Bread is more of a science than cooking. You need a good recipe, measuring equipment and a scale, and follow directions EXACTLY. Good bread is a work of art, compounded by scientific princiiples.Good luck.
I agree with MontanaMom - if you need a loaf of bread right now, follow the instructions exactly! But the fun of bread-making is trying lots of different things. The most basic loaf of bread consists of flour, water and yeast. From there you would usually add a bit of salt and a spoonful of sugar, some oil and milk in place of half the water to make a more typical bread.
But for some real fun - and some really good breads - experiment with molasses, grains, corn syrup, different flours, cheese, chopped carrots, onions, zucchini, bananas, herbs...anything you can think of that might taste good (or might not). