Fabulous Homemade Bread

          

Best Homemade Bread – 6 loaves in less than 3 hours! This is a variation of my mother Elaine’s recipe. She is 75, and still makes hers by hand. I cheat and use a Bosch mixer, that’s my time saver.

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Orange Amaranth Bread

Made with a mix of white and wheat bread flours, amaranth flour, orange zest, and honey, this bread has a unique slightly sweet flavor and wonderful aroma. Suitable to make by hand or in your bread machine. I adapted this recipe from one I found online, while looking for bread recipes that use amaranth flour. Very good with butter and honey. Amaranth flour is available from Bob’s Red Mill®. Stores that have a decent selection of natural foods or natural markets should stock it.

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Golden Egg Loaves (or Braids)

This is a rich and soft loaf suitable for sandwiches or slicing for use in a bread pudding, overnight egg bake, or French toast. It is equally good fresh out of the oven with butter and jam.

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DSF’s Pretzel Bread

So, I have been on a search for the perfect pretzel recipe for a long time, as I LOVE pretzels. I found a recipe online, and did a complete overhaul to have the pretzel taste I love so much. The great thing about this recipe is that if you want pretzels in the traditional form or loaves, they both taste amazing.

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Chef John’s Rustic Italian Corn Bread

I was speaking with my mother, Pauline, last week, and she told me about a bread she used to eat at her grandmother’s house. She said it was basic Italian bread, but had some cornmeal in it, and was one of her favorites. I love to play food detective, so I took her description and went to work. I believe this is pretty close to what she remembers, and even if it’s a bit off, it was still delicious.

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Low-Salt White Bread

This is a good recipe for low-salt white bread. Each loaf should make 16 slices, 105 calories per slice. I’ve found that in most recipes, you can decrease the sugar by 1/3 (i.e., 3 tablespoons would now be 2 tablespoons), the salt by 2/3 (1 tablespoon would be 1 teaspoon), and replace the shortening with vegetable oil. Each rising time will be 10-15 minutes shorter.

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Raisin Bread III

This recipe uses a white bread straight dough as the base. When making raisin bread, you may use brown sugar instead of white. Grated orange or lemon rind may be added.

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