At first, I wasn't sure what I thought about the way uou so methodically taught us your recipes. However, I've become a real fan and love learning from you. At 75 yrs old, that's a real compliment. You are the best!
Thank you for a simple, easy,excellent bread recipe! I made this recipe today and it is light and fluffy…delicious! I used all purpose flour and removed two tablespoons per cup and replaced with two tablespoons of Vital Wheat Gluten, which converted my flour to bread flour. It works likes a charm and saves a trip to the grocery store.
That is beautiful bread! If you don't mind, I'll take my piece from the inner part. Seeing this particular recipe, you method & explanation gives me revived hope of baking bread myself again. Melissa, I think the covering of the yeast helps maintain the warmth of the yeast growing environment just as it helps the bread to rise. That is my hypothesis. Now, question pertaining to your Kitchen Aid mixer. I have seen 2 ladies on YT who had the same mixer as yours until the motor burned up /had a problem w/the sliced power cord. Upon research, I learned that the company highly recommended the mixers be serviced every 2 yrs. Have you experienced these problems w/ your mixer, or do have it regularly serviced?
I wish more shows/videos had a Melissa who asks questions that folks at home are asking so that the person doing the task can answer and explain to the viewing audience.
My 12 yr old granddaughter is visiting this week and we just made this bread! My bil made bread all the time, and I remember all the kneading he did and how amazing the smell was! This is my first time making bread, same for my granddaughter. It was a great memory making time spent together!❤❤❤
Hi we are watching your channel from Michigan. I am a teacher as well..I teach at a Catholic School. I teach first and second grade combined. It is so nice to watch someone baking and cooking and not using foul language or any other inappropriate talk. Thank you for the wonderful recipes we enjoy them everyday ..God bless you.😊
My momma grew up in Dutch country in Pennsylvania. She used to make homemade bread all the time. She made potato bread before it was in the stores. This reminds me of home. Thank you, Tom & Melissa, for the precious memories. 💖
If you keep your yeast in the freezer, it will keep for years. I get my yeast in bulk sometimes. If I keep it froze, always keeps for several years. I enjoy your channel so much. You explain everything so clearly & I like the way you show what ingredients go into what you are making. Ya’ll seem like such good people
@@cathylongstreth5405 I just get the jars & keep mine in the refrigerator but if I could get bulk I would freeze as well. I have found that it does affect the ability to proof/raise right if I don't let it warm up first.
@@cathylongstreth5405 I keep my yeast in the freezer also. I will measure out my yeast first and then put the rest of my yeast right back in the freezer, then I gather up the rest of my ingredients, by the time I get all of that done, my yeast is right at room temp and it's ready to go into your warm water with sugar.
@@cathylongstreth5405 you can use it frozen straight out of the freezer. The warm water (110-115 degrees F) will instantly thaw it. I bought a 3 lb bulk brick of yeast over 10 years ago and stored in it mason jars in my freezer. I am still scooping out of those jars and as of today (7-31-24) it’s still going strong.
Seeing you and Melissa enjoying the end piece of the bread brought back such sweet memories for me. Our 40 year old son passed away 17 months ago from cancer-but as he was growing up, each time I baked bread he would hang out in the kitchen-and as soon as the bread came out of the oven I would lop off both ends of a loaf and butter them up and he and I would have a great snack! Even after he grew up and moved away I would usually plan to bake bread and have it coming out of the oven while he was here. And he would always tell me it was the best bread ever and I always had a couple of extra loaves for him to take home with him. Thanks for the precious memories of this very sweet, talented young man!❤
I enjoy watching your videos so much. I’m 62 and never had a mixer like that only a hand mixer. I’ve always told myself it was a luxury I couldn’t afford and I always saw my mom and grandmother do everything by hand. So therefore I always felt that I should do it by hand too. Maybe one day I’ll change my mind. Thank you and Melissa for giving me something to look forward too every night as I wind down for bed. May you both be blessed!
You don’t need a stand mixer to make bread. I use a cheap hand mixer with a dough beater to make sourdough bread…..so easy… takes about 7 to 10 minutes to get the dough ready for the first rise.
My husband got me a stand mixer years ago. I was making whole wheat bread for our family every week (home ground wheat) and I developed carpal tunnel (not from making the bread, from other work I was doing), and it became too painful to knead the stiff dough by hand. He didn’t want to miss my bread, so he bought me the mixer. Now that I’m in my 60’s, the carpal tunnel was fixed ages ago but I’ve developed arthritis in my hands and it’s helpful once again. It is definitely heavy but I consider it weight training, for now. 😂
I'm your age and make mine by hand as well. With the arthritis in my hands I would love to have a mixer but isn't in the budget. I definitely feel the effects from kneading but only making it for myself means I don't do it often. It's worth it!
They're probably still expensive but Kitchen Aid does sell refurbished machines for less money. I only know because a commercial for them just popped up during this video so I don't know more than that. I was lucky enough to get one in the 90s (I happened to mention to my future husband...now ex-husband, as we went through a circular, that I had always wanted one & he bought me one that Christmas...I wasn't even hinting lol). They are great machines.
When you grabbed the Tupperware bowl & told how it was your Mom's it made me smile! I use the same bowl, I have one I bought but I also have another one that was my Grandma's. The white bread recipe I still make was the one Grams & Momma used. I've been making it since I had to stand on a chair & Momma stood behind me with her hands guiding mine, around 55 years or so. While we waited for the yeast to proof it was the time we went to make Momma & Daddy's bed. Talk about habit, for the first several years after I got married I would intentionally not make my bed right after getting up on bread making day so I could make it while the yeast proofed! I can't cook or bake the way I always have anymore, my legs just won't cooperate with my desire/habit. But thank the Lord, bread is one of things I can still do, thanks to being able to sit while it raises. I do agree that the smell of bread baking is mouth watering. The only thing that smells as good is when I bake hard salami. It bakes for 6 hours but after about 20 minutes my mouth is watering. It sure does make for a long day! Thank you for the wonderful memories you brought to mind with the conversation in this video! Have a blessed week. ❤
@@cathylongstreth5405 I'd be happy to! It is a 3 day process but well worth the wait! It makes a great addition to holiday goodies and when wrapped tightly freezes well. My Aunt Barbara taught me how to make it, hence the name. Aunt Barbara’s Smoked Hard Salami 5 pounds hamburger 5 Tablespoons curing salt 1 ½ teaspoons liquid hickory smoke 2 ½ teaspoons garlic powder 2 ½ teaspoons mustard seed ½ teaspoon dried red pepper flakes 1 teaspoon black pepper Mix well in a large bowl, seal & refrigerate for 24 hours. Mix/knead thoroughly, seal & refrigerate another 24 hours. Mix again and divide into 3 even balls. Use waxed paper, parchment or foil and shape each ball into a log. As you work it into a log squeeze along the length to try to work any air pockets out. Once it feels even use your paper to roll into a round log. Repeat the process with the other 2 balls. Place on pan with rack, I use my broiler pan. Bake at 200 degrees for 6 hours, turning rolls after 3 hours. After cooling, store wrapped in foil in the refrigerator. DEB’S HINTS: I love to use venison for this but have to use at least 3 pounds of pork sausage to 2 pounds of the venison. Likewise, this is one time I do not use lean hamburger, it needs the fat to bake well. You always want to use disposable gloves to handle this. Not only is it impossible to get the liquid smoke to wash off your hands but any tiny little cut on your hand-Ouch! When you are working your rolls into logs it takes time to squeeze the rolls out. The more you do it the better feel you get for knowing there aren’t air pockets. In the end, it really makes no difference in the taste as all! When I was learning & found holes when slicing it, Aunt Barbara had the best solution…those were the pieces you had to eat so no one would see them! The way I gauge how long to make my rolls I eyeball the length of my pan. We often bought the little loaves of bread to make mini sandwiches, the Party Entertainers or Pepperidge Farms loaves. We always thought the pumpernickel/rye tasted great. Enjoy!!!
