661-Pete wrote:Forgive me for slightly altering your quote so as to clarify its meaning.
Punctuation. Always punctuation...
Thankyou!
661-Pete wrote:Forgive me for slightly altering your quote so as to clarify its meaning.
No - thank YOU for taking it without any complaint....DaveP wrote:Thankyou!
mercalia wrote:I have a Panasonic bread machine. It does the job well produces a brick loaf that is not heavy etc. I am talking here just a standard white loaf, nothing difficult. I have more or less stopped using it as I dont like the taste of the bread.
Paulatic wrote:Nooooo don’t use all the yeast it will not be wasted. Also the bread, unless you lash it with loads of salt, will be over proved.
For a 400g loaf I use 1/2 to 3/4 tsp of yeast which works out at 4 loaves for each pkt. As I make 4-5 loaves/ wk that one 7g pack of yeast lasts a week no problem.
I used to buy the larger Doves farm yeast in an orange packet years ago and found that it’s performance started falling after about a month of opening.
Paulatic wrote:I use a bread machine all the time, have done for over 20 yrs, with a 4 hr prog for white and 5 hr for wholemeal. Before a machine we used to eat once proven wholemeal , think it was a Cranks,recipe.
Keeping dried yeast in the fridge poses a risk of condensation if you leave it out for long.
Last year when away from home for 7 wks the biggest thing I missed was home made bread. Of all the bread we bought, usually from bakeries, there were only two I’d have bought again.
Paulatic wrote:Nooooo don’t use all the yeast it will not be wasted. Also the bread, unless you lash it with loads of salt, will be over proved.
For a 400g loaf I use 1/2 to 3/4 tsp of yeast which works out at 4 loaves for each pkt. As I make 4-5 loaves/ wk that one 7g pack of yeast lasts a week no problem.
I used to buy the larger Doves farm yeast in an orange packet years ago and found that it’s performance started falling after about a month of opening.
Paulatic wrote:That’s exactly same method as me using LIDL flour mostly and I would use 10 ml olive oil rather than butter. I keep the butter for plastering on the top