storing homemade bread

BitterAndTwisted

Properly-made bread will go stale quickly: it's the nature of the beast. Why else would the French buy bread twice a day?

Vaila

i agree with putting the hm bread in a tupperware container, far better than a moist breadbin

Frogletina

wssla00 wrote: »

I use these from lakeland. They are like the ones in the shops and you can put the bread in whilst it's still hot as it has tiny holes in them too. Remember though that you should never put your bread in the fridge and should keep it in a medium warm room. If you spray your bread with water and put it in the oven for a couple of minutes then it should perk up too!

Why should you not put it in the fridge?

After I take mine out of the breadmaker I cover with a clean and wet teatowel and when it has cooled down I put in the fridge in a plastic bag. It usually keeps ok for 2 weeks

kerleytops

I use a small cotton drawstring top bag and put that in the bread bin.

apple_mint

For loaves, we slice and freeze in small batches. For rolls we freeze in batches of two. We just take out what we need for the day.

I've also kept bagged up fresh slices in the fridge. Our kitchen is warm due to the Rayburn so bread goes off quickly if left out.

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I have the lakeland bags with the holes and I don`t rate them at all. The bread in the bag went dry just as quickly. I looked at the stay fresh bags on the net and they work out at 10-20p per bag so too expensive for what they are. I now make a small denser loaf (less yeast) cool overnight, slice with my electric slicer and put that into 2 very cheap bags that I got years ago, the bags are like those used for fruit and veg and that works pretty well. I would agree though that freezing or tupperware/lock n lock is best

apple_mint

kittie wrote: »

I have the lakeland bags with the holes and I don`t rate them at all. The bread in the bag went dry just as quickly. I looked at the stay fresh bags on the net and they work out at 10-20p per bag so too expensive for what they are. I now make a small denser loaf (less yeast) cool overnight, slice with my electric slicer and put that into 2 very cheap bags that I got years ago, the bags are like those used for fruit and veg and that works pretty well. I would agree though that freezing or tupperware/lock n lock is best

Kittie, are the fruit and veg bags you use like these?

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/F/keyword/stay+fresh+bags/product/1932_1094_1092

I have some of these for my fruit and veg. I'm thinking that if we go away for a few days we might be able to take some home-made rolls with us to make up sandwiches.

Edited: to say that we already have some of these so I could use them for this at no extra cost.

kafkathecat

I wrap mine in a tea cloth, it lasts about 2 days. Best just out of the machine though!

Loanranger

I wrap bread in tin foil.

Pitlanepiglet

I'm amazed that people's bread goes over so quickly, ours really does last 4 - 5 days kept in an airtight (cheap Asda) box.

Is it a difference in recipe? We use the Panny recipe but substitute oil for butter and honey for sugar. Is it the recipes that use milk powder and butter that go over sooner?