the rest to make cinnamon rolls. Great way to spend an afternoon!

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