Comments on: Bread Making Tutorial: Basic White Bread

By: John Lane

John Lane — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 05:10:23 +0000

Hi. I just typed in bread tutorial and this is the 1st one to pop up. I have been trying to make a decent loaf for years. They ALWAYS come out heavy and dense. I think I made some Pan de Sal (filipiino) that was justabout okay one time. So away I go to SBWB.

By: imabug

imabug — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:44:46 +0000

I seem to recall an episode of Good Eats where he let bread dough (or some kind of yeast based creation) do the rising in the fridge overnight. The cooler environment slowed the yeast action down and was supposed to give the yeast time to develop more flavour in the dough. I might be mixing up two (or more) episodes though.

I spotted this Instructable for using a rice cooker to do the baking. Pretty clever I must say.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Rice-Cooker-Bread/

By: Margaret

Margaret — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 02:17:10 +0000

The smell of baking bread is HEAVENLY!!! Definitely one of the reasons I bake bread. And bread warm from the oven with some butter. . . ahhhhh.
I do two things to my shaped loaves before I allow them to rise the final time: I poke them with my cake tester to pop any deep air bubbles, and I oil them to hold in the moisture as they rise/bake. That’s how my grandma taught me, but I’m sure there’s lots of variations!

By: claudia at 'cook eat FRET'

claudia at 'cook eat FRET' — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:57:36 +0000

whole wheat/shmole wheat
there is a place in the world – a big place – for wonderful white bread. slap some good cheese between a couple slices, butter up your grill pan and i would call that friggin’ heaven…

By: Makeshift Mama

Makeshift Mama — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 04:27:32 +0000

Mmmm! Looks good! Mine from yesterday turned out like a brick, but that’s what I get for using old yeast! It was still yummy while warm, though!