Comments on: Baking your own artisan bread – How much per loaf?

By: John Hupfeld

John Hupfeld — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 01:12:06 +0000

What a great article. With the supermarket bread containing so many preservatives, this is certainly the way to go.

By: Craig Schofield

Craig Schofield — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 08:47:44 +0000

It is really good idea to bake bread for self consumption than to buy.

By: Steph

Steph — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:10:43 +0000

I love to bake, too. I have made the old-fashioned kneaded bread, but frankly could only do it on days off. I have a long daily commute. A bread machine and large mixer are out of the question because I live in a small cottage with a tiny kitchen. I subscribe to Mother Earth News and they hightly recommended a book called “Artisan Bread in Five Minutes A Day” by Jeff Hertzberg and Zoe Francois. I bought it and its just great and even easier than I thought. You will need an oven thermometer, a pizza peel, a baking stone and a dough scraper would be nice. You can mix the recipe with just a bowl or the container you store your dough in and just a wooden spoon. If you are looking for a wrist and forearm workout, you won’t find it here. What you are using is a wet refrigerated dough and you mix up enough for four loaves which can be stored for two weeks. When you are baking the last loaf, mix up the next batch right in the container without washing it, which takes ten minutes. No proofing, no doubling in bulk, punching down or kneading. The dough clinging to the container from the previous batch acts as a sourdough starter. The dough can also be used to make pizzas which are excellent. The loaves or pizza dough cost about 75 centsa serving for a small artisan loaf or 14 in pizza. I am also interested in whole grain breads and Hertzberg and Francois have written “Healthy Breads in Five Minutes a Day” which appears on store shelves on October 27th. A visit to Amazon.com will show over 300 highly favorable reviews of this book.

By: admin

admin — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 05:20:01 +0000

you can make your own starter.. it’s actually pretty easy… but i would steer away from that at first, and try to use either a commercial starter, or one from a friend.. if you email me directly, i would be happy to send you some of my starter..

By: Moxie

Moxie — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:53:35 +0000

This is very interesting! I love to cook and bake, and have been thinking recently about starting to bake my own bread, but had no idea whether it would be economical or just a vanity baking product. I’m a California girl who loves sourdough, and wanted to ask: how does one get a starter? Do you just have to know another baker?