On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 12:44:42PM -0500, John wrote: > > *"2 loaves (1 pound each) frozen bread dough, thawed".* > > I wasn't able to find frozen bread dough at any of the local stores (Lidl, > Aldi, Trader Joes, Harris Teeter, Lowes Foods) I frequent; not even at > Costco. OK, internet to the rescue. Amazon has it ... in CASE LOTS of 48 > loaves. No joy there. > > According to Walmart.com WALMART has it, but only at certain stores (except > for they *don't* have it - see my original RANT). > > FWIW, I finally found it at Publix - nearest store is 15 miles across town.
If you're capable of almost any level of cooking you should be able to make your own bread dough. All you need is flour, water, salt and yeast. About the only options are whether you want high-protein (i.e. high-gluten) bread flour or all-purpose flour (high-protein flour has to be kneaded longer), and whether you want to add a tablespoon or so of oil. If you've got a mixer with a dough hook (or a bread machine) it's a little easier, but you can do just fine working the dough yourself on a flat surface. A fairly simple recipe for 2lbs or so of dough would be: 20 oz flour 12 oz water 1 sachet (1/4 oz) of fast-acting dried yeast 1 to 2 tsp of salt (can be omitted - I find 2 tsp excessive) 1) Put the flour in a bowl, and add the yeast and the salt to opposite sides of the bowl - too high a salt concentration can kill yeast. 2) Make a well in the centre, and add olive oil (if wanted) and most of the water. Mix well, adding more water if necessary, to form a dough. 3) Tip the dough onto a smooth lightly-floured work surface, and knead for about 10 minutes if using bread flour, or half that for regular flour. (You can find all sorts of youtube videos showing you the technique for kneading bread dough, which will also show you the consistency of dough you should be aiming for). That's it! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
