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Light wheat bread recipe

Posted by on February 6, 2011 at 4:19 pm

Like many recipes this one was completely created by accident.  I was making my typical sweet white bread recipe but unfortunately halfway through I realized we were short a cup of white flour.  Thinking fast, I replaced it with a cup of whole wheat.  Not only did it make the bread for nutritious and was [...]

Homemade pumpkin bread recipe

Posted by on November 1, 2010 at 5:06 am

After having an abundance of cooked pumpkin after over purchasing on a couple of organic pie pumpkins I decided to make some pumpkin bread, here is the recipe I have had great success with. Ingredients 2 cups cooked pumpkin plus 1 cup or water or 16 oz can of canned pumpkin plus 1.25 cups water [...]

Sausage Bread Recipe

Posted by on December 24, 2009 at 4:11 pm

  This recipe has been a Christmas morning tradition in our family for several years now.  We simply prepare this the night before and put in the oven in the morning while the kids are opening presents.  Great with a glass of orange juice Sausage Bread Recipe Ingredients: 1 lb loaf of bread dough (I [...]

Making your own frozen bread dough

Posted by on December 13, 2009 at 11:10 pm

The preparation of bread can be quite time consuming, with our current busy schedules it can be impossible to have the time to prepare bread dough from scratch as frequently as you want.  To help with this I normally make twice as much dough as I need and freeze the rest.  The process to make [...]

Basic White Bread: Store versus Homemade

Posted by on December 2, 2009 at 5:14 pm

In the last post, we proved that it is cheaper to make you own bread dough versus using frozen bread dough though a big question still remains, how much cost does the baking cost add to the overall cost.  The Contender – Store Bought The competition: Safeway Butter Top White Bread, $1.50 per loaf Ingredients: [...]

Basic White Bread Dough Recipe: Store versus Homemade

Posted by on December 2, 2009 at 5:09 pm

My youngest daughter (5 years old) loves to bake and one of our favorite things to bake on Sundays is fresh baked bread.  Now I doubt there are not too many people that could argue that fresh baked bread/rolls from your oven beats store bought bread, though I was curious if I am actually saving [...]