Take back the bread

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Take back the bread is the blog for Steve the Bread Guy. This blog features videos and posts about how to make delicious bread at home, by hand, without bread machines. This blog and its website are designed for people who have never made bread before. Just follow these easy steps, and you'll be making bread that tastes great and will amaze your friends.

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#5: How to Make a Homemade Sourdough Bread

Sourdoughs are one of the older kinds of breads still around. Instead of instant yeast, they rely on a yeast colony called a starter or a 'mother'. This is a container of a liquid flour mixture that already has its own yeast within it, captured from the air months or years before. This starter has been fermenting for a long time, so it gives sourdough breads a distinctive slightly sour taste which is really yummy. It also makes for great crusts and moist insides. You often run across sourdough b...

Apr 09, 2011

#4: How to make a sourdough starter from scratch

In this video podcast, Steve the Bread Guy shows you how to make a sourdough starter from scratch. What is a starter? Sourdough breads have been around for many centuries, and all of them start with a 'mother' or starter. It's simply some flour and water that has already been colonized by some yeast. It's kept in the fridge, and some bakeries have 'mothers' which have been alive for over a century. These starters create breads which have a lovely tang to them, and produce really crunchy crusts. ...

Apr 09, 2011

#3: How to make egg bread at home

This is a glorious loaf that looks even better than it tastes. Often served at Easter, it has a sweet rich flavour, and a beautiful appearance thanks to some simple braiding. If you've never tried to shape bread like this before ( or you just don't know how to braid), no worries, just watch the video, I'll show you how. This one takes about 3 hours from start to finish. Ingredients: 1 tbsp of yeast 1/2 cup of warm water 1/2 tsp of sugar 4 eggs 2 tbsps honey 1/4 cup melted butter 4 cups of white ...

Apr 09, 2011

#2: How to make dark rye bread at home.

Most of us think of dark rye breads as something you buy, not something you can bake at home. Think again! This video will show you that it is easy, taking advantage of the colouring of some chocolate and molasses to get a deep dark brown. So, get your ingredients together, and follow along with me on the video to make some lovely dark rye bread today. You can do it! ( oh, and we'll be using our hands, not any bread machines). Ingredients: 2 tsp active dry yeast 2 cups warm water 2 tsp salt 2 he...

Apr 09, 2011

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