Comments on: How to Make Bread http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/12/19/how-to-make-bread/ Life in Ordinary Splendor Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:14:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: charlie http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/12/19/how-to-make-bread/#comment-46612 charlie Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:57:58 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/12/19/how-to-make-bread/#comment-46612 DEar Master of the Bread, I'm happy I came across your blog I just recently starting making homemade bread or rolls . I've wanted to make homemade bread for years and was afraid to try.I waqnted homemade rolls like my grandmother used to make ,but nobody in the family had her recipe.My wife has recently got her a part time job and I recently became partially disabled from work .My wife and I have a deal I"ll cook on the days she works ,I don't have a problem with cookin In love to cook ,just don't like cleaaning up . I guess thats a man thing ,but i've been better at cleaning lately.Anyway back to the bread making I found a decent recipe and tried for the 1st time the other day.Turned out great so I made more tonight and they were just as good, but still not as light and fluffy as my Grandmas and that lead me to your site. I was wondering how to make them more lighter? I also just started my own blog it's about cooking and outdoor life too.If you could help me to make lighter rolls I'd be very thankful!!!! Thank you My blog is pokechopcharlies.blogspot.com Hope yoy check it out .Thanks again poke chop DEar Master of the Bread, I’m happy I came across your blog I just recently starting making homemade bread or rolls . I’ve wanted to make homemade bread for years and was afraid to try.I waqnted homemade rolls like my grandmother used to make ,but nobody in the family had her recipe.My wife has recently got her a part time job and I recently became partially disabled from work .My wife and I have a deal I”ll cook on the days she works ,I don’t have a problem with cookin In love to cook ,just don’t like cleaaning up . I guess thats a man thing ,but i’ve been better at cleaning lately.Anyway back to the bread making I found a decent recipe and tried for the 1st time the other day.Turned out great so I made more tonight and they were just as good, but still not as light and fluffy as my Grandmas and that lead me to your site. I was wondering how to make them more lighter? I also just started my own blog it’s about cooking and outdoor life too.If you could help me to make lighter rolls I’d be very thankful!!!! Thank you My blog is pokechopcharlies.blogspot.com Hope yoy check it out .Thanks again poke chop

]]> By: Maye Cunningham http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/12/19/how-to-make-bread/#comment-45074 Maye Cunningham Sun, 26 Jul 2009 23:28:56 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/12/19/how-to-make-bread/#comment-45074 Thanks so much for this recipe! I have been working on some of my old and new bread recipes for the past few month and they have turned out HORRIBLE! YOUR GRANDMA'S BREAD TURNED OUT WONDERFUL!I so admire the Mormon people and feel like everything I learn enriches mine and my family so much. I will try to fast one day a month and either give to the needy or continue to build my emergency supply of food etc. My greandson is 16 and is so fond of a Mormon family and especially their daughter. I have received the Book of Mormon and am eager to learn more and more . Again, Thank you for this Bread Recipe! This wonderful bread is so easy to make and will enrich our lives this evening. Maye Cunningham pecanac@cumbytel.com Thanks so much for this recipe! I have been working on some of my old and new bread recipes for the past few month and they have turned out HORRIBLE! YOUR GRANDMA’S BREAD TURNED OUT WONDERFUL!I so admire the Mormon people and feel like everything I learn enriches mine and my family so much. I will try to fast one day a month and either give to the needy or continue to build my emergency supply of food etc.
My greandson is 16 and is so fond of a Mormon family and especially their daughter. I have received the Book of Mormon and am eager to learn more and more .
Again, Thank you for this Bread Recipe! This wonderful bread is so easy to make and will enrich our lives this evening.
Maye Cunningham
pecanac@cumbytel.com

]]> By: Melissa http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/12/19/how-to-make-bread/#comment-43577 Melissa Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:53:49 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/12/19/how-to-make-bread/#comment-43577 I made this recipe yesterday and everyone loved it. I didn't get pretty round tops on my loaves. I sprayed my saran wrap with Pam and it stuck a bit when I removed it for baking and the loaves fell some. I suppose it is one of two things my bread pans were too big for the recipe or my dough was too sticky and needed more flour. It was yummy, though. I made this recipe yesterday and everyone loved it. I didn’t get pretty round tops on my loaves. I sprayed my saran wrap with Pam and it stuck a bit when I removed it for baking and the loaves fell some. I suppose it is one of two things my bread pans were too big for the recipe or my dough was too sticky and needed more flour. It was yummy, though.

]]> By: Merie http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/12/19/how-to-make-bread/#comment-42374 Merie Thu, 28 May 2009 08:14:35 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/12/19/how-to-make-bread/#comment-42374 Hello! Love your page! Stumbled upon it while searching for a doughnut recipe. Thank you so much for your wonderful recipes and your tips. The doughnuts were great! Thanks again. Hello!
Love your page! Stumbled upon it while searching for a doughnut recipe. Thank you so much for your wonderful recipes and your tips. The doughnuts were great!

Thanks again.

