Homemade Bread

Totally agree with the rolling pin. Everything needs to be done by hand. I use 50/50 '00' and KA bread flour. My tastebuds agree ;-). I've been using 'Roberta's Pizza Dough Recipe' but I substitute the all purpose with bread flour. You can just google it and it'll show up. Getting hungry just thinking about it.

What's not to love. Challah bread.

What's not to love. Challah bread.

Challah!  Just looking at it brings me back to my childhood, 60 years ago in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, and the smells wafting out from the neighborhood bakery four doors down from where we lived.

Good grief! I need to stop browsing this thread as all of the breads look fabulous and tempting, even more so now that I don't eat any more bread.

Good grief! I need to stop browsing this thread as all of the breads look fabulous and tempting, even more so now that I don't eat any more bread.

Honestly, celestino, just browsing this "Kitchen" thread puts weight on me every time I read the latest posts.

I wish I still ate bread, but my body doesn't seem to enjoy wheat, any longer.

Tell me about it. My GF needs to follow a gluten free diet so many times I have to join her meals and gluten free bread or pasta for that matter sucks big time especially when you're used to the tasty stuff.

Max, I have never enjoyed the gluten-free breads, at all.
I used to be a vegan for 21 years, and I could never eat the gluten-free products.
I surely do miss bread, though, especially, the good old traditional Portuguese dark grain breads from my hometown and the French baguettes when I was living in Paris!
Those were some great days, back then.

Fresh from the oven. Buttermilk bread  

Without a recipe it just didn't happen!

(see what I did there?) D:

If you don't mind sharing. You're under no obligation.

Brian, this one is actually pretty simple.

Ingredients

• 1-1/2 cups buttermilk
  
• 1 TBSP melted butter
  
• 2 TBSP sugar ( I use demerara but can use your own sugar choice)
  
• 1 TSP salt
  
• 3-1/2 cups bread flour
  
• 1 TBSP yeast
  

Combine everything and mix/knead for 6-7 minutes. Cover and let it rest for 60 minutes. Punch down and knead several times. Shape it and place in a greased bread loaf pan. Cover. Let it rise for another 45 minutes. I start pre-heating my oven (350F) at the 30 minutes mark so when the second rise is done the oven is ready. Bake for about 30-35 minutes until done. Mine took about 32 minutes.

Enjoy!.