Your story of your Momma guiding your hands while teaching you to make bread reminded me of learning to cook with my Mama. She taught me to make cornbread when I was so small I couldn't lift the bowl to pour it into the skillet and she said "now, you can tell people you could make bread before you were big enough to pick up the bowl!" God bless Mamas everywhere and God bless you!
@@readytogo3186 I love it when I meet other people who have had the precious blessing of Mamas, Grandmas & Aunts like ours! I remember so clearly how each of the people in my life have taught me to make different things. Yet I have the first and most with Momma of course. I have done the best I can to pass that down to my girls and nieces. Those are memories so few of my friends even have. I suppose that helped to make me see how they are to be treasured! Bless you & all the people out there who have taken the time to share such special gifts with others in their life!
I've been making home made bread for years. I'm 77. My mother taught me and my grandmother taught my mother. We have a farmhouse bread recipe we all like to make. It is very much like your recipe. I sometimes make rolls instead of loaves or both. I actually have expanded my breadmaking with numerous other recipes. As you said, there's nothing like the aroma of bread baking. I love your videos and have tried numerous recipes from your kitchen. We love the chocolate chip oatmeal cookies!
I have 5 flours right now in my kitchen. I use bread flour in my chocolate chip cookies. Great recipe and they don’t get stale quickly like most other recipes.
I bought a large amount of yeast as soon as it was restocked during the pandemic. I still have one pound in the freezer-- I have wondered if it was still good. Should try some. Here in the country I've been told to pour yeast down the toilet that it helps the septic tank -- need to look that one up.
My daily dose of Tom and Melissa , I love you guys, thank you for your down home feel you put into your teachings , in a World that seems Crazy, it's nice to have place to escape to and chill for awhile. Please don't ever stop making these videos. God Bless
thank you for allowing me in your kitchen I am in my 80s but you make me feel like I'm standing with -j Nana , listening to all her coaching! (kneading " tne three Ps " Pick ""- Poke " "Push ""as she taught me to knead ) Thank you form stimulating my bread making memories!!!!!
I know several people that have started making their own sourdough bread, including my son. With the cost of groceries, making some of our own food makes sense. You have inspired me to bake some fresh bread, thank you.
I keep my yeast in the freezer. So it’s still good after the expiration date. Also I leave some in the refrigerator and it’s still good passed the expiration date. Thank you for sharing. The Lord willing I’ll make some tomorrow.
Oh my goodness. I love you two. You’re so funny. I mess up in my kitchen all the time. My husband is like slow down over there, you’re going to hurt yourself or LOOK OUT . 😂😂 I love homemade bread and I haven’t made it for years. This is such a easy recipe I think I will be making it. Thank you… 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Love those bread pans! Can't wait for the new Sunday series. My mother used to make a bread she called Amish bread, but it was more of a dessert bread. Since she went home just shy of a month ago, I was hoping it might be that, but this was great too. I hope the two of you realize just how appreciated your videos are and the two of you are. Thank you!
@@douglasgunnoe7465 Yes, I think that is the correct full name. Thanks! I think she just cut it off and called it Amish bread. She liked to experiment with different flavors, and then she liked to take warm loaves to office where family worked for them to enjoy.
@@mikiweaver3558 Not required to make the stuff. I don’t cook, so I’ll probably never make anything from this channel. That’s not why I watch. I do it because I really enjoy how they do their videos.
I made the yeast roll . My family wants me to make it every time they come visit me and my wife. I want you use and Melissa to you are great in God's work.
Hellio, your bread recipe is the ONLY one I now use. I am a City Gal now living in the Carolinas and I am so happy you taught me. Don't get me wrong, it's not NYC Italian bread but when I toast it with butter and have it with my coffee, I am sooo very happy. Ty❤
My Step Father was from Mt. Sterling too. His name was William "Bill" Damron. He was a nice man and is buried thee on the hill to the right of the local cemetery. I am going to bake your bread recipe tomorrow. Thank you and God Bless, Earl Wolfe Flagler Beach, FL
Earl, it is so nice to hear from you. Tom's parents are at that cemetery. We know what side you are referring to. We visit their graves often and we will look for his grave site. I'd be happy to locate his grave and take a picture to mail to you if you would like. Just send me your mailing address. We visited and toured Flagler College when our daughters were younger. It's a beautiful campus! In fact, the whole area there is so nice. We hope you enjoyed the bread. Thank you so much for being at our table with us. May God Bless You!
For those of us with arthritic fingers who can't knead, you might add that 7-8 minutes more with the dough hook on medium speed would eliminate the hand kneading.
I wasn't sure (still not sure) if your recipe was any better than any other but you make it so interesting and fun that I'm not going to look for another recipe. I'll use the mixer for the entire job. I'm 77 years old and have been making my own bread for ever so long, but now I have problems with the kneading, so I've been looking for a good recipe using the mixer, I'm not giving up my home made bread. Thank you for the recipe and by the way, I sure like your pretty loaf pans! God bless, and have a great day!
I’m laughing at your yellow Tupperware Bowl because I have one just like it. I have had it for at least 30 years. I have some cast iron bread pans that are my pride and joy for baking bread. Sure enjoy watching you cook and your wife’s wonderful ability to do the wonderful videos.
Love watching you Tom cooking love that Melissa writes down all the recipes for us. I copy them on my computer and print them all out. I guess I should just buy the cookbooks. Save a lot of paper Sylvia Mogensen.
Tom and Melissa, All I can say about this recipe is Oh My Gosh!. This video appeared in my feed last night so I had to go the store this morning and buy the bread flour and yeast. Just as Tom said, this recipe was very simple to make and came out beautiful golden brown in 30 minutes. It had somewhat of a sweet taste and was soft and delicious. I was wondering if your bread also had a sweet taste and if you think the sugar could be decreased some and still turn out well? I'm thinking the next time I make this bread is possibly roll the dough into balls and let rise in an oiled muffin pan or place in a dish to make dinner rolls. The oven light works great during the proof and rise steps. I'm going to buy some Wheat Bread Flour to see if I have the same results. Thank you again for a great recipe!
