My First Bread!

[allie]

I have a bread machine but could never get my bread to turn out very well. Yesterday I attempted to make my first ever homemade bread. It turned out very well and I'm so pleased with it that I intend to make more often. It's Oatmeal bread.

 

[LarryWolfe]

Wow Allie that looked real good! Bet some nice smoked turkey would have been great on it!

 

[allie]

Larry, looking at your turkey sandwiches, I was thinking the same thing! It's got that kind of sweet, nutty whole wheat taste and would make an awesome turkey sandwich with a bit of spicy brown mustard.

I have a feeling I'll be making more bread for Thanksgiving! LOL

 

[LarryWolfe]

Maybe make a nice herb filled bread, let it get stale and then make stuffing out of it. That way it would be real homemade stuffing.

 

[allie]

I was thinking of doing that. My mom sent me a recipe for my grandmother's stuffing......uses leftover biscuits and cornbread so I really, really want to try that one since I haven't been "home" for Thanksgiving in 8 years. lol Les doesn't care for it so maybe when I make my next batch of bread, I'll do an herb bread and use it to make him some stuffing as well. lol

 

[wittdog]

Bread looks great..want to post the stuffing recipe?

 

[Diva Q]

Wow. That looks amazing.

I could never own a bread machine. I would use it too much.

 

[Bill The Grill Guy]

I love my bread machine. But that looks so good I may have to give that a try. How about posting the recipie?

 

[allie]

Here's the recipe I used. It was written by a friend of mine.

Oatmeal Bread

1 cup quick oats
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
3 teaspoons salt
2 tablespoons margarine
Pour 2 cups boiling water over the above. Stir to combine.

Dissolve: 1 pkg (1 T) dry yeast in 1/2 cup warm water. (Might want to wait a bit, so yeast won't be ready too soon) When batter is cooled to lukewarm add yeast. Stir in 5 cups of white flour.

Knead dough. Put in greased bowl, cover w/ lid. Let rise until double in bulk or longer... Punch down and shape into loaves. Place in greased loaf pans (makes 2 loaves) and let rise until double. Bake in a 350* oven 30-40 minutes. (I did 35 minutes and it was just right). I take a cube of margarine and run it over the loaves of bread when done. Remove from pan on to rack and cover w/ a towel. I put mine on their sides... LOL I do it how I learned at home.

 

[allie]

Bread looks great..want to post the stuffing recipe?

I'll post it on the Appetizers and Sides board! Now the only one I have is the one for cornbread dressing......nothing like bread cube stuffing!

 

[john pen]

Good looking bread..Im betting that would make good Sammies...

 

[SteerCrazy]

Nice lookin bread Allie, agree with Larry, slap some turkey on there, mmm mmm

 

[Cliff H.]

I am going to dust off my bread machine now.

 

[allie]

Oh, take the extra time to do it by hand! The kneading was so therapuetic and punching the dough down, really takes out some stresses!

I don't know that I'll even use the machine again. In fact, I told Les last night that we could sell it. lol He didn't like that idea since I begged for 6 months before he gave it to me for Christmas year before last.

 

[ScottyDaQ]

Yeah, we sold ours long ago.
If you're really into it, it's time to make a sourdough mother (starter).

 

[Shawn White]

looks good Allie, I do oatmeal bread in my bread machine

I have 4 kids at home, 3 teens ... we use our bread machine every day, sometimes for 2 loaves ... I haven't priced it out but I'd guess it's less than $0.25/loaf; quality ingrediants and no preservatives. The things pay for themselves many times over, I love my bread machine. We use the timer function and wake up to a fresh loaf of bread every day.

 

[allie]

Yes Scotty, I do need to get a starter going.....got a good recipe?

 

[LarryWolfe]

I know a woman that tried to fry chicken in a bread machine, ONCE!

True story!

 

[Unity]

I don't know that I'll even use the machine again.

Good idea if only for aesthetic reasons. Your homemade loaves look so much more inviting than the misshapen bread our machine makes. With a hole where the kneading paddle was.

--John 8)

 

[ScottyDaQ]

Yes Scotty, I do need to get a starter going.....got a good recipe?

Yup