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Old 05-02-2014, 08:36 AM   Topic Starter
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I know there are some bread bakers here. The wife and I have started making our own, usually once a week for a couple loaves that will last all week. One goes in the freezer until we're done with the other.

I can't remember who, but there are a few accomplished bread bakers here. What are your top 5 tips for baking better bread?
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I love baking my own bread, but I'm not accomplished at it at all. I have a breadmaker and I just follow the recipes in the book that came with it.

There are few pleasures in life greater than pulling that bread out, all hot and aromatic, and grabbing a cold stick of butter out of the fridge for the first slice.
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I love baking my own bread, but I'm not accomplished at it at all. I have a breadmaker and I just follow the recipes in the book that came with it.

There are few pleasures in life greater than pulling that bread out, all hot and aromatic, and grabbing a cold stick of butter out of the fridge for the first slice.
Speaking of butter... do you just use sweet cream butter, or have you tried any of the cultured butters (like Plugra, Kerrygold, etc.)? I bought a bunch of Plugra on sale a couple weeks ago and froze some... that stuff is da bomb.
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Speaking of butter... do you just use sweet cream butter, or have you tried any of the cultured butters (like Plugra, Kerrygold, etc.)? I bought a bunch of Plugra on sale a couple weeks ago and froze some... that stuff is da bomb.

I just use regular butter. On a fresh hot loaf of bread, I like the firmness of butter that's not mixed with anything since it usually seems like flavored butters are softer and melt faster. (I don't know what cultured butter is, so maybe it's different.) I'm a little different than most folks, I've found, in that I like my butter to be hard and cold as opposed to melted.
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I just use regular butter. On a fresh hot loaf of bread, I like the firmness of butter that's not mixed with anything since it usually seems like flavored butters are softer and melt faster. (I don't know what cultured butter is, so maybe it's different.) I'm a little different than most folks, I've found, in that I like my butter to be hard and cold as opposed to melted.
Cultured butter just means some of the natural bacteria has been allowed to work its magic (ferment) on the cream before it's churned. Cultured butter (most European butters) have kind of a tang to them. Try some sometime - you can find Plugra or Kerrygold at most grocery stores other than Walmart (even my little Winn Dixie in my town of 6,000 has Kerrygold).
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Cultured butter just means some of the natural bacteria has been allowed to work its magic (ferment) on the cream before it's churned. Cultured butter (most European butters) have kind of a tang to them. Try some sometime - you can find Plugra or Kerrygold at most grocery stores other than Walmart (even my little Winn Dixie in my town of 6,000 has Kerrygold).
I'll look for it. I'm wary, though, because regular butter is pretty much the Nadia Comaneci of flavor. There's not really any way to improve it.
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I'm a little different than most folks, I've found, in that I like my butter to be hard and cold as opposed to melted.

Naw man, you're not alone. I'm right there with you. That cold butter on a fresh slice of bread is wonderful.
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Naw man, you're not alone. I'm right there with you. That cold butter on a fresh slice of bread is wonderful.
It's the temperature differential that's so appealing. Like hot fudge on ice cream.

I just wish cold butter spread easier.
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Speaking of butter... do you just use sweet cream butter, or have you tried any of the cultured butters (like Plugra, Kerrygold, etc.)? I bought a bunch of Plugra on sale a couple weeks ago and froze some... that stuff is da bomb.
And Plugra is made right here in KC. Good stuff.
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I love baking my own bread, but I'm not accomplished at it at all. I have a breadmaker and I just follow the recipes in the book that came with it.

There are few pleasures in life greater than pulling that bread out, all hot and aromatic, and grabbing a cold stick of butter out of the fridge for the first slice.
The wife just got a breadmaker. Have you had any issues with our altitude and failures?
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The wife just got a breadmaker. Have you had any issues with our altitude and failures?
Doesn't it bother you that the breadmaker leaves a giant hole in the loaf where the agitator sits? Back when I used a bread maker, I'd let it do the kneading and proofing, then take it out and put the dough in a bread pan and bake it myself.
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Doesn't it bother you that the breadmaker leaves a giant hole in the loaf where the agitator sits? Back when I used a bread maker, I'd let it do the kneading and proofing, then take it out and put the dough in a bread pan and bake it myself.
Since we haven't tried it yet. no. But, I imagine that we're not going to like that...

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Since we haven't tried it yet. no. But, I imagine that we're not going to like that...

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OK, so "giant hole" might be an exaggeration. It's not like a doughnut.

But since you don't remove the agitator, the bread bakes around it, so there will be a hole in the bottom of the loaf and a shape in the middle like whatever the agitator is shaped like.

It doesn't affect the taste at all, but it does make sandwiches a little more dicey to eat.
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My Aunt makes homemade bread. It's wonderful. I'd love to learn.

That's all I can add to the thread. Sorry.
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I'm fine with low spreadability. I like having a big chunk of butter on there. And yeah, cold butter on hot bread does spark something magical.
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