Bread Blog

We made whole wheat bread on Saturday and I thought I'd show you what I did. First we had some basic ingredients. LIKE FIVE. Which I just think is awesome because I know exactly what's in this bread. Unlike some breads in a grocery store that have about seventeen ingredients like Jen Hatmaker pointed out in her book, 7.

Five ingredients TOTAL.

And all of the ingredients look like this.

NO EXTRA INGREDIENTS!

Add two packets of yeast, two cups of warm water,

and 1/3 cup of honey in a bowl 

from Target (bowl from Target not necessary)

Jami looking at the awesome recipe we used

while waiting for the yeast to "activate."

What I looked at while waiting. You wait kind of a bit.

When you're done waiting things will look like this!

Then you can pour it into a bigger bowl.

Or just start with a big bowl...

Now add 1 1/2 teaspoons of salt and

start with 1 1/2 cups of whole wheat flour.

Then you stir that and keep adding UP TO three cups of flour.

You'll know it's ready when Jami tells you it's ready.

NOW! Oil your hands because you about to KNEAD DAT BREAD.

Then you knead it.

This is what it'll look like when it's done.

If you're not sure wait for Jami to tell you when it's done.

Put a towel atop your bowl and set it

between two warm burners that Jami turned on.

GUESS WHAT! After you shower and

play a lot of Frozen Free Fall you'll have a present!

Then you gotta PUNCH DAT BREAD. No, actually.

PUNCH IT. Like, punch it a lot.

Once Jami tells you to stop, pour it into a bread pan!

Let it bake for the time that Jami set (like... thirty-ish minutes).

Jami says, at 350º Farenheit.

Get the bread on a plate and CUT IT UP.

(Feel free to say, "I will cut you!" if you want some fun with it)

EAT YO' BREAD, GURL!

I hope this step by step guide helped you make bread! Let me know if you make some!