Time To Use Your Loaf

Money~Bunny_3

That is a darn good point! All my standard bread mixes have fat.

I'll try following one of the non-fat ones and see how it goes, thanks for pointing that out. Is this an example of an Obvious Tip?

Rage_in_Eden

and it's not just loaves that are going up either. This morning Mr Rage and I did a "big shop" as Peter Kay would call it. This for us is nudging the £50-mark and gets done once every 3-4 weeks. I noticed a lot of stuff that was "buy 3 for £2.50" before Christmas is now "buy 3 for £3". I noticed this especially because I am partial to ginger beer as it helps my poor tummy (off at the mo with another gall bladder infection - roll on 15 Feb....) and was going to buy some (buy 3 packs of cans i.e. 18 cans for £2.50) - not for 50p more I won't. It's clear some worktop in the kitchen and put a ginger beer plant on there time!!!!

stefejb

ViksB wrote:

Its strange that the plain white bread recipes don't have any fat in them (lard or sunflower oil). I always make mine with some.
Next batch will have to be without and therfore healthier and cheaper!!
Do most other people use some form of fat? I see thriftlady doesn't???

Viks

i always pour in a glug of olive oil without thinking about it really but i think my mum always said that you need some oil to stop it crumbing when you slice it I might try without tonight and see if there's any difference
stef

organic_wanabe

I have a confession to make - though I think it is a money-saving one. I BOUGHT BREAD TODAY!!! I went into Waitrose about 3.15 to check out the price of bread and they were reducing loads of it - me thinks many, many people must now be making their own. Anyway, they had 3 Duchy Organic loaves reduced to 29p each (from £1.29). I just couldn't resist because I can't make my organic ones cheaper. DS has a dreadful cold (typical, supposed to return to school tomorrow) so I thought I could slice and freeze them just in case I come down soon with the dready lurgy. Now I can't say to people "I haven't bought bread for 9 months" - drat.

BTW - the Hovis White were nearly all down to 10p. Obviously The Scotsman reporters don't shop in Waitrose Stockbridge.

victory

I have loads of bread in the freezer from Waitrose NYE when at 3.45pm they reduced it to 9p a loaf, as well as bread rolls, hot dog rolls etc but that was just luck, was thinking though the packets they sell in shops for making breads(all you have to do is add water) would they not be cheaper than paying £1 a loaf?
More of a pain agreed but would they be cheaper?

thriftlady_2

ViksB wrote:

Its strange that the plain white bread recipes don't have any fat in them (lard or sunflower oil). I always make mine with some.
Next batch will have to be without and therfore healthier and cheaper!!
Do most other people use some form of fat? I see thriftlady doesn't???

Viks

No, you don't need fat. I use Delia's standard white bread recipe with a third wholemeal flour. I must admit do use some butter to grease the tins. But, you don't have to make bread in tins

Pandora123_2

ViksB wrote:

Its strange that the plain white bread recipes don't have any fat in them (lard or sunflower oil). I always make mine with some.
Next batch will have to be without and therfore healthier and cheaper!!
Do most other people use some form of fat? I see thriftlady doesn't???

I use an adaptation of a Jamie Oliver recipe which doesn't use any fat. It's for an all white loaf. Last week I decided to make it with some whole wheat flour in it and I found it a bit dry and also it seemed to go stale faster. So next time I made bread, I added a tablespoon of rapeseed oil and it came out perfect.

:A

sammy_kaye18

Hi girls

Jesus £1 for a laof of bread!!!!!!!!!!!!

So glad i work in the coop where its reduced to 20p at eh end of the shift - i had two tin loaves for 36p through work and packs of 6 rolls for 8p!!!!!!

Just wondered can you use plain flour to make bread with??

i have lots of it and would love to learn how to make bread - i love doing things in the kitchen adn want to learn how to make bread by hand - i make pie pastry adn cakes by hand as i think its more fun and i find it quite theraputic to be honest.

any ideas if i can or cant????

and can anyone give me an idea of how to do it?? got the recipe from a post above but need (haha knead again!) the method.

obviously i need to get bread tins or a few bread tins but id still liek to try if anyone can give me any advice.

TIA

love

Sam
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organic_wanabe

Sammy, I don't think you need to have tins. I confess to making my dough in the breadmaker but then I just lift it out shape it into whatever shape I fancy (round, sausage, rolls, etc.) and then bake it.

thriftlady_2

Sammy take a look at this thread for tips and recipes for handbaking
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=141090&highlight=making+bread+by+hand