Any Home Bakers Here?

[Sally PB]

I'm BACK!

YAY!

Anybody have any idea what has happened to the HB?

@microchick, you may already know what happened, but the results you got sound like what we got when our machine died. It was the paddle, not turning. It was a Cuisinart machine, and we shipped it back to be fixed, as it was about 1 year old and under warrantee. They shipped us a new one, and within a year, the very same thing happened.

 

[microchick]

YAY!

@microchick, you may already know what happened, but the results you got sound like what we got when our machine died. It was the paddle, not turning. It was a Cuisinart machine, and we shipped it back to be fixed, as it was about 1 year old and under warrantee. They shipped us a new one, and within a year, the very same thing happened.

Yeah, pretty encouraging.....not. But thank you Sally. Shame about the Cuisinart. Just shows that a fancy well known name means Jack these days.

I did look at the trouble shooting site. I'm actually more precise with my measuring with the machine than I am when I make my hand kneaded bread. With the Amish Sweet White bread the recipe calls for 6 cups of flour. Well, I add two cups then just start tossing in handfuls until I get the desired sponge consistency. Then start to knead. Can't do that with the machine. 3 cups of flour. The recipe I use has a little wiggle room but I've learned that if my first two cups of flour is a little more rounded than I like I better adjust cup #3 to accommodate that fact.

When I made the Amish White Bread I did it as I always do. A little hap hazard but got two beautiful loaves of bread so I know my yeast and flour are good.

I'd try the bread machine one last time but frankly I have already wasted 6 cups of flour and other ingredients. Well not really wasted, the chickens love the 'mistakes' when I make them so nothing goes to waste around here.

 

[Happy hen lover]

I got a seven grain loaf of bread in the new (old) bread machine. I’ll let you know how it turns out.

Please do

 

[Happy hen lover]

Yeah, pretty encouraging.....not. But thank you Sally. Shame about the Cuisinart. Just shows that a fancy well known name means Jack these days.

I did look at the trouble shooting site. I'm actually more precise with my measuring with the machine than I am when I make my hand kneaded bread. With the Amish Sweet White bread the recipe calls for 6 cups of flour. Well, I add two cups then just start tossing in handfuls until I get the desired sponge consistency. Then start to knead. Can't do that with the machine. 3 cups of flour. The recipe I use has a little wiggle room but I've learned that if my first two cups of flour is a little more rounded than I like I better adjust cup #3 to accommodate that fact.

When I made the Amish White Bread I did it as I always do. A little hap hazard but got two beautiful loaves of bread so I know my yeast and flour are good.

I'd try the bread machine one last time but frankly I have already wasted 6 cups of flour and other ingredients. Well not really wasted, the chickens love the 'mistakes' when I make them so nothing goes to waste around here.

Can you list ingredients for Amish sweet bread for me please?

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Glad your back and the oven is working now.

Thanks, Penny!

 

[Artichoke Lover]

About to make a angel food cake for my mom’s birthday. Just the boxed version. I’ve made it from scratch before but it wasn’t considerably better than boxed and was quite a lot of work.

Yeah, pretty encouraging.....not. But thank you Sally. Shame about the Cuisinart. Just shows that a fancy well known name means Jack these days.

I did look at the trouble shooting site. I'm actually more precise with my measuring with the machine than I am when I make my hand kneaded bread. With the Amish Sweet White bread the recipe calls for 6 cups of flour. Well, I add two cups then just start tossing in handfuls until I get the desired sponge consistency. Then start to knead. Can't do that with the machine. 3 cups of flour. The recipe I use has a little wiggle room but I've learned that if my first two cups of flour is a little more rounded than I like I better adjust cup #3 to accommodate that fact.

When I made the Amish White Bread I did it as I always do. A little hap hazard but got two beautiful loaves of bread so I know my yeast and flour are good.

I'd try the bread machine one last time but frankly I have already wasted 6 cups of flour and other ingredients. Well not really wasted, the chickens love the 'mistakes' when I make them so nothing goes to waste around here.

Is Amish sweet bread the same as Amish friendship bread or is it different? I remember having a starter for Amish friendship bread back when I was a kid. Maybe 10-11.

 

[jnicholes]

Trying a bread recipe that is unusual, at least in my opinion.

It calls for apple juice instead of water.

It’s called “apple oat bread.“ It’s in the manual for my bread machine.

 

[microchick]

About to make a angel food cake for my mom’s birthday. Just the boxed version. I’ve made it from scratch before but it wasn’t considerably better than boxed and was quite a lot of work.


Is Amish sweet bread the same as Amish friendship bread or is it different? I remember having a starter for Amish friendship bread back when I was a kid. Maybe 10-11.

No, this is a regular white loaf bread. Simple ingredients.
2 cups warm water
2/3 cup of sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons of yeast
Let yeast mixture proof then add
1/4 cup of oil
1 1/2 tsp of salt
6 cups of bread flour.
My recipe calls for 6 cups but I usually dump four cups in, stir the sponge until it gets to a kneadable consistency then start adding handfuls of flour until I can turn it out to continue kneading. I estimate that I use at least 5 cups of flour by the time I'm done kneading. Sometimes a little more.
Knead for 10-15 minutes then spray dough with cooking oil and put in bowl to rise. Let dough double in size. Then punch down and knead for a few minutes. Split dough into two loaves and put in greased bread pans. I use Pam spray but have brushed with olive oil or cooking oil.
Let dough rise above the pans.
Preheat oven to 350, bake bread for 28-30 minutes depending on how brown and crusty you want your bread. We like light crust so I cook ours for 28 minutes.

Unlike the Amish Friendship Bread this is a straight yeast bread that doesn't require a starter. I think I have seen something close to this recipe on the recipe page.

 

[ronott1]

No, this is a regular white loaf bread. Simple ingredients.
2 cups warm water
2/3 cup of sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons of yeast
Let yeast mixture proof then add
1/4 cup of oil
1 1/2 tsp of salt
6 cups of bread flour.
My recipe calls for 6 cups but I usually dump four cups in, stir the sponge until it gets to a kneadable consistency then start adding handfuls of flour until I can turn it out to continue kneading. I estimate that I use at least 5 cups of flour by the time I'm done kneading. Sometimes a little more.
Knead for 10-15 minutes then spray dough with cooking oil and put in bowl to rise. Let dough double in size. Then punch down and knead for a few minutes. Split dough into two loaves and put in greased bread pans. I use Pam spray but have brushed with olive oil or cooking oil.
Let dough rise above the pans.
Preheat oven to 350, bake bread for 28-30 minutes depending on how brown and crusty you want your bread. We like light crust so I cook ours for 28 minutes.

Unlike the Amish Friendship Bread this is a straight yeast bread that doesn't require a starter. I think I have seen something close to this recipe on the recipe page.

Thanks for the recipe!

 

[microchick]

Hey Ron, how are you and the Missus doing?