Comments on: Grandmother Bread http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/12/19/grandmother-bread/ Life in Ordinary Splendor Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:39:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Laura http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/12/19/grandmother-bread/#comment-71765 Laura Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:10:29 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/12/19/grandmother-bread/#comment-71765 I just used your maseter recipe to make 2 loaves of bread, a dozen mini cinnamon rolls and a small loaf of pepperoni bread (roll out dough, sprinkle on cheese and pepperoni and roll up jelly roll style, make slits in the top and let rise, bake free form) Thank-you! I just used your maseter recipe to make 2 loaves of bread, a dozen mini cinnamon rolls and a small loaf of pepperoni bread (roll out dough, sprinkle on cheese and pepperoni and roll up jelly roll style, make slits in the top and let rise, bake free form) Thank-you!

]]> By: Suzanne McMinn http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/12/19/grandmother-bread/#comment-70677 Suzanne McMinn Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:02:55 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/12/19/grandmother-bread/#comment-70677 Nicky, I love your scrapbook page about it! I'm glad it turned out. Keep baking! Nicky, I love your scrapbook page about it! I’m glad it turned out. Keep baking!

]]> By: Nicky Hurt http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/12/19/grandmother-bread/#comment-70641 Nicky Hurt Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:45:50 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/12/19/grandmother-bread/#comment-70641 Thanks, Suzanne! It tastes great, despite my little mishap! Here's the story and a couple of pics on my blog: http://senovia1.blogspot.com/2010/03/homemade-bread.html, if you'd care to see them. :) Thanks, Suzanne! It tastes great, despite my little mishap! Here’s the story and a couple of pics on my blog: http://senovia1.blogspot.com/2010/03/homemade-bread.html, if you’d care to see them. :)

]]> By: Suzanne McMinn http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/12/19/grandmother-bread/#comment-70298 Suzanne McMinn Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:18:55 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/12/19/grandmother-bread/#comment-70298 Nicky, good luck! You couldn't have totally screwed up if it's rising! Every time you make bread, it will get better. It's a practice, practice thing. And you're going to love eating it! Nicky, good luck! You couldn’t have totally screwed up if it’s rising! Every time you make bread, it will get better. It’s a practice, practice thing. And you’re going to love eating it!

]]> By: Nicky Hurt http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/12/19/grandmother-bread/#comment-70290 Nicky Hurt Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:03:06 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/12/19/grandmother-bread/#comment-70290 I have never ever tried to make bread before. I have bought the packets of yeast, but then let them expire because I am afraid to make bread. Well, I"m in the 2nd rise of this bread recipe right now. I totally screwed up, but it's rising, so I'm going to see where it goes. :) Wish me luck! I have never ever tried to make bread before. I have bought the packets of yeast, but then let them expire because I am afraid to make bread. Well, I”m in the 2nd rise of this bread recipe right now. I totally screwed up, but it’s rising, so I’m going to see where it goes. :) Wish me luck!

]]> By: Ilene Jones http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/12/19/grandmother-bread/#comment-65628 Ilene Jones Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:04:34 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/12/19/grandmother-bread/#comment-65628 This is my mother's bread recipe. My mother's mother was not a very good cook and did not bake bread. So Mom learned her bread-making skills from my dad's grandmother. I have no doubt, then, that this is also my great-grandmother's recipe. She was a woman of German descent, and they all lived in Kansas at the time. Since women of the time handed down their recipes from mother to daughter, I also have no doubt that this recipe was used for generation upon generation in my family. And yes, my mother made quite a few different things from this bread, including cinnamon rolls, big huge farmhouse loaves, and buns. My brother would always beg her to pat a circle of it out and fry it, if he was around while she was "setting bread". This is my mother’s bread recipe.

My mother’s mother was not a very good cook and did not bake bread. So Mom learned her bread-making skills from my dad’s grandmother. I have no doubt, then, that this is also my great-grandmother’s recipe. She was a woman of German descent, and they all lived in Kansas at the time. Since women of the time handed down their recipes from mother to daughter, I also have no doubt that this recipe was used for generation upon generation in my family.

And yes, my mother made quite a few different things from this bread, including cinnamon rolls, big huge farmhouse loaves, and buns. My brother would always beg her to pat a circle of it out and fry it, if he was around while she was “setting bread”.

