Homemade Bread

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Flour Power

Borne from modest ingredients, bread made from scratch has the power to nourish, save money, and awaken your taste buds.

The power to nourish: Baking bread and monitoring nutrition go hand-in-hand. A typical ingredient list for a loaf of packaged bread is enough to scare or confuse a person: high-fructose corn syrup, preservatives, mono-something, di-something else. Bread essentially is flour, water, yeast and salt. What are those other things doing in there?

The power to save money: Baking bread is economical. For the price of a good-quality loaf, you could have all the ingredients you need to bake several loaves of fresh, wholesome bread many times over.

The power to awaken your taste buds: When you bake bread from scratch, you can add only the ingredients you want while omitting or substituting those you don’t. Like the taste of white bread but want more fiber? Replace some of the white flour with wheat. Want bread with a little substance? Add nuts, seeds, oats or dried fruit. You can make your bread as simple or complex as you want, using only whole foods.

We invite you to discover bread’s benefits. With over 50 kitchen-tested recipes and pages of baking tips, Homemade Bread™, the fourth issue of the Popular Kitchen™ Series, will guide bakers of all skill levels, from beginners to more advanced.

What You’ll Find

Bread-baking Basics: From baking techniques to essential ingredients and equipment, we’ve broken down the breadmaking process into an easy-to-understand primer for beginners. You’ll find out why temperature plays an important part in a successful loaf, when to knead and when to let dough sit, how to proof yeast and much more.

More Than 50 Recipes: We’ve provided step-by-step instructions and full-color photos for each recipe. Enjoy making white and whole-grain loaves, breakfast breads, rolls, herbed breads, flat breads, quick and sweet breads, and even no-knead bread.

And Much More: Bread machine recipes, troubleshooting solutions and tips for storing your creations—it’s all here. Homemade Bread™ is an all-encompassing guide to the world of breadmaking. This Magabook® (magazine-book) is an essential resource for every kitchen enthusiast.

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