Bread Baking
Before we moved in with in-laws I used to bake bread all of the time. Since moving in I have not had the chance to start again until today. We almost ran out of bread and I thought now is as good as any time to get back into the swing of things. I perfected a recipe using my bread machine and used it all the time. My machine did most of the "work" for me. When it would get to the rise cycle I would take it out and place it in my pan. Once it rises I punch it down and let it rise again. A 2 lb loaf recipe would give me two 1 lb loaves. It was good bread if I do say so myself. Well today I got out my bread machine to get started. I opened it up to find the thing-a-ma-jingy that mixes the dough at the bottom was missing. I looked through all my drawers and couldn't find it. So my conclusion was it must still be packed away in some unknow box. I then found out my recipe was also packed away. So I went on the search and found the Hillbilly Housewife's Beginner Bread and th...