Bread Making Craze?!@*

So my latest experiment is making homemade bread...go figure!!! It makes me feel domestic if nothing else! I got my motivation when the price of a single loaf of dry, bread from the grocery store skyrocketed to a whoppin' $3.99. Ridiculous! My sister's visiting teacher kept bringing her fresh loaves of warm, homemade bread each month. She would call me to tell me about the flavor and texture...while I was left salivating on the other end of the line (thanks a lot, Ang) ! I begged her to get the recipe and prayed it would be an easy one! It was! 6 ingredients and I was ready to go! (Recipe posted below)
Rising bread! Here's the routine: 10 min. to mix, 30 min. to rise, 30 min. to bake! ...and just minutes to eat! Just a little over an hour from start to finish!
My stash of hard red and white wheat! I've got enough to last us a year!
Wheat Gluten and Dough Enhancer...both found at the Bosch store...miracle ingredients! My whole wheat bread works every time! I got my honey wheat recipe from my cousin, Amy, who used to work at the Bosch Kitchen Center in college. It's a fool-proof recipe with honey instead of sugar!
My wheat grinder. I have to keep it in my laundry room because it's a space hog. I borrowed it from my mom. It grinds a ton of wheat at a time. I'm grateful I didn't have to buy a new one...they're not cheap!
MY WORKHORSE!!!

Here is the easiest recipe for White Bread:
5 cups white unbleached flour, 1/4 cup sugar, 1/2 Tbsp. salt, 1.5 rounded Tbsp. saf-instant yeast, 1.5 Tbsp. liquid lecithin (found at Bosch store), 2 cups hot tap water. Mix dry ingred. in a mixer. Add lecithin and water. Mix for 1 min. then check consistency. If dough is too dry, add more water. If too moist, add more flour. Mix for 5 min. Spray loaf pans w/Pam. Shape loaves and cover with dish towel. Let raise for 25 min. Bake @ 350 for 25 min. This recipe makes 2 loaves of white bread *Makes great dough for pizza crust, too! Call me if you want my Honey Whole Wheat recipe. It's an easy one, too!