]]> By: Suzanne McMinn http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/12/19/how-to-make-bread/#comment-39138 Suzanne McMinn Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:12:06 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/12/19/how-to-make-bread/#comment-39138 Hi, Patricia! Are you using it in Grandmother Bread? If so, the standard Grandmother Recipe doesn't include oil. For use in recipes that do include oil, I have to say right now that I don't know as I haven't tried that. I get a lot of questions about bread machines, and I have to tell you that I don't have one so I can't answer bread machine questions. Sorry about that! You might try asking in my forum, http://www.suzannemcminn.com/forum (or click the Forum button in the menu above). There are a lot of good cooks there and if you open a topic thread under the Farmhouse Table forum to ask about Grandmother Bread using a bread machine, someone there should have some experiences to share. Hi, Patricia! Are you using it in Grandmother Bread? If so, the standard Grandmother Recipe doesn’t include oil. For use in recipes that do include oil, I have to say right now that I don’t know as I haven’t tried that.

I get a lot of questions about bread machines, and I have to tell you that I don’t have one so I can’t answer bread machine questions. Sorry about that! You might try asking in my forum, http://www.suzannemcminn.com/forum (or click the Forum button in the menu above). There are a lot of good cooks there and if you open a topic thread under the Farmhouse Table forum to ask about Grandmother Bread using a bread machine, someone there should have some experiences to share.

]]> By: Patricia http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/12/19/how-to-make-bread/#comment-39137 Patricia Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:56:02 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/12/19/how-to-make-bread/#comment-39137 I made your dough enhancer. I'm really looking forward to using it today, but I'm wondering how to use it. I've read elsewhere that when adding lecithin, you should decrease the oils. Should I do this with the enhancer? I love the idea of making my own enhancer. I'm going to give some to my son. Oh, could you add alittle about making grandmother bread with a bread machine. Thanks a lot. I made your dough enhancer. I’m really looking forward to using it today, but I’m wondering how to use it. I’ve read elsewhere that when adding lecithin, you should decrease the oils. Should I do this with the enhancer? I love the idea of making my own enhancer. I’m going to give some to my son. Oh, could you add alittle about making grandmother bread with a bread machine. Thanks a lot.

]]> By: Suzanne McMinn http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/12/19/how-to-make-bread/#comment-38815 Suzanne McMinn Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:18:38 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/12/19/how-to-make-bread/#comment-38815 Hi, Christine! Well, I can't imagine why your braided breads are flat..... I don't have a problem with braided breads rising. Do your other yeast breads rise all right? There are various reasons bread doesn't rise, such as bad yeast or using water too hot, etc. Is it just this one particular recipe where you have the problem? Hi, Christine! Well, I can’t imagine why your braided breads are flat….. I don’t have a problem with braided breads rising. Do your other yeast breads rise all right? There are various reasons bread doesn’t rise, such as bad yeast or using water too hot, etc. Is it just this one particular recipe where you have the problem?

]]> By: Christine http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/12/19/how-to-make-bread/#comment-38807 Christine Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:39:08 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/12/19/how-to-make-bread/#comment-38807 Hello! I have a problem!!! Have you ever tried to make braided egg bread? I have tried and tried and it always comes out flat!! Can you help me??? Hello! I have a problem!!! Have you ever tried to make braided egg bread? I have tried and tried and it always comes out flat!! Can you help me???

]]> By: Ginny Manor http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/12/19/how-to-make-bread/#comment-35320 Ginny Manor Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:23:22 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/12/19/how-to-make-bread/#comment-35320 Suzanne, Grandmother Bread is great--I baked my first around Christmas, and each try is better than the last. I'm not employed at the moment, and I swear that making this bread is therapeutic! I bake two or three times a week right now. We'll miss the frequency when (if) I ever get another job. By the way, you should add a donkey and/or mule to your menagerie. They are wonderful, gentle creatures that make great neighbors! Google Lake Nowhere Mule & Donkey Farm. Our neighbors own it. Suzanne,
Grandmother Bread is great–I baked my first around Christmas, and each try is better than the last. I’m not employed at the moment, and I swear that making this bread is therapeutic! I bake two or three times a week right now. We’ll miss the frequency when (if) I ever get another job. By the way, you should add a donkey and/or mule to your menagerie. They are wonderful, gentle creatures that make great neighbors! Google Lake Nowhere Mule & Donkey Farm. Our neighbors own it.

]]> By: Angie http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/12/19/how-to-make-bread/#comment-33553 Angie Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:12:29 +0000 http://suzannemcminn.com/blog/2007/12/19/how-to-make-bread/#comment-33553 Hi all .... I used to have the same trouble as Laurin with the water temp. Maybe my hands are just not sensitive enough, but I discovered a new way to get it just right. Instead of guessing on the temp I heat the liquid and oil or butter to 125 degrees on a candy thermometer and then add it to 1 or 2 cups of the flour mixed with the yeast and salt and/or sugar. I use my mixer. Comes out perfect everytime. I remember watching my Mother making bread and mixing the yeast with warm water, but I could never master it. Hope this helps and happy bread baking ..... Hi all …. I used to have the same trouble as Laurin with the water temp. Maybe my hands are just not sensitive enough, but I discovered a new way to get it just right. Instead of guessing on the temp I heat the liquid and oil or butter to 125 degrees on a candy thermometer and then add it to 1 or 2 cups of the flour mixed with the yeast and salt and/or sugar. I use my mixer. Comes out perfect everytime. I remember watching my Mother making bread and mixing the yeast with warm water, but I could never master it. Hope this helps and happy bread baking …..

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