Hi Will, You don't have to have a bread machine to make bread, but many people make bread using a machine. If you don't have a machine, then you just have to do all the mixing and kneading by hand. Some people find it peaceful to knead bread and do it all by hand.
If you want yeast bread, then you will need yeast, water, sugar, flour, whatever the recipe calls for. You can also make several breads without yeast--like biscuits, cornbread, etc. I used to have a bunch of bread recipes but I think I got rid of them as we don't make anything like that now. But there are lots of recipes on the Internet, and probably in the Betty Crocker cookbooks. Also, I'll look around and see if I still have some. I remember the first bread I ever made. It was my aunt's recipe; she called the biscuits "cat's heads". They sure were ugly, but all I had to do was mix and drop on a cookie sheet. Then I made bread by just pouring the batter into a pan and cooking it in a "cake". Kneading and nicer-looking breads came later. <g< Deb B. -----Original Message----- From: William Henderson via Cookinginthedark [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2017 4:52 PM To: [email protected] Cc: William Henderson Subject: [CnD] What do I need to begin baking bread? Hello, It's kind of cool that I'm asking this, as my cooking skills have begun to get better and now I can prepare very simple meals and am getting better. I love bread and have always wondered how to bake bread. Even if it's just bread I can just use for eating with dinner or sandwiches and then getting better. I want to know what materials I need to begin. I know I need some kind of bread machine but don't have one. What do you recommend? And, does anyone have recipes to get me started? I hope it will be easy. Will _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
