I love making my own bread. Not only does it taste a lot better, but it is a lot cheaper as well. Plus, I know what is in it, and where it has been! 
Jamie asked for bread recipes and tips, since making her first loaf. Which reminded me of my all time favorite white bread recipe. It is actually for french bread, but I’ve always baked it the same as white bread. It was also originally a bread machine recipe, but my machine has decided that it only wants to knead the bread..not rise or bake it. Stinker. So, I now just use my Kitchenaid to mix and do the first knead, and I do the rest.
Here it goes:
French Bread1c plus 2 Tbsp. water2 tsp butter, softened3 1/4 c flour1Tbsp sugar1 1/2 tsp salt1 pkg yeast (or if you are using bulk 2 3/4 tsps)In your Kitchenaid bowl, dissolve the yeast in warm water. Add the butter, sugar and salt and let sit for a few minutes. Add in the flour and mix/knead for about 5 minutes using your dough hook. Cover, and let rise until double. Then I remove the dough from the bowl and place into a greased bread pan or shape into little baguettes. Cover and let rise until double again.Then bake at 350 degrees for 45 -60 minutes.
Depending on your cost of yeast, you are looking at roughly .60 to .75 a loaf. I either use yeast I have gotten for free (after coupons) or a bulk yeast. The bulk yeast is literally pennies when broken down into teaspoons.
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Nothing beats fresh homemade bread. It even rivals chocolate for me and that’s saying alot! Thanks for the recipe.
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This sounds great! Thank you for sharing, I love French bread!! I’ll let you know how it turns out after I’ve made it!
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I just receive a Kitchaid and always forget to buy bread. Thanks for the easy recipe! I will try it out this week!
Have you tried to use whole wheat flour?
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Another wonderful recipe to try!
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