One kitchen appliance I don’t have is a breadmaker. While my family goes through at least one or two loaves of bread a week, I still have yet to splurge for a machine to make it for me. Last month I decided I was going to try to make my own basic bread. I didn’t realize just how easy it is.
In my first attempt, I made to long loaves that I made into garlic bread after they were done.
Slice each loaf in half and add some butter and garlic salt and pop it back in the oven…
Since I am a fan of eating soup in a bread bowl, my second attempt was creating two ball shaped loaves.
Just cut off the tops and take out the inside and turn these into a bread bowl.
Let me not forget to mention that my 7 Quart KitchenAid Stand Mixer works AWESOME for making the dough. You can do it by hand by why would I when I have this beauty in my kitchen to help.
Ready for the recipe?
| Homemade Bread Recipe |
- 3 3/4 cups of bread (or all-purpose) flour
- 1 1/2 cups of lukewarm water
- 1 packet of dry yeast
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- 1 TBS Oregano (for flavor)
- In bowl add yeast and warm water and stir to dissolve. Let mixture set about 5 minutes to allow yeast to start working.
- In mixing bowl, add 1 1/2 cups of flour, salt, oil, oregano and yeast mixture. With pastry hook knead dough until dough is well blended and not sticky. Add small amounts of flour to reach desired texture. Shape dough into ball, place in bowl slightly coated in vegetable oil and cover with plastic wrap.
- Let sit at least 1 hour to allow to rise.
- When dough is ready, sprinkle a surface with the remaining 1/4 cup of flour and add dough. Use hands to create your loaves in your desired shape.
- Place on cookie sheet and bake at 425 degrees for 25-30 minutes or until golden.
- Remove, cool and enjoy!
So my question to you is, do you make your own bread?
That looks so good, I could swear I can almost smell it! 🙂
OK, that just got to me. My favorite food in the ENTIRE world is freshly baked bread.
Yum! I really need to start making my own bread.
This looks tasty!
I love making bread. I actually just made a loaf last night.
I used to have a bread maker… but I gave it away when we moved… I want one again! I used it for the kneading but took the bread out so I could shape it!
there are few things better then home made bread 🙂
Mmmm, looks delish! Bread is one of my biggest weaknesses!
Homemade bread is the best. They look delish!
Don’t you just love your mixer? I make so much more bread now thanks to the dough hook attachment.
I love homemade bread, but am too lazy to make it 🙁
I used to make my own bread quite a bit, but I have a breadmaker so yeah, I’m lazy…
looks so great!
I have a bread maker and I never use it. But when I do there’s nothing better than homemade bread!
Oh yummy! I love that you made garlic bread out of the long ones. I have a feeling I’ll be doing this a lot this winter.
I was thinking of making homemade pizza crust for dinner, homemade out of the box that is 🙂 Looks great!
That looks so good – I LOVE bread bowls!
Yum, nothing better than homemade bread! 🙂
I love making homemade bread — just not in the summer! Once cooler weather rolls around, I make it all the time! yum!
Great recipe!
That looks wonderful. I love homemade bread ! Especially olive bread!
I’ve never tried to make my own bread, sounds delicious.
Hello Stefani 😀
Thanks for the homemade bread recipe.
I’ll create one for sure, my kids are gonna like it 🙂
If you don’t mind, can you submit your homemade bread photo in https://www.foodporn.net ?
It’s a food photography site full of all DIY food pictures from members around the world. submit by yourself and let me know when you did, so I can share it.
This is a great recipe. I love bread too and assumed I needed a bread machine to make it myself. I’m going to experiment freestyle with it. Thanks
I don’t have a bread maker or a mixer, but I”d like to try these recipes.
I’m not brave enough to try homemade bread. It just sounds and looks intimidating.