I ate some store bought bread today and...

[codymax2]

Haven't bought store bread in over a year now!! Brought a couple of loaves for a camping trip and EWWWWWW your right gooey and yucky!! I get a 50 lb bag of whole wheat flour for 15 $ and yeast in bulk for 4$!! Way cheaper. And I can make bagles, doughnuts, pretzels mmmmmmmm

 

[Aria]

Never Store Bought Bread. I put all the ingredients in the Food Processor.....pulse to a ball and there is the bread dough. You can add or delete any ingredient. Regards, Aria

 

[Olive Hill]

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As others pointed out, what you're doing wrong is buying yeast in cute little packets that are intended for people who bake once a year. Buy your yeast in bulk and you won't have that problem. I pay less than $3 for 1 pound of yeast at the local Amish store.

 

[Amyable]

There is a local bread shop that makes the most amazing bread, and I cannot replicate it. Anyone have a surefire recipe for a whole wheat/multigrain, chewy, lightly moist bread that doesn't crumble? I have a hard time making non-bricklike WW bread....

 

[Olive Hill]

There is a local bread shop that makes the most amazing bread, and I cannot replicate it. Anyone have a surefire recipe for a whole wheat/multigrain, chewy, lightly moist bread that doesn't crumble? I have a hard time making non-bricklike WW bread....

Have you tried playing around with some of the common additives in your recipes? I had to mess around a bit with lecithin, egg, vital gluten and yeast amount until I came up with a good balance for us.​

 

[Amyable]

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Have you tried playing around with some of the common additives in your recipes? I had to mess around a bit with lecithin, egg, vital gluten and yeast amount until I came up with a good balance for us.

I do tinker a bit, usually it's great the first day and then it get crumbly. Took a break from home-made because I had a lot of flops and needed to drop it for a while.

 

[Nicole01]

I make my own bread in the winter. It's been too hot this summer to turn the oven on.(luckily, we have a gas grill) Once I tried giving my chickens store bought bread as a treat. They flat out refused to eat it.

I guess they like my homemade bread too. I make one white and one 100% whole wheat every 2-3 days during the winter. I make my own buns too. Yum!

 

[redsoxs]

I'm with you all - particularly on store bought white bread. Can't eat it.

I do buy some of the multi-grain stuff. Better (not as good as home made, of course) but kinda pricey. You have all inspired to make my own!!

 

[Olive Hill]

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Have you tried playing around with some of the common additives in your recipes? I had to mess around a bit with lecithin, egg, vital gluten and yeast amount until I came up with a good balance for us.

I do tinker a bit, usually it's great the first day and then it get crumbly. Took a break from home-made because I had a lot of flops and needed to drop it for a while.

Maybe it's how you're storing it?

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I make flat bread in the summer so I don't have to turn the oven on.

 

[codymax2]

Muahahahaha! We got ya! You will now slave in the kitchen, floured, =P It's all worth it!!!
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