Wen I first made this bread, I followed recipe using the 2/3 cup sugar and found it to be a bit sweet for my taste. I made the bread again this morning using only a 1/3 cup sugar and the bread came out perfect for me so not as sweet. It turned out so good have another batch in the oven on its first rise now.
We are glad you are enjoying it and make it to your taste preference. That's a great part of cooking! We sure appreciate that you are at the table with us.
Hi, I purchased 2 of your cookbooks, one for me and one for my Grandaughter.. I love it. I will now be purchasing 2 more for my other 2 Grandaughters, and 2 for my Sons who like to cook.
This is the standard bread recipe that all Amish women in Lancaster County, Pa.use and often add their own touches. The taste and texture are similar across the board. Non Amish locals buy it from them and love it. Gut Esse!
I am making this today-3/16/24. Told the granddaughter about your channel and the bread recipe, she is a new mom so she is at home all day. Now she is into making things, thanks for sharing.
Hi Tom & Melissa. You mentioned using the yeast by the expiration date, I just wanted to say I keep my yeast in the freezer and it lasts past the expiration. As soon as I open it it goes in the freezer. Love your channel.
Hello! This past week I made your Amish White Bread recipe and it turned out great! I did decrease the sugar a bit to 1/2 cup. My conscience just wouldn’t let use the whole 2/3 cup called for in your recipe! Thanks for such a great recipe! I’m an avid hobby bread baker and love to try new recipes. I’ve been making bread probably for 40 plus years and don’t ever plan to stop! The bread hook was not doing it for me, so I changed to the regular mixing attachment. That was another change I made in the recipe. All the best to you, your family and your RUclips channel. See you on the next video! Teresa
Teresa, we love that there is so much freedom in the kitchen. We are glad your bread turned out so well for you. Thanks for your comments. It's always wonderful to hear from a viewer after they have actually tried the recipe!
We always make a carrot cake at Christmas time. We'll add that to our Christmas list for this year. Thanks for the request/suggestion. I absolutely love it. It's a delicious cake.
love the name.come sit at my table, a meager supply you might find, but oh it's not what you see that makes me a king, makes me a king it's treasures unseen!! Love your recipes too!
That was one of my most favorite things in the world when my mother would bake bread from scratch like that. The kitchen would smell so good and she also would slice some for us while it was still a little warm and OMG that was sooooo good!
I am a subscriber who loves your channel! I also love cornbread lathered in butter, lotsa butter. I also like buttermilk, but not with cornbread in the glass, too! I have a cold house which is not good for making bread. I tried the oven light trick the last time I made rolls. It worked like a charm! Thank you for the tip! Jane Fagan, Mayflower, AR
😅 I really enjoy watching your videos. I have made of your recipes and they are delicious.. It’s kind of funny that you and I have the same Waze to do things.. I use a spatula to scrape the bowls, the cans and anything else so not to waste anything.. I have been doing this for several years now. I live alone and I am legally blind, but I love to cook.. so I will continue to watch your videos and save them so that I can get them faster. I share your recipes with my son and daughter and once in a while with some friends.. keep up the good work and have a great holiday season this year. Thanks for sharing your recipes..
I have been baking bread for 40 plus years and I do not put sugar in my bread because I do not care for sweet tasting bread and I do not use any oil. I use lecithin instead of the oil which will give you a very nice chewy textured bread and I also only use fine kosher salt as it will not alter the taste of your bread. It is more accurate to weight your flour and not using cup measurements and you can never go exactly by what the recipe says when it comes to the amount of water to flour ratio because your flour hydration will depend on the weather, if it rains you will need less but if you live in the desert you will need more, it is all about how your dough feels in your hands which will be easy to gauge if you bake a lot of bread. I personally do not use a mixer because I have more control of how my dough feels when I knead by hand besides I enjoy it, I also knead the dough for 10 to 15 minutes to develop good gluten strands. You get the best loafs of bread by using a high protein flour like King Arthur Bread Flour which will make a big difference in how the bread turns out.
@@barbaracook4735 Oh no thanks, that I would never do but because it’s not my thing, I just watch others, but thank you for the suggestion, it’s appreciated.
hi, clever idea for our Sundays.I love two cook and bake and love listening to you. I am older than most of your viewers and so thankful I can enjoy life. Life is a blessing in very form . I say THANK You both for sharing your recipes and stories with your viewers. God Bless and stay well.
Love watching you and Melissa! You cover the cup with yeast starting to keep drafts from hitting it..keeps temperature even..if furnace or ac comes on can cause draft! I make potato bread at least once a week for my husband. I must eat gluten free and make my own bread..much better than store bought. Good catch on the dough hook!
I love bread. Growing up my Dad made it every now & then. It was always a treat. It took a very long time because of the raising. About 1 or 2:00 am, warm bread, smothered with butter... WONDERFUL memories. Thank you.
Thank you for the recipe and instructions. I have been making bread for 55+ years. Got the mixer last Christmas and had not used it for bread till today. Very easy.
I love the heel of the bread also. And that bread looks amazing and how easy.. I'll be making this Saturday when I have that 2 hours free time... thanks, Tom and Melissa, for yet another wonderful recipe
I always learn something from your videos. At 76, you have inspired me to try new things. I’ve always been hesitant about making bread, but after watching you I’m going to give it a try. Thank you both for the awesome videos. God bless!
We were very poor; my mother made homemade bread regularly. We rarely had store bread except occassionally a loaf of pumpernickle from a Jewish small deli in our neighborhood. Us kids loved mom's white bread and would vie for the heel of warm bread. I would stay indoors once the bread went into the oven; my insight on beating out my brothers for the heel piece.
Oh my goodness back in the late 70s and early 80s I made homemade bread all the time. I made rye bread whole wheat bread sourdough bread add cheddar cheese bread. I would come home from school and have three or four different kinds of bread rising all at once so I could I could whip out the homemade bread. I'm going to have to get the ingredients for this Amish white bread and make that cuz boy I sure did love making bread back then. Thank you for all your recipes you put on here I write them down and put them in my little folder and have them so when I want something different I've got your recipes to make. God bless you and your wife
Y'all may not be professionals but you sure are fun to be with and I always learn some helpful hints that I never knew before. Like today it was actually measuring the yeast rather than trusting those little packets of yeast. Love homemade bread 🍞 😋 ❤
Love your recipe. I always put a bowl of hot water at the bottom of the oven. It helps to improve your loaf and crust. Yummy. 😊😊❤❤. I was taught to keep your yeast in the fridge.
