I get my bread flour at a discount grocery store in my area. As far as yeast goes, I bought a large bag of Red Star yeast at Costco about 25 years ago, and there’s still quite a bit in the freezer, and believe it or not but the stuff is still very powerful.
Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Deborah Armstrong via Cookinginthedark Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2020 4:55 PM To: cookinginthedark@acbradio.org Cc: Deborah Armstrong Subject: [CnD] Bread machines I dug my bread machine out of the back of my closet when it became hard to find bread in the stores. My husband is sighted and both of us have scoured the net for east - finally he found some last week and ordered it. I didn't want to buy pounds of it because our kitchen isn't that big. Amazon and King Arthur sell huge packages. Now I can finally use my machine which I haven't used in years. My first challenge was getting the liquid right. My old cookbook from NBP (The Loafer's companion) seems to have recipes that are more reliable than those in the machine's manual. But the manual insists I use bread flour. White all-purpose does make a fairly dense bread, so I'm wondering if anyone knows a good source for bread flour that isn't so expensive. I'm also looking for a good source of yeast in typical envelope-style packets instead of pounds, and any tips you might wish to offer on getting the most out of my machine. My husband doesn't want to go to a real store, though he can see and drive, so we've been doing everything online. And I don't have a grocery I can walk to, so I also am not interested in taking public transit until this virus is gone. Thanks. --Debee _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list Cookinginthedark@acbradio.org http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
