Scrumptious Homemade Sandwich Breads
Baking bread is something people have practiced for centuries, but have partly forgotten in modern life. It’s a skill worth relearning for the pride and joy of putting a lovely loaf on the table, knowing it was our care and skill that made this beautiful bread for family and friends.
When we bake our own bread, we know what’s in our food. In today’s world of unpronounceable ingredients, this is reassuring. We purchase the best flour available, and combine it with the healthful ingredients of our choice. The breads we bake at home have more flavor because we allow the loaves time to develop, so they never have that odd processed aftertaste.
We can also save money by baking our family’s sandwich bread. You can make a very basic loaf of sandwich bread with high-quality flour for about 70 cents. Adding organic milk, butter, and eggs into the mix will bring the cost up to somewhere around $1.50, but even so, that’s still savings.
Expanding into more fancy artisan breads can yield even more savings. As home bakers, the entire world of breads is available to us. We can duplicate the breads of any culture right in our own oven – and all at a modest cost.
A day spent baking bread is a good day. Great satisfaction comes with seeing homemade loaves, fresh out of the oven, cooling on the rack – and the house smells fabulous. For some, bread baking starts with just a basic loaf for making sandwiches. Success can lead to passion, such as a passion for creating the perfect artisan loaf, pizza crust, or sticky bun. The more we learn, the more we want to learn.
Getting Started
As long as you’re going to get all the ingredients out and make a mess, you might as well bake a lot of bread – especially on a cold day.
I hope you enjoy the process, fill your table with goodness, and warm your kitchen with these breads.