I make stuffing with homemade bread. I put the seasonings in the bread as I mix it up and bake. I love your channel. I've been watching since the very first video you made.
You can tell your mothers were great cooks. Thank you for sharing. I made bread in 1989, my first time. It was wheat bread for my boyfriend at his home. It was winter and I over did everything basically. That loaf turned into a masonry 🧱 brick! We nibbled on it what we could but I’m convinced that if we used it for a brick it would still be holding a house up today😂. Now I use a bread machine. Throw it in and it does everything. I do make bread on occasion especially sweet breads without the machine. I need to try your recipe. I love bread !
😂😂😂 In my early bread baking days I got my water too warm while proofing the yeast and killed it. I didn’t realize it, mixed it all up and ended up baking a brick as well!! We ate it anyway and it still tasted great but boy! was it dense!! The family still talks 25 years later about “the brick “! 😂😂 But once you’ve done that once, you never do it again!
My family loves homemade bread. I use to make it all the time but got lazy and did semi homemade with frozen. But I may just do this again Thank you Tom and Melissa. I also have an air fry w/oven that has a proof preset. Awesome for bread making.
I love your cooking channel, and love homemade bread, and always wanted to try my hand at making some, but was scared to. But, after watching your video, and geting this easy recipe to follow, I will try to make some!! Thank you Tom, and Melissa!!
I also buy yeast in bulk and store in the freezer. Also, if you'll buy some vital wheat gluten and add 1 t. per cup of all-purpose unbleached flour, you'll never have to buy expensive bread flour again! If you love homemade bread but don't enjoy the process, get a bread machine (you can find them at the thrift store for very little money) and let it do the work. You can always use the dough cycle and finish it yourself in any shape you like (even rolls). No one will know you didn't do it all yourself!
I always cover the yeast and water as well. I do it because that’s what my mom did. I also have a Bocka bowl. I’m not sure of the spelling. But it’s a plastic bowl with tiny feet and an inverted plastic lid. It came from Europe. Years ago when the cook shop in our area got it in (after seeing it at a cook convention) they challenged me to try it because I made all our bread every Saturday. I took it and tried it and went back and bought 6 bowls. It raises dough in more than half the time. I sure wish I could find it today. I’ve owned these bowls for over 35 years.
So glad you're using King Arthur flour. Some people I see from the South swear by White Lily but here in Maryland and North swear by King Arthur😊. I'm assuming you can use a hand mixer if you don't have a Kitchen Aid. I've to the King Arthur plant and boy does it smell good. My nephew 's wife in Vermont buys 50 lbs at a time because makes the bread Pizza dough and etc.,. Lovr love melissa and you ,.best all around
Y’all are so funny! Love the interaction between the two of you. My hubby is the bread maker in our family, and he is always looking for a good bread recipe to try. And I bought a set of two Danish dough hooks like yours. He will try it out when he makes this recipe. There’s nothing like fresh homemade bread. So delicious!
Hello Tom & Melissa - cold windy, rainy day here today. I believe I will be going into the kitchen after bit & make this bread recipe. It looks delicious… Thank you for sharing this recipe with us. 👏👏👏💕 LOL real life problems in the kitchen. I can hear the air coming out when you were punching it down … My mother very often made us home bread while I was growing up…Thanks for this video & recipe.
I made this recipe for my Old Hun and myself! It was so delicious that I think he loves me the most he ever has in our 52 years together! The way to his heart apparently is through a soft , warm, slightly sweet, scrumptious loaf of your bread! Thank you!
At first, I wasn't sure what I thought about the way uou so methodically taught us your recipes. However, I've become a real fan and love learning from you. At 75 yrs old, that's a real compliment. You are the best!
Hi thr bread looks so good. I wish i had the things you have so i could make some
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Looks great. Now that you've made us hungry for homemade bread, how about a good sour dough recipe.
Thank you for a simple, easy,excellent bread recipe! I made this recipe today and it is light and fluffy…delicious! I used all purpose flour and removed two tablespoons per cup and replaced with two tablespoons of Vital Wheat Gluten, which converted my flour to bread flour. It works likes a charm and saves a trip to the grocery store.
That is beautiful bread! If you don't mind, I'll take my piece from the inner part. Seeing this particular recipe, you method & explanation gives me revived hope of baking bread myself again. Melissa, I think the covering of the yeast helps maintain the warmth of the yeast growing environment just as it helps the bread to rise. That is my hypothesis. Now, question pertaining to your Kitchen Aid mixer. I have seen 2 ladies on YT who had the same mixer as yours until the motor burned up /had a problem w/the sliced power cord. Upon research, I learned that the company highly recommended the mixers be serviced every 2 yrs. Have you experienced these problems w/ your mixer, or do have it regularly serviced?
Nothing says home, like the smell of bread baking
I wish more shows/videos had a Melissa who asks questions that folks at home are asking so that the person doing the task can answer and explain to the viewing audience.
And she's great with the camera! I wouldn't be surprised if we start to see some overhead shots sometime in the future.😊
Dos Melissa Cook meals daily, or do you?
Good idea
❤ Can You Use A Hand Mixer
Tom and Melissa make a great video/ cooking team😅🎉
My 12 yr old granddaughter is visiting this week and we just made this bread! My bil made bread all the time, and I remember all the kneading he did and how amazing the smell was! This is my first time making bread, same for my granddaughter. It was a great memory making time spent together!❤❤❤
Really enjoy your presentations. I’m 78 years old and you’re teaching me new things. Thank you!
Thank you so much for not editing out the Kitchen Aid dough hook blooper! As you said, this is real life. Not Hollywood!
Hi we are watching your channel from Michigan. I am a teacher as well..I teach at a Catholic School. I teach first and second grade combined. It is so nice to watch someone baking and cooking and not using foul language or any other inappropriate talk. Thank you for the wonderful recipes we enjoy them everyday ..God bless you.😊
We appreciate your kind words. Thank you very much for being a part of our channel. It's great having you with us at the able.
Hello from a fellow Michigander & I feel the same way!
I am a retired teacher who agrees!
@@comesitatmytable9044 I'm so lucky. I use very old Yeast & very little. Results are fine. But You've said nothing wrong. Keep cookin'!
Any man that can make homemade bread like Tom is definitely a keeper! Love your videos. Thank you so much you two!
My momma grew up in Dutch country in Pennsylvania. She used to make homemade bread all the time. She made potato bread before it was in the stores. This reminds me of home. Thank you, Tom & Melissa, for the precious memories. 💖
I definitely recommend keeping your yeast in the freezer. It will keep fresh soo much longer!
Yes, I keep mine in the freezer too!
I’ve kept it in the freezer for a year and it’s still alive and works wonderfully! Homemade bread. Yum!!!!!
Thank ypu. I heard that also.
