Making really good bread is amazingly easy. A great site for wanna be bakers is...
http://www.thefreshloaf.com/Here's what I've been doing to make a fast, great tasting loaf or two.
2 1/4 cups whole wheat bread flour (Winco)
2 ¼ cups unbleached white flour (Winco)
2 ¼ tsp salt
2 to 3 tsp ACTIVE (not nutritional yeast) yeast (found in bulk food section at downtown Winco.
Mix dry ingredients thoroughly
add 2 ¼ warm water (maybe 100 degrees)
I make the dough wet enough that it very slowly pours out of the bowl.
I then place directly into an oiled pan (squarish corningware bowl about 8x8 inches x 2 1/2 inches high)
Let it rise about 20 minutes to 1 hour before tossing in a 500 degree oven for 35 minutes. NOTE: Usually when it starts rising you can turn the oven on and get it pre-heated.
For cinnamon raison bread add 1 cup of ‘plumped’ raisins, and 2 tsp cinnamon. Plump raisons by throwing in boiling water, turning heat off and letting them soak for 5 minutes.
About a half cup Sunflower seeds and ¼ cup ground flax seed is my latest thing...
**About the only danger of screwing up is in overcooking**
Take it out of the pan right after cooking and let cool on a wire rack for a few hours before putting in a container.
This bread is sooo good that you'll never want to buy bread again.
