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[cpp gardener]

Try stevia instead of sugar. In coffee it usually tastes the same and satisfies the sweet tooth.

 

[Deblee]

just google about , lots out there.

Not as easy as you think. They are not turning out well. They don't smell/taste like the old bread I used to make. Going to adjust the recipe -- again.

 

[Oliver Buckle]

I've been trying this winter to bake bread again after 40 years, but I lost my old recipe, and it's not turning out very well so far.

Bread makers are great. 1and 3/4 tsp yeast, 540 grs stone ground wholemeal, 1 oz of butter, or similar, 2tsp sugar, 1 and 1/2 tsp salt, 400 cc of water, switch it on, 3 hours later delicious bread.
There is a hole in the bottom from the paddle, but it does all that kneading and proving stuff for you. There is a whole recipe book goes with it, everything from cakes to crumpets and baguettes, but just good bread with no 'improvers' or other additives makes it worthwhile.

 

[Oliver Buckle]

Try stevia instead of sugar. In coffee it usually tastes the same and satisfies the sweet tooth.

My diabetic friend used to use fructose, sucrose is one sugar, but there are others, not all the same.

 

[Deblee]

Bread makers are great. 1and 3/4 tsp yeast, 540 grs stone ground wholemeal, 1 oz of butter, or similar, 2tsp sugar, 1 and 1/2 tsp salt, 400 cc of water, switch it on, 3 hours later delicious bread.
There is a hole in the bottom from the paddle, but it does all that kneading and proving stuff for you. There is a whole recipe book goes with it, everything from cakes to crumpets and baguettes, but just good bread with no 'improvers' or other additives makes it worthwhile.

 

[Deblee]

Forty years ago I used to make all our family's bread. I had a recipe from a cookbook that included milk. I have no problem with proofing the yeast or kneading the dough by hand. I still remember the smell of baking bread. It is one of the most delicious scents in the world.

I've tried two recipes from the Internet but there's no scent as the bread bakes and not much flavor either. The recipes are all gimmicky, not just plain old down to earth bread.

I don't know what has changed or if I'm doing something wrong. I can't remember the exact proportions of my old recipe and I lost the cookbook decades ago. Maybe the flour is different now. I've avoided wheat for years due to health problems. Just wanted to smell that baking bread scent again.

 

[Oliver Buckle]

. Just wanted to smell that baking bread scent again.

That's how I know the bread maker is nearly finished

If you click on 'reply at the bottom right of the post it will be quoted and you can reply in the same post.
If you highlight a part of a post when you let go 'reply' will show on the bit you have highlighted and the same thing applies.
Get me, eighty, didn't see a computer until I was in my mid twenties, and giving advice, mind, you know just about all I have got now

 

[Deblee]

That's how I know the bread maker is nearly finished

If you click on 'reply at the bottom right of the post it will be quoted and you can reply in the same post.
If you highlight a part of a post when you let go 'reply' will show on the bit you have highlighted and the same thing applies.
Get me, eighty, didn't see a computer until I was in my mid twenties, and giving advice, mind, you know just about all I have got now

I don't own a computer, and I don't think I can highlight partial segments with my phone, though I could be wrong. I'm severely technologically challenged, lol.

 

[Oliver Buckle]

I'm severely technologically challenged, lol.

You and me both, I must get my technology assistant (Daughter) to put the forum on my phone.

 

[Deblee]

You and me both, I must get my technology assistant (Daughter) to put the forum on my phone.

Lol!