]]> By: Suzanne McMinn http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/12/19/grandmother-bread/#comment-63591 Suzanne McMinn Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:42:27 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/12/19/grandmother-bread/#comment-63591 Cathy, I just use two full cups, but if you need to add a bit more, don't worry about it, just do it til it works for you! Cathy, I just use two full cups, but if you need to add a bit more, don’t worry about it, just do it til it works for you!

]]> By: Cathy L http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/12/19/grandmother-bread/#comment-63590 Cathy L Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:38:23 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/12/19/grandmother-bread/#comment-63590 That's what I thought about the yeasty smell Suzanne, but after reading a comment above I thought maybe I was wrong..lol I now know I have been kneading a bit too long before the 2nd rise :-) Quick question about the drop biscuits? When you say 2 cups of quick mix (or whatever measurement)do you mean packed or fluffy cups? Because when I make them using the loosely measured and add the milk,,,well let's say itis pourable and no way to use it for drop biscuits! I usually need to add a few more handfuls of flour before I get a dropable consistency..what am I doing wrong? Thanks! That’s what I thought about the yeasty smell Suzanne, but after reading a comment above I thought maybe I was wrong..lol
I now know I have been kneading a bit too long before the 2nd rise :-)
Quick question about the drop biscuits? When you say 2 cups of quick mix (or whatever measurement)do you mean packed or fluffy cups? Because when I make them using the loosely measured and add the milk,,,well let’s say itis pourable and no way to use it for drop biscuits! I usually need to add a few more handfuls of flour before I get a dropable consistency..what am I doing wrong?
Thanks!

]]> By: Suzanne McMinn http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/12/19/grandmother-bread/#comment-63588 Suzanne McMinn Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:32:26 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/12/19/grandmother-bread/#comment-63588 Cathy, I love the yeasty smell of bread. That's what it's supposed to smell like--yummy!!! Your bread results will get better and better all the time, just keep going. Re the kneading before the second rise--I don't knead long at all, just a minute or two, just enough to punch it down then I shape it into a loaf or whatever else I'm doing with it. Cathy, I love the yeasty smell of bread. That’s what it’s supposed to smell like–yummy!!! Your bread results will get better and better all the time, just keep going. Re the kneading before the second rise–I don’t knead long at all, just a minute or two, just enough to punch it down then I shape it into a loaf or whatever else I’m doing with it.

]]> By: Cathy L http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/12/19/grandmother-bread/#comment-63586 Cathy L Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:27:26 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/12/19/grandmother-bread/#comment-63586 So far I have made 3 loaves of this and love it. The first one was really heavy and chewy but was great as toast and made wonderful thick sandwiches, the 2nd and 3rd came out much better, a bit lighter but I still am not getting the look of your bread pictured although yesterdays is much closer! So I'm getting there! I have a question about kneading, I knead and sprinkle lightly with flour until it doesn't stick to my hands anymore and springs back when I push it out for the first kneading. Now after the first rise, you say to add more flour and knead...how long do you knead the second time? Also, somebody else mentioned the yeast taste, my dough rises beautifully but I can taste/smell the yeast slightly after it's baked. Isn't this normal with home made bread? AND lastly,, I have not bought bread in 3 weeks now between the drop biscuits, apple ladder loaf, this bread and the cornbread! We used to go through 2-3 loaves of bread at almost $3 each per week! Now for just pennies we have fresh bread all the time in one form or another. My thrifty side loves this a LOT! So far I have made 3 loaves of this and love it. The first one was really heavy and chewy but was great as toast and made wonderful thick sandwiches, the 2nd and 3rd came out much better, a bit lighter but I still am not getting the look of your bread pictured although yesterdays is much closer! So I’m getting there!
I have a question about kneading, I knead and sprinkle lightly with flour until it doesn’t stick to my hands anymore and springs back when I push it out for the first kneading. Now after the first rise, you say to add more flour and knead…how long do you knead the second time?
Also, somebody else mentioned the yeast taste, my dough rises beautifully but I can taste/smell the yeast slightly after it’s baked. Isn’t this normal with home made bread?
AND lastly,, I have not bought bread in 3 weeks now between the drop biscuits, apple ladder loaf, this bread and the cornbread! We used to go through 2-3 loaves of bread at almost $3 each per week! Now for just pennies we have fresh bread all the time in one form or another.
My thrifty side loves this a LOT!

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