P.S. The jar said it expired about 6 months ago. If it's still working, I'm still using it😊
That's where I keep mine
If you keep your yeast in the freezer, it will keep for years. I get my yeast in bulk sometimes. If I keep it froze, always keeps for several years. I enjoy your channel so much. You explain everything so clearly & I like the way you show what ingredients go into what you are making. Ya’ll seem like such good people
@TammyFunk4056 can you then just use it straight out of the freezer? Or does it need to warm up first?
@@cathylongstreth5405 I just get the jars & keep mine in the refrigerator but if I could get bulk I would freeze as well. I have found that it does affect the ability to proof/raise right if I don't let it warm up first.
@@cathylongstreth5405 I keep my yeast in the freezer also. I will measure out my yeast first and then put the rest of my yeast right back in the freezer, then I gather up the rest of my ingredients, by the time I get all of that done, my yeast is right at room temp and it's ready to go into your warm water with sugar.
@@cathylongstreth5405 you can use it frozen straight out of the freezer. The warm water (110-115 degrees F) will instantly thaw it. I bought a 3 lb bulk brick of yeast over 10 years ago and stored in it mason jars in my freezer. I am still scooping out of those jars and as of today (7-31-24) it’s still going strong.
The utensil for mixing bread dough by hand is called a dough wisk or a bread wisk
Seeing you and Melissa enjoying the end piece of the bread brought back such sweet memories for me. Our 40 year old son passed away 17 months ago from cancer-but as he was growing up, each time I baked bread he would hang out in the kitchen-and as soon as the bread came out of the oven I would lop off both ends of a loaf and butter them up and he and I would have a great snack! Even after he grew up and moved away I would usually plan to bake bread and have it coming out of the oven while he was here. And he would always tell me it was the best bread ever and I always had a couple of extra loaves for him to take home with him. Thanks for the precious memories of this very sweet, talented young man!❤
I'm 71 years young and have for the first time in my life started making bread. Thank you for posting this simple recipe. Delish!!
I enjoy watching your videos so much. I’m 62 and never had a mixer like that only a hand mixer. I’ve always told myself it was a luxury I couldn’t afford and I always saw my mom and grandmother do everything by hand. So therefore I always felt that I should do it by hand too. Maybe one day I’ll change my mind. Thank you and Melissa for giving me something to look forward too every night as I wind down for bed. May you both be blessed!
I don't have a grand mixer like that either. I rather think putting it away would snap me.
You don’t need a stand mixer to make bread. I use a cheap hand mixer with a dough beater to make sourdough bread…..so easy… takes about 7 to 10 minutes to get the dough ready for the first rise.
My husband got me a stand mixer years ago. I was making whole wheat bread for our family every week (home ground wheat) and I developed carpal tunnel (not from making the bread, from other work I was doing), and it became too painful to knead the stiff dough by hand. He didn’t want to miss my bread, so he bought me the mixer. Now that I’m in my 60’s, the carpal tunnel was fixed ages ago but I’ve developed arthritis in my hands and it’s helpful once again. It is definitely heavy but I consider it weight training, for now. 😂
I'm your age and make mine by hand as well. With the arthritis in my hands I would love to have a mixer but isn't in the budget. I definitely feel the effects from kneading but only making it for myself means I don't do it often. It's worth it!
They're probably still expensive but Kitchen Aid does sell refurbished machines for less money. I only know because a commercial for them just popped up during this video so I don't know more than that. I was lucky enough to get one in the 90s (I happened to mention to my future husband...now ex-husband, as we went through a circular, that I had always wanted one & he bought me one that Christmas...I wasn't even hinting lol). They are great machines.
When you grabbed the Tupperware bowl & told how it was your Mom's it made me smile! I use the same bowl, I have one I bought but I also have another one that was my Grandma's. The white bread recipe I still make was the one Grams & Momma used. I've been making it since I had to stand on a chair & Momma stood behind me with her hands guiding mine, around 55 years or so. While we waited for the yeast to proof it was the time we went to make Momma & Daddy's bed. Talk about habit, for the first several years after I got married I would intentionally not make my bed right after getting up on bread making day so I could make it while the yeast proofed! I can't cook or bake the way I always have anymore, my legs just won't cooperate with my desire/habit. But thank the Lord, bread is one of things I can still do, thanks to being able to sit while it raises. I do agree that the smell of bread baking is mouth watering. The only thing that smells as good is when I bake hard salami. It bakes for 6 hours but after about 20 minutes my mouth is watering. It sure does make for a long day!
Thank you for the wonderful memories you brought to mind with the conversation in this video! Have a blessed week. ❤
@debgalloway1398 I would sure like to learn how to make hard salami! Can you share your recipe?.
@@cathylongstreth5405 I'd be happy to! It is a 3 day process but well worth the wait! It makes a great addition to holiday goodies and when wrapped tightly freezes well. My Aunt Barbara taught me how to make it, hence the name.
Aunt Barbara’s Smoked Hard Salami
5 pounds hamburger
5 Tablespoons curing salt
1 ½ teaspoons liquid hickory smoke
2 ½ teaspoons garlic powder
2 ½ teaspoons mustard seed
½ teaspoon dried red pepper flakes
1 teaspoon black pepper
Mix well in a large bowl, seal & refrigerate for 24 hours.
Mix/knead thoroughly, seal & refrigerate another 24 hours.
Mix again and divide into 3 even balls. Use waxed paper, parchment or foil and shape each ball into a log. As you work it into a log squeeze along the length to try to work any air pockets out. Once it feels even use your paper to roll into a round log.
Repeat the process with the other 2 balls.
Place on pan with rack, I use my broiler pan.
Bake at 200 degrees for 6 hours, turning rolls after 3 hours.
After cooling, store wrapped in foil in the refrigerator.
DEB’S HINTS:
I love to use venison for this but have to use at least 3 pounds of pork sausage to 2 pounds of the venison. Likewise, this is one time I do not use lean hamburger, it needs the fat to bake well.
You always want to use disposable gloves to handle this. Not only is it impossible to get the liquid smoke to wash off your hands but any tiny little cut on your hand-Ouch!
When you are working your rolls into logs it takes time to squeeze the rolls out. The more you do it the better feel you get for knowing there aren’t air pockets. In the end, it really makes no difference in the taste as all! When I was learning & found holes when slicing it, Aunt Barbara had the best solution…those were the pieces you had to eat so no one would see them! The way I gauge how long to make my rolls I eyeball the length of my pan. We often bought the little loaves of bread to make mini sandwiches, the Party Entertainers or Pepperidge Farms loaves. We always thought the pumpernickel/rye tasted great.
Enjoy!!!
Your story of your Momma guiding your hands while teaching you to make bread reminded me of learning to cook with my Mama. She taught me to make cornbread when I was so small I couldn't lift the bowl to pour it into the skillet and she said "now, you can tell people you could make bread before you were big enough to pick up the bowl!" God bless Mamas everywhere and God bless you!
