Well, I can't deny that bread is best when cooled, but I think it's
stretching the forebearance of any child to pull something they helped
prepare out of the oven, and then tell them they can't eat it. Heck, even I
find that difficult. I'd let it cool for ten minutes, but surely serve some
warm. I don't think the off flavors will bother the child, or even be
noticed. And a little butter and jam can hide a multitude of sins.


"Thomas H. O'Reilly" > wrote in message
om...
> My concern would be that you want her to take the loaf home with her.
> This means she doesn't get to taste it with butter and jam when it's hot.
> A cup of hot sweet tea with milk? I'd make two loaves, eat one right
> away, and take one home..
>
>
> "Vox Humana" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "Priscilla H. Ballou" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> I've become quite an accomplished bread baker with my bread machine
>>> doing the mixing and most of the kneading for me. I use dough cycle
>>> only, though, forming the loaves and baking them normally.
>>>
>>> This weekend my nine year-old niece will be visiting me, and the
>>> adventure for this visit is bread baking. (While it's rising we'll
>>> check out what's coming up in my yard.) We will bake her first bread,
>>> and she will take it home with her. It's been ages since I mixed and
>>> kneaded bread instead of letting the machine do it. I do have a Kitchen
>>> Aid with a dough hook, and I want to use that for the mixing, so as not
>>> to introduce the process as one that is *too* wearying.
>>>
>>> So, suggestions for a first bread for Emma? I have WW flour on hand as
>>> well as lots of other stuff and will be picking up white bread flour on
>>> the way home. Of course I have yeast, vital wheat gluten, honey, sugar,
>>> butter, eggs, all that other stuff. Even some buttermilk, IIRC. I'm
>>> thinking white bread for her first, although I bake exclusively WW and
>>> other whole grain breads for myself these days.
>>>
>>> Recipe ideas?
>>
>> I would keep it simple. Use the "basic white bread" recipe that is in
>> the
>> cookbook supply with the mixer. WW bread is more problematic to make and
>> I
>> don't think small children like WW bread as well as plain white bread.
>>
>>
>
>

Thomas H. O'Reilly wrote:
> Well, I can't deny that bread is best when cooled, but I think it's
> stretching the forebearance of any child to pull something they
helped
> prepare out of the oven, and then tell them they can't eat it. Heck,
even I
> find that difficult. I'd let it cool for ten minutes, but surely
serve some
> warm. I don't think the off flavors will bother the child, or even
be
> noticed. And a little butter and jam can hide a multitude of sins.


How about saving a bit of the dough and baking it as a roll, alongside
the loaf? Then she could taste it right away and you wouldn't have to
cut into a whole loaf.

-Scott

wrote:
>
> Thomas H. O'Reilly wrote:
> > Well, I can't deny that bread is best when cooled, but I think it's
> > stretching the forebearance of any child to pull something they
> helped
> > prepare out of the oven, and then tell them they can't eat it. Heck,
> even I
> > find that difficult. I'd let it cool for ten minutes, but surely
> serve some
> > warm. I don't think the off flavors will bother the child, or even
> be
> > noticed. And a little butter and jam can hide a multitude of sins.
>
> How about saving a bit of the dough and baking it as a roll, alongside
> the loaf? Then she could taste it right away and you wouldn't have to
> cut into a whole loaf.

We ended up eating a few slices off the end of one of the loaves before
I took her home. She carried "the fruits of our labor" while I carried
her duffle bag.

Priscilla