Comments on: Homemade Bread: Cheap, Delicious, Healthy, and Easier Than You Think

By: Meghan

Meghan — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:55:38 +0000

I’ve been making bread fora couple of years now. Actually becoming pseudo famous for it in town (small town). I used to work in a restaurant and the that did a booth at the fair this year. They paid me 500$ to use my recipe, for this year only. If they want to use it again next year they will have to pay again. Based on this year’s success I they may want to purchase permanently. The cost is less than .50$/loaf and sells for 5$. I give it as gifts and sell extra in my spare time.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:34:20 +0000

This is a brilliant tutorial on how to make bread. And check out that list of additives! Nasty stuff. I like knowing that my bread is ‘real’, and only has in it what I put there for the flavour. It’s so tasty we don’t need a long shelf-life for bread at our place! Anything that does linger in the bread box goes in the compost bin, and most of the bulk packaging (like the flour, salt etc) can be recycled, so it’s good to know it’s not only healthy for us but good for the planet.

By: Heather H

Heather H — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:50:11 +0000

My 8 year old son, 4 year old daughter and 20 month old all help me bake bread and cook from scratch. Most kids in our upper middle class neighborhood dont do a single chore let alone cook or help out in anyway! Even our toddler loves to pound the bread its really fun family time if you make it fun and helpful to your family. We do buy store bought bread but are trying to be more frugal and simplify by choice and not wait like some when its a necessity. I think cooking together instills good family values, cheaper, healthier and a free so to speak activity with some simple math to it and like science as well for the little ones outside of school lessons.

By: Crystal

Crystal — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:48:37 +0000

Hey, I am trying the recipe right now actually…im in the part where you knead the dough then cover for 1hr. I am so very excited. haha My husband made me buy a loaf of bread from the market just in case I don’t have the baking knack haha. But, it’s all good…I think it is going to be a fun experience.

Much Love…God bless,

CC and JC

By: victor

victor — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:44:54 +0000

after reading. I went to the store and purchased what I neded. First loaf I made was last night and we made pb&j then toast with butter inthe morning. I’m waiting for my second loaf to cool right now. The kids wanted pb&j again. I dont think we will be eating the store bought loaf thats on the counter. Thanks for the encouragement.

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:44:53 +0000

Bread machines are a lot cheaper than those mixers. We picked up one used for $15, and new ones are usually $100 or less. You can make the bread in a different container after making the dough with the bread machine. You can also set up a timer, and have the bread ready right when you get up in the morning for toast, or when you get home for dinner.

By: Rebecca Staudinger

Rebecca Staudinger — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:23:27 +0000

Oh my goodness – I finally made a loaf of bread and not a brick. Each time I tried making with a different receipe it was either too hard, too salty, too sweet or just like a plain ole brick. I only had bread flour and checked the ingredients with all purpose flour – they both had the same engredients. Yummy – thanks so much!

By: Cece

Cece — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:32:50 +0000

This is a great recipe! tried it with both bread flour and all-purpose flour. Both came out really well. I also used different amounts of water for the yeast, from 1 cup to 2 cups, it doesn’t seem to affect the bread outcome as far as I can tell.

By: Joelle

Joelle — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:34:01 +0000

Ron, what do you mean add a pot of steaming water? do you put the bread in the oven when its finished baking?
Thanks Ron

By: Naseerah

Naseerah — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:20:09 +0000

I’m reading a lot of only butter, margarine is bad….I’m lactose intolerant, even a little butter kills, I normally use olive oli, but sometimes use margarine. As it is Margarine is much healthier for me than butter, keeps me out of the hospital at least, so don’t over generalize!!!!

By: Naseerah

Naseerah — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:15:44 +0000

I used to make bread with my mum when I was younger. Now I cook mostly Indian food, and have been making chapati’s for years. I tried this recipe and loved it. To keep any baked good longer use dry milk in your recipe, I don’t know why, but it really helps.

By: Nikki

Nikki — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:13:15 +0000

I was wondering how to do the bread with whole garlic cloves, should I roast it before I add it to the dough or what? Plz help

By: Markeith

Markeith — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:46:28 +0000

Thank you so much for posting this, I have been looking for a bread recipe and urs is so simple with ur step by step instructions I am going to try making this tomarrow! Very excited!!!!

By: Ella

Ella — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:33:15 +0000

hi!!!
thanks for the tips you shared to me. I really appreciate it…by the way I’m a student here in Philippines a third year high school. we are gooing to have our practicum on how to make a bread, so thanks for you tips it help me a lot…

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:55:23 +0000

Thank you so much for taking the time to put this all together. You help make the internet such a wonderful source of free and easily accessible information!

Thanks again-

By: kishore

kishore — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:46:58 +0000

Thanks a lot. amazed at your description. Havent gone thru your website yet for other articles. Please keep writing about all your experiences especially cooking. Good work and very helpful. Will try to make the bread.

If we hv the kitchen aid, what part should we skip and start from where…it would be helpful if you could add that line.

By: Muzhik

Muzhik — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:24:33 +0000

Thank you SO much for this recipe. Can you please put this on “instructables.com”? Last night I spent a couple of hours looking for a good, simple bread recipe. I looked at 5 on Instructables, then I found yours. This afternoon, when I was ready to make bread, I spent an hour and a half looking on Instructables for that really simple recipe, before I finally remembered it was on The Simple Dollar. If you had cross-posted this on Instructables, you would have saved me an hour and a half.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:08:43 +0000

Hi! Thank you for this simple recipe. I made it yesterday and it turned out very delicious! Thank you. I think it makes for a perfect Sunday breakfast bread. Also, it’s great bread for french toast, the day after. Lovely texture, nice natural color and very wholesome.

By: jordan

jordan — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:21:58 +0000

hi,
since moving from Australia to another country, it has been hard getting friends and adapting to the heat,so i took up cooking as a distraction from missing my old friends. i have made bread before using this recipe because i love cooking. i just made it today and a beautiful smell lit my apartment and the golden brown bread was delicious. well since im only 11 years old i cant open a cafe but if i could homemade bread would definately be used. i love this recipe and i only use this one cause it can always be relied on!! thanks for posting this!!

By: Kerrilynn

Kerrilynn — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:56:44 +0000

I just found this recipe on google. I am out of bread and my truck’s in the shop so I can’t get to the store, so I wanted to see how involved making my own would be. After checking a couple of sites and getting discouraged, I found this site. I am a pretty accomplished cook and baker, but have never made bread or used yeast. I tried doing something with yeast like 15-20 years ago and it was a disaster and I’ve been afraid of it ever since.

Well, I just took my very first loaf of homemade bread out of the oven. ITS DELICIOUS!! I couldn’t wait for it to cool before I had to slice into it and butter a piece.

I don’t have a loaf pan, but as soon as I am mobile again I will be getting one!

Thank you so much for the very informative article. I would have never tried it if I hadn’t seen it laid out the way you did. Thank you!~