@@readytogo3186 I love it when I meet other people who have had the precious blessing of Mamas, Grandmas & Aunts like ours! I remember so clearly how each of the people in my life have taught me to make different things. Yet I have the first and most with Momma of course. I have done the best I can to pass that down to my girls and nieces. Those are memories so few of my friends even have. I suppose that helped to make me see how they are to be treasured! Bless you & all the people out there who have taken the time to share such special gifts with others in their life!
I know the feel. I am a 73 year old retired teacher in CA. Delayed memory is so true! 😅
I've been making home made bread for years. I'm 77. My mother taught me and my grandmother taught my mother. We have a farmhouse bread recipe we all like to make. It is very much like your recipe. I sometimes make rolls instead of loaves or both. I actually have expanded my breadmaking with numerous other recipes. As you said, there's nothing like the aroma of bread baking. I love your videos and have tried numerous recipes from your kitchen. We love the chocolate chip oatmeal cookies!
And you continue to do so!! Teach your littles how to continue. 😊
Have you tried his “world’s best brownies” recipe? If not try it and thank him and me later!!
Easy Peasy Recipe. Many Thnx for Sharing, Really. Holly from Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺 ❤️ 😍 ♥️ 💕 💖 🇦🇺 😊😊😊🎉🎉🎉😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I buy my yeast from Costco or Sam’s, big bag keep in the freezer it won’t go bad that way. I use bread flour too King Arthur always. ❤
I have 5 flours right now in my kitchen. I use bread flour in my chocolate chip cookies. Great recipe and they don’t get stale quickly like most other recipes.
I bought a large amount of yeast as soon as it was restocked during the pandemic. I still have one pound in the freezer-- I have wondered if it was still good. Should try some. Here in the country I've been told to pour yeast down the toilet that it helps the septic tank -- need to look that one up.
I get mine from King Arthur, comes in a brick size that I empty into a container then place it in the freezer.
It can go bad if the expiration date is past. I had a friend that this happened to. If the ex date is close or past be sure to proof first.
@@markbastings4451This came in a brick which hasn't been opened - - always been in the freezer -- hope it is still good. I proof first no matter what.
Tom, you must have been a good teacher, because of the way you explain things.
Hello. Love your show. The term you were looking for is Danish Dough Whisk. Especially good for heavier mixtures.
I’ve even used it to mix meatloaf mixture up
My daily dose of Tom and Melissa , I love you guys, thank you for your down home feel you put into your teachings , in a World that seems Crazy, it's nice to have place to escape to and chill for awhile. Please don't ever stop making these videos. God Bless
High five on that one!😊
thank you for allowing me in your kitchen I am in my 80s but you make me feel like I'm standing with -j Nana , listening to all her coaching! (kneading " tne three Ps " Pick ""- Poke " "Push ""as she taught me to knead ) Thank you form stimulating my bread making memories!!!!!
I know several people that have started making their own sourdough bread, including my son. With the cost of groceries, making some of our own food makes sense. You have inspired me to bake some fresh bread, thank you.
Me also. Bread is so much, and not that tasty. 🍞
Tom should really make a cookbook! I would buy one immediately!
I keep my yeast in the freezer. So it’s still good after the expiration date. Also I leave some in the refrigerator and it’s still good passed the expiration date. Thank you for sharing. The Lord willing I’ll make some tomorrow.
Yeast in water reminds me of ice cream foam on a root beer float. That wonderful tool is a Danish dough whisk or just a dough whisk. I love it.
I was thinking a coke float 😂
Oh my goodness. I love you two. You’re so funny. I mess up in my kitchen all the time. My husband is like slow down over there, you’re going to hurt yourself or LOOK OUT . 😂😂 I love homemade bread and I haven’t made it for years. This is such a easy recipe I think I will be making it. Thank you… 🙏🏻🙏🏻
If it ain't messy it ain't good
This is a sign of a very good cook 🙂👍
Love those bread pans! Can't wait for the new Sunday series. My mother used to make a bread she called Amish bread, but it was more of a dessert bread. Since she went home just shy of a month ago, I was hoping it might be that, but this was great too. I hope the two of you realize just how appreciated your videos are and the two of you are. Thank you!
I think what you're looking for is Friendship Bread...usually has a "starter"
@@douglasgunnoe7465 Yes, I think that is the correct full name. Thanks! I think she just cut it off and called it Amish bread. She liked to experiment with different flavors, and then she liked to take warm loaves to office where family worked for them to enjoy.
Growing up we also called it Amish bread...just ended up two different breads in today's post....Stay Hungry My Friends
Love you guys but as I said before too much work for me!
@@mikiweaver3558 Not required to make the stuff. I don’t cook, so I’ll probably never make anything from this channel. That’s not why I watch. I do it because I really enjoy how they do their videos.
Thank you so much for explaining every detail of the baking process. You are great!
Agreed!!! The heel is the best especially with real butter and warm out of the oven!!!!!! God bless and prayers from Missouri!!
It's hard to beat fresh baked bread! Thanks so much for watching. We really do appreciate it.
I made the yeast roll . My family wants me to make it every time they come visit me and my wife. I want you use and Melissa to you are great in God's work.
Hellio, your bread recipe is the ONLY one I now use. I am a City Gal now living in the Carolinas and I am so happy you taught me. Don't get me wrong, it's not NYC Italian bread but when I toast it with butter and have it with my coffee, I am sooo very happy. Ty❤
I have watched a dozen of these bread videos. Your presentation is the clearest and best of all of them. Thanks
My Step Father was from Mt. Sterling too. His name was William "Bill" Damron. He was a nice man and is buried thee on the hill to the right of the local cemetery. I am going to bake your bread recipe tomorrow. Thank you and God Bless,
Earl Wolfe
Flagler Beach, FL
Earl, it is so nice to hear from you. Tom's parents are at that cemetery. We know what side you are referring to. We visit their graves often and we will look for his grave site. I'd be happy to locate his grave and take a picture to mail to you if you would like. Just send me your mailing address.
We visited and toured Flagler College when our daughters were younger. It's a beautiful campus! In fact, the whole area there is so nice.
We hope you enjoyed the bread. Thank you so much for being at our table with us. May God Bless You!
I am a 78 yrs young lady love all your recipes Sylvia Mogensen from Cincinnati Ohio
For those of us with arthritic fingers who can't knead, you might add that 7-8 minutes more with the dough hook on medium speed would eliminate the hand kneading.
Thank you so much for that very good tip. We really do have the most helpful subscribers and viewers on our channel.
You are so very kind to go step by step for all of your video’s.
I wasn't sure (still not sure) if your recipe was any better than any other but you make it so interesting and fun that I'm not going to look for another recipe. I'll use the mixer for the entire job. I'm 77 years old and have been making my own bread for ever so long, but now I have problems with the kneading, so I've been looking for a good recipe using the mixer, I'm not giving up my home made bread. Thank you for the recipe and by the way, I sure like your pretty loaf pans! God bless, and have a great day!
