Making bread (43)
newboyseeksgirlTraveston, Queensland Australia2 Threads 9 PostsI want to make bread without using,a bread making machine.Can I just use a mixer and the shape bread dough to what I need,and if so what's the most reliable mixer.Any help appreciated 
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In the old day's no one had mixers, hands were used to mix dough and make bread or bread rolls, it is easy, and good excercise too.
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Yes you can and the only mixer you will need is a wooden spoon and your own two hands. After you sprinkle the yeast on the warm water and it has proofed, start mixing your flour in with the wooden spoon, when it starts to get sticky, start mixing the flour in with your hands. Just do it slowly and carefully. Once you've got all the flour in, take the dough out of the bowl and knead it for about 10 min., let rise until doubled in an oiled bowled covered with a towel and set in a warm draft free place, punch it down, put it on a baking sheet, shape it, let it rise again and bake.
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Back in the seventies we made bread by getting a job. 
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I make bread all the time and all I ever use is a Kitchen Aid mixer . I just use the mixer to get the batter started .When I get to a soft dough then I dump it out and kneed it by hand . You don't even need a mixer or any machine . All you really need is a bowl a spoon to mix it with and a place to kneed the dough . That's the way they did it for the last five or ten thousand years .
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newboyseeksgirl: I want to make bread without using,a bread making machine.Can I just use a mixer and the shape bread dough to what I need,and if so what's the most reliable mixer.Any help appreciated
Of course the Kitchen-Aide is the Mack Daddy of Mixer and when U buy the all attachments it will have a kneader/paddle. This is what I use when I mix up for bread and Yeast Rolls....The old fashion way is very time consuming and better have those arms and hands ready for a work out...U also need to have a good area, so that u can keep the area dusted with flour, so that it does not stick to the surface....<smile> That is one more big project U got going there, Good luck to U and I can smell the Yeast bread from here...LOL
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Frankinstien: I make bread all the time and all I ever use is a Kitchen Aid mixer . I just use the mixer to get the batter started .When I get to a soft dough then I dump it out and kneed it by hand . You don't even need a mixer or any machine . All you really need is a bowl a spoon to mix it with and a place to kneed the dough . That's the way they did it for the last five or ten thousand years .
So Smokey, U gonna make me some bread when I visit? Thanks for the coffee and cake this am, I got off my band wagon, so it apparently helped....
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lifesajoy: Yes you can and the only mixer you will need is a wooden spoon and your own two hands. After you sprinkle the yeast on the warm water and it has proofed, start mixing your flour in with the wooden spoon, when it starts to get sticky, start mixing the flour in with your hands. Just do it slowly and carefully. Once you've got all the flour in, take the dough out of the bowl and knead it for about 10 min., let rise until doubled in an oiled bowled covered with a towel and set in a warm draft free place, punch it down, put it on a baking sheet, shape it, let it rise again and bake.
You don't even have to do that with the yeast . If you use powdered yeast you just mix it together with the other dry ingredience and then add the warm water . Stir the batter till you get a soft dough ( the dough will start to leave the sides of the mixing bowl . Then use a lot of flower and some good old fashion elbo grease till it gets slightly elastic .------ This thread is Archived ------
newboyseeksgirl: I want to make bread without using,a bread making machine.Can I just use a mixer and the shape bread dough to what I need,and if so what's the most reliable mixer.Any help appreciated
Hands are the mos reliable mixer.
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Buffy327: So Smokey, U gonna make me some bread when I visit? Thanks for the coffee and cake this am, I got off my band wagon, so it apparently helped....
Buffy, I can make a bread to die for . I get requests for it everywhere I go here . I also make cinnamon ( canella ) bread, Almond bread, coconut bread, and guava bread . not to mention beagles and dinner rolls . I'll also spoil you with my Southern Comfort cake . . . .
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Frankinstien: You don't even have to do that with the yeast . If you use powdered yeast you just mix it together with the other dry ingredience and then add the warm water . Stir the batter till you get a soft dough ( the dough will start to leave the sides of the mixing bowl . Then use a lot of flower and some good old fashion elbo grease till it gets slightly elastic .
I always proof my yeast first. There have been numerous times when the date on it was still good but it wasn't active anymore. Someone told me it has to do with not being kept at a consistant temp during shipping and storage at the store. There's nothing worse than doing all that work and then not having your dough rise!
