What have you baked today?

Steve059

You always remember your first loaf of bread.

I didn't have a loaf tin at the time, so I made mine on a baking tray and, to be honest, it looked like a cowpat. It tasted OK, though.

It's also that warm feeling that, no matter how bad things get for those of us who aren't "hard working" enough to send a child to Eton, you know that you can now make bread.

Justamum

Steve059 wrote: »

You always remember your first loaf of bread.

I don't remember my first loaf, but I remember one my DH made one year. It was before we were married, and he was out of work. One Valentine's Day he decided to make me a loaf of bread as a present. He didn't have a recipe or anything, but just threw the ingredients together. It got so huge that he had to put it in the oven to stop it growing :rotfl: It was an enormous loaf (not done in a tin).

Camillia_Chubb

Oh your loaf looks really good, much better than my first attempt!

Maybe you could make your own butter to go with it, that's what I'm about to do in the next few days. I'm assured by my workmate it is very easy to make and the nicest butter I will ever taste. He advises to look out for yellow stickered pots of double cream...so I will

freespirit66

Today i made bread, just a plain white loaf

purpledonkey

jem132 wrote: »

Does anyone know if you change auger for sweetner is it the same weight s eg 8oz sugar then I use 8oz of sweetner seems loads as very light

I haven't a clue with low fat food lol

It depends really, I recently made a diabetic cake and replaced sugar with xylitol and the ratio is 1:1 but I know if you use sweeteners such as truvia you use less (about a 1/3 less I think).

Hello all! This week I've baked; a diabetic almond and lemon drizzle cake, chocolate macaroons and choux buns filled with French custard and topped with ganache. My friend is having a birthday bash on Saturday so I'm planning on making some petit fours instead of a cake

chrisfreelander54

Soworried wrote: »

Well done, it looks moreish :j:T

Watch how many cook books your family buy you next year :rotfl:

You wanna see how many I have already. :rotfl:

Justamum wrote: »

I can almost smell it from here It looks scrummy.

Is it all wholemeal or have you used some white flour too? I make mine using 25% wholemeal 75% white (which reminds me I need to go and get my dough into the tins)

ETA I bought a copy of 'Bread' but wasn't impressed with the recipes in it so sent it to the charity shop. I found the proportions of flour/water didn't work. The malt loaf dough was more like a cake batter and didn't rise.

This one is 100% whole meal, going to have a go at making a white loaf and also a 50/50, once Ive got through some of 5 bags of strong whole meal flour I've bought after making this loaf. :eek:

Camillia_Chubb wrote: »

Oh your loaf looks really good, much better than my first attempt!

Maybe you could make your own butter to go with it, that's what I'm about to do in the next few days. I'm assured by my workmate it is very easy to make and the nicest butter I will ever taste. He advises to look out for yellow stickered pots of double cream...so I will

Hmm making butter, that's sound like something else I could try, just need to know how, any tips?

sparrer

My daily bread and a veggie pie topped with mash, portioned into 6 for the freezer.

Camillia_Chubb

Re: Butter making.

Well my workmate did explain to me how to do it but upon further research, watching online vids, I rather think he goes the long way about it. I've just watched this video and think its quite a good explanation if you have a food processor. But any kind of whisk is good. I'm going to research further until I get hold of yellow stickered cream. I'll let you know if its worth it

skogar

Loaf looks great. I love the smell of homemade bread cooking. There's one thing better than the still warm crust of a homemade loaf and that's the still warm crust of a homemade loaf with homemade jam on. Bliss and costs pennies if you've foraged / scrounged / been given the fruit! i would say enjoy but I bet the loaf has gone already.

LeaLea89

looks yummy! I'm awaiting the delivery of my new slow cooker, going to have a bash at trying it in there. x