I’m laughing at your yellow Tupperware Bowl because I have one just like it. I have had it for at least 30 years. I have some cast iron bread pans that are my pride and joy for baking bread. Sure enjoy watching you cook and your wife’s wonderful ability to do the wonderful videos.
Love watching you Tom cooking love that Melissa writes down all the recipes for us. I copy them on my computer and print them all out. I guess I should just buy the cookbooks. Save a lot of paper Sylvia Mogensen.
Tom and Melissa, All I can say about this recipe is Oh My Gosh!. This video appeared in my feed last night so I had to go the store this morning and buy the bread flour and yeast. Just as Tom said, this recipe was very simple to make and came out beautiful golden brown in 30 minutes. It had somewhat of a sweet taste and was soft and delicious. I was wondering if your bread also had a sweet taste and if you think the sugar could be decreased some and still turn out well? I'm thinking the next time I make this bread is possibly roll the dough into balls and let rise in an oiled muffin pan or place in a dish to make dinner rolls. The oven light works great during the proof and rise steps. I'm going to buy some Wheat Bread Flour to see if I have the same results. Thank you again for a great recipe!
I can’t watch it right now, but I’ve got it ready to watch when I get home. Thank you.
Nothing better than the end pieces on home baked bread with butter of course 😀
Wen I first made this bread, I followed recipe using the 2/3 cup sugar and found it to be a bit sweet for my taste. I made the bread again this morning using only a 1/3 cup sugar and the bread came out perfect for me so not as sweet. It turned out so good have another batch in the oven on its first rise now.
We are glad you are enjoying it and make it to your taste preference. That's a great part of cooking! We sure appreciate that you are at the table with us.
Hi, I purchased 2 of your cookbooks, one for me and one for my Grandaughter.. I love it. I will now be purchasing 2 more for my other 2 Grandaughters, and 2 for my Sons who like to cook.
This is the standard bread recipe that all Amish women in Lancaster County, Pa.use and often add their own touches. The taste and texture are similar across the board. Non Amish locals buy it from them and love it. Gut Esse!
I am making this today-3/16/24. Told the granddaughter about your channel and the bread recipe, she is a new mom so she is at home all day. Now she is into making things, thanks for sharing.
Tom and Melissa, I made this Amish Bread recipe today, followed it to a T. It was D-licious!!
It definitely is a keeper for me. Thank you for posting!
You're a mind reader...
I was looking over there last night for a homemade bread recipe...
Amazing...
Hi Tom & Melissa. You mentioned using the yeast by the expiration date, I just wanted to say I keep my yeast in the freezer and it lasts past the expiration. As soon as I open it it goes in the freezer. Love your channel.
Hello! This past week I made your Amish White Bread recipe and it turned out great! I did decrease the sugar a bit to 1/2 cup. My conscience just wouldn’t let use the whole 2/3 cup called for in your recipe!
Thanks for such a great recipe! I’m an avid hobby bread baker and love to try new recipes. I’ve been making bread probably for 40 plus years and don’t ever plan to stop! The bread hook was not doing it for me, so I changed to the regular mixing attachment. That was another change I made in the recipe. All the best to you, your family and your RUclips channel. See you on the next video! Teresa
Teresa, we love that there is so much freedom in the kitchen. We are glad your bread turned out so well for you. Thanks for your comments. It's always wonderful to hear from a viewer after they have actually tried the recipe!
Wow. I've been searching for an easy bread recipe. Its cool that you put the recipe under the description as well. Tx a million. 🙂
❤️❤️❤️your videos ! Love to see you make an old fashion carrot cake. 🧡💛💙💚💜
We always make a carrot cake at Christmas time. We'll add that to our Christmas list for this year. Thanks for the request/suggestion. I absolutely love it. It's a delicious cake.
love the name.come sit at my table, a meager supply you might find, but oh it's not what you see that makes me a king, makes me a king it's treasures unseen!! Love your recipes too!
That was one of my most favorite things in the world when my mother would bake bread from scratch like that. The kitchen would smell so good and she also would slice some for us while it was still a little warm and OMG that was sooooo good!
That looks perfect. I watched a mennonite video and she said to put a damp towel on top to let it rise, she said it helps to let it raise. Thank you.
I am a subscriber who loves your channel! I also love cornbread lathered in butter, lotsa butter. I also like buttermilk, but not with cornbread in the glass, too! I have a cold house which is not good for making bread. I tried the oven light trick the last time I made rolls. It worked like a charm! Thank you for the tip! Jane Fagan, Mayflower, AR
😅 I really enjoy watching your videos. I have made of your recipes and they are delicious.. It’s kind of funny that you and I have the same Waze to do things.. I use a spatula to scrape the bowls, the cans and anything else so not to waste anything.. I have been doing this for several years now. I live alone and I am legally blind, but I love to cook.. so I will continue to watch your videos and save them so that I can get them faster. I share your recipes with my son and daughter and once in a while with some friends.. keep up the good work and have a great holiday season this year. Thanks for sharing your recipes..
I have been baking bread for 40 plus years and I do not put sugar in my bread because I do not care for sweet tasting bread and I do not use any oil. I use lecithin instead of the oil which will give you a very nice chewy textured bread and I also only use fine kosher salt as it will not alter the taste of your bread. It is more accurate to weight your flour and not using cup measurements and you can never go exactly by what the recipe says when it comes to the amount of water to flour ratio because your flour hydration will depend on the weather, if it rains you will need less but if you live in the desert you will need more, it is all about how your dough feels in your hands which will be easy to gauge if you bake a lot of bread. I personally do not use a mixer because I have more control of how my dough feels when I knead by hand besides I enjoy it, I also knead the dough for 10 to 15 minutes to develop good gluten strands. You get the best loafs of bread by using a high protein flour like King Arthur Bread Flour which will make a big difference in how the bread turns out.
Maybe you need a RUclips channel yourself?
@@barbaracook4735 Oh no thanks, that I would never do but because it’s not my thing, I just watch others, but thank you for the suggestion, it’s appreciated.
hi, clever idea for our Sundays.I love two cook and bake and love listening to you. I am older than most of your viewers and so thankful I can enjoy life. Life is a blessing in very form . I say THANK You both for sharing your recipes and stories with your viewers. God Bless and stay well.
Love watching you and Melissa! You cover the cup with yeast starting to keep drafts from hitting it..keeps temperature even..if furnace or ac comes on can cause draft! I make potato bread at least once a week for my husband. I must eat gluten free and make my own bread..much better than store bought. Good catch on the dough hook!
I love bread. Growing up my Dad made it every now & then. It was always a treat. It took a very long time because of the raising. About 1 or 2:00 am, warm bread, smothered with butter... WONDERFUL memories. Thank you.
Thank you for the recipe and instructions. I have been making bread for 55+ years. Got the mixer last Christmas and had not used it for bread till today. Very easy.
Awesome bread...all the kind kneading .ade the difference...he really loves his lady. He cooks for her lovingly its awesome
I love the heel of the bread also. And that bread looks amazing and how easy.. I'll be making this Saturday when I have that 2 hours free time... thanks, Tom and Melissa, for yet another wonderful recipe
Hello from Switzerland, your bread looks so yummy
I love my bread machine. dump all in and turn it on. 30 mins later I have dough . I make dough for my pepperoni rolls all my grandkids love them.
I always learn something from your videos. At 76, you have inspired me to try new things. I’ve always been hesitant about making bread, but after watching you I’m going to give it a try. Thank you both for the awesome videos. God bless!
I love your simple basic recipes
Thank you so much 😊 We appreciate that you are watching. Have a great day!
We were very poor; my mother made homemade bread regularly. We rarely had store bread except occassionally a loaf of pumpernickle from a Jewish small deli in our neighborhood. Us kids loved mom's white bread and would vie for the heel of warm bread. I would stay indoors once the bread went into the oven; my insight on beating out my brothers for the heel piece.
Oh my goodness back in the late 70s and early 80s I made homemade bread all the time. I made rye bread whole wheat bread sourdough bread add cheddar cheese bread. I would come home from school and have three or four different kinds of bread rising all at once so I could I could whip out the homemade bread. I'm going to have to get the ingredients for this Amish white bread and make that cuz boy I sure did love making bread back then. Thank you for all your recipes you put on here I write them down and put them in my little folder and have them so when I want something different I've got your recipes to make. God bless you and your wife
Looks so good. I am going to cut ingredients in half and use my bread machine. Hoping it turns out as good as yours.
Thanks for sharing!❤❤
Y'all may not be professionals but you sure are fun to be with and I always learn some helpful hints that I never knew before. Like today it was actually measuring the yeast rather than trusting those little packets of yeast. Love homemade bread 🍞 😋 ❤
I just started watching you folks videos I enjoy every time. You are a great teacher. Thanks so much. God bless and have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
I made this it turned out great. I hope you make pumpernickel bread for us.
Thank you for your thorough way of teaching us how to make delicious food
Those are absolutely beautiful loaves!
Love your recipe. I always put a bowl of hot water at the bottom of the oven. It helps to improve your loaf and crust. Yummy. 😊😊❤❤. I was taught to keep your yeast in the fridge.
Thanks, Melisa, for writing out the Recipe. I really do appreciate it
I make stuffing with homemade bread. I put the seasonings in the bread as I mix it up and bake. I love your channel. I've been watching since the very first video you made.
You can tell your mothers were great cooks. Thank you for sharing. I made bread in 1989, my first time. It was wheat bread for my boyfriend at his home. It was winter and I over did everything basically. That loaf turned into a masonry 🧱 brick! We nibbled on it what we could but I’m convinced that if we used it for a brick it would still be holding a house up today😂. Now I use a bread machine. Throw it in and it does everything. I do make bread on occasion especially sweet breads without the machine. I need to try your recipe. I love bread !
😂😂😂 In my early bread baking days I got my water too warm while proofing the yeast and killed it. I didn’t realize it, mixed it all up and ended up baking a brick as well!! We ate it anyway and it still tasted great but boy! was it dense!! The family still talks 25 years later about “the brick “! 😂😂 But once you’ve done that once, you never do it again!
My family loves homemade bread. I use to make it all the time but got lazy and did semi homemade with frozen. But I may just do this again Thank you Tom and Melissa. I also have an air fry w/oven that has a proof preset. Awesome for bread making.
Love those loaf pans. Could you provide A link for them? I checked Amazon but I couldn’t find them.
My daughter and I both have Danish dough hooks. They are great!
I love your cooking channel, and love homemade bread, and always wanted to try my hand at making some, but was scared to. But, after watching your video, and geting this easy recipe to follow, I will try to make some!! Thank you Tom, and Melissa!!
You can do it! We are so glad you are going to try our recipe. We sure hope you enjoy it. Thanks for joining us at the table.
Beautiful bread
Lovelovelove!!!! You and Melissa are sharing your recipes and detailed teaching methods. ❤❤❤❤❤
I also buy yeast in bulk and store in the freezer. Also, if you'll buy some vital wheat gluten and add 1 t. per cup of all-purpose unbleached flour, you'll never have to buy expensive bread flour again! If you love homemade bread but don't enjoy the process, get a bread machine (you can find them at the thrift store for very little money) and let it do the work. You can always use the dough cycle and finish it yourself in any shape you like (even rolls). No one will know you didn't do it all yourself!
I always cover the yeast and water as well. I do it because that’s what my mom did. I also have a Bocka bowl. I’m not sure of the spelling. But it’s a plastic bowl with tiny feet and an inverted plastic lid. It came from Europe. Years ago when the cook shop in our area got it in (after seeing it at a cook convention) they challenged me to try it because I made all our bread every Saturday. I took it and tried it and went back and bought 6 bowls. It raises dough in more than half the time. I sure wish I could find it today. I’ve owned these bowls for over 35 years.
I will try this this Saturday. Fresh bread is so delicious and this recipe is easy.❤
So glad you're using King Arthur flour. Some people I see from the South swear by White Lily but here in Maryland and North swear by King Arthur😊. I'm assuming you can use a hand mixer if you don't have a Kitchen Aid. I've to the King Arthur plant and boy does it smell good. My nephew 's wife in Vermont buys 50 lbs at a time because makes the bread Pizza dough and etc.,.
Lovr love melissa and you ,.best all around
I’m in! My baby is 3 months & im finally starting to work out again. This was a great start 🙌🏼
Just love fresh baked bread!!
That is a beautiful loaf of bread.
I love homemade bread..this is the best ..thanku for sharing this receipe..❤❤
You are so welcome! We hope you enjoy it! Thank you for watching our video and being a part of our RUclips community!
Y’all are so funny! Love the interaction between the two of you. My hubby is the bread maker in our family, and he is always looking for a good bread recipe to try. And I bought a set of two Danish dough hooks like yours. He will try it out when he makes this recipe. There’s nothing like fresh homemade bread. So delicious!
Hello Tom & Melissa - cold windy, rainy day here today. I believe I will be going into the kitchen after bit & make this bread recipe. It looks delicious… Thank you for sharing this recipe with us. 👏👏👏💕 LOL real life problems in the kitchen. I can hear the air coming out when you were punching it down … My mother very often made us home bread while I was growing up…Thanks for this video & recipe.
could we please see Melissa more in your videos ? thank you and enjoy your videos. please keep up the good work.
I made this recipe for my Old Hun and myself! It was so delicious that I think he loves me the most he ever has in our 52 years together! The way to his heart apparently is through a soft , warm, slightly sweet, scrumptious loaf of your bread! Thank you!