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Frankinstien: Buffy, I can make a bread to die for . I get requests for it everywhere I go here . I also make cinnamon ( canella ) bread, Almond bread, coconut bread, and guava bread . not to mention beagles and dinner rolls . I'll also spoil you with my Southern Comfort cake . . . .
Would you please share your guava bread recipe?
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lifesajoy: I always proof my yeast first. There have been numerous times when the date on it was still good but it wasn't active anymore. Someone told me it has to do with not being kept at a consistant temp during shipping and storage at the store. There's nothing worse than doing all that work and then not having your dough rise!
I keep the yeast in the refrigerator and I have kept it up to a year . I also buy powdered yeast in the 1 lb vacuume packages . I then put it in a screw top jar and put it in the refrig . To proof the yeast just let it rise while in the heavy batter or soft dough stage . That way if it isn't active just add more yeast . The large bags of yeast are avalable at most cash and carrys and they are way cheaper than the suppermarket packets .------ This thread is Archived ------
Frankinstien: Buffy, I can make a bread to die for . I get requests for it everywhere I go here . I also make cinnamon ( canella ) bread, Almond bread, coconut bread, and guava bread . not to mention beagles and dinner rolls . I'll also spoil you with my Southern Comfort cake . . . .
Ahhhhh I can't wait....Ur the Angel
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Frankinstien: I keep the yeast in the refrigerator and I have kept it up to a year . I also buy powdered yeast in the 1 lb vacuume packages . I then put it in a screw top jar and put it in the refrig . To proof the yeast just let it rise while in the heavy batter or soft dough stage . That way if it isn't active just add more yeast . The large bags of yeast are avalable at most cash and carrys and they are way cheaper than the suppermarket packets .
Up here in the mountains you take what you can get. We only have 2 very small grocery stores near our town and I'm lucky if they even have yeast most of the time. To do any real shopping, we have to drive an hour or more. Cash and Carrys don't exsist here where I live. Most folks around here just make do.
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lifeisadream: Would you please share your guava bread recipe?
Life, Easy, just roll your dough out and spread guava paste all over it . Roll it back up and either put it in a loaf pan ot slice it about 3/4 inch thick and put on a cookie sheet like pastry . I also like to sprinkle a little crushed cookies in the spread guava so it doesnt run too mutch when you bake it . Now that you know how, take it and experament with it till you get your own style . Now if you have a sweety to share it with all the better .------ This thread is Archived ------
lifesajoy: Up here in the mountains you take what you can get. We only have 2 very small grocery stores near our town and I'm lucky if they even have yeast most of the time. To do any real shopping, we have to drive an hour or more. Cash and Carrys don't exsist here where I live. Most folks around here just make do.
All the more reason to get the large yeast bags . If you have to drive anywhere to get it than you only have to do it once or twice a year . I'm not shure but you might be able to get it through the mail or the internet . Hay I'm from norhern Virginia and it isn't that far to get to West Va.------ This thread is Archived ------
Frankinstien: All the more reason to get the large yeast bags . If you have to drive anywhere to get it than you only have to do it once or twice a year . I'm not shure but you might be able to get it through the mail or the internet . Hay I'm from norhern Virginia and it isn't that far to get to West Va.
I lived in Virginia for 9 years before I married hedistuff and moved to West Virginia. Trust me, there is a world of difference between the two. I go back to Virginia twice a year to visit my daughter and take my son to UVA because they don't even have any pediatric neurologists in WV. I sometimes stock up on stuff then that I can't get in WV.
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Frankinstien: Life, Easy, just roll your dough out and spread guava paste all over it . Roll it back up and either put it in a loaf pan ot slice it about 3/4 inch thick and put on a cookie sheet like pastry . I also like to sprinkle a little crushed cookies in the spread guava so it doesnt run too mutch when you bake it . Now that you know how, take it and experament with it till you get your own style . Now if you have a sweety to share it with all the better .
We do have plenty of Guava in this state, I will try it.
Not sweety to share,,,,,,Yet!
Thanks.
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lifesajoy: I lived in Virginia for 9 years before I married hedistuff and moved to West Virginia. Trust me, there is a world of difference between the two. I go back to Virginia twice a year to visit my daughter and take my son to UVA because they don't even have any pediatric neurologists in WV. I sometimes stock up on stuff then that I can't get in WV.
When you are down in Va. pick up some there . You could also go to a bakery and ask them where they get there yeast, they might even sell you some . One or two bags will last you the whole year .------ This thread is Archived ------
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