so you can take a recipe and put in the times for kneading, rise and all
tat, hhmmm gotta get tha manual from my sister, Lee
"cshenk" > wrote in message
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> "Brian Mailman" wrote
>> Nick Cramer wrote:
>
>> This is just the "everyday" bread we use around here for morning toast.
>> Nothing artisanal. Goes kinda like this:
>>
>> 2-1/2 cups bread flour
>> 1/3 cup whole wheat flour
>> 1/3 cup oatmeal
>> 1/4 cup starter
>> 1 cup water minus a couple tbsp.
>> 1 tsp. salt
>> 2 tbsp. margarine
>>
>> Put it on the dough cycle. Pour it out (it will be loose and check about
>> 8 minutes into the "knead" period if it's too wet add a couple tbsp of
>> oatmeal to sop it up) and into a greased bread pan. Bake at 400 for 35
>> minutes.
>>
>
> Oh I am SO happy you posted that! I may have to join the
> rec.food.sourdough group to ask how to make a starter properly. It's not
> a really 'native' thing for a breadmachine but as I said elsewhere, should
> be possible to at least do the 'dough' portion in the machine.
>
> I can do a special setup for the sourdough with my breadman ultimate
> machine. I can even specialize how long to knead, how long to rise
> between, and the temp and time of cooking. I can once tested, then enter
> those to be saved and name them for next use. (I forget but it's either
> 200 special or 1,000 special you can save but I'd never need more than 10
> or so and currently only have 1).
>
> Don't laugh to hard at my shenannigans to avoid kneading ;-)
>
> I have 'DDD' (back problems) which affects my arms and lower back
> complicated by a few other nasties so rather than moan and groan about it,
> I find *solutions* to do what I need. A bread machine is one of them.
> Sadly, at some times even greasing the pan or leaning over to put
> something in the oven isn't a workable thing for me but most of the time I
> can do that. (Navy kept me on with a shore duty my last 18 months or
> otherwise it would have been forced medical retirement at 24.5 years).
>
> Some wonderful people here in the alt.bread.recipes have come up with
> ideas on possible ways to work bread without a machine for one like me and
> on a good day, some may actually work! I have to clean a counter off so I
> can try them but have an interesting one saved. It uses a 'folding
> technique' instead of a kneading one.
>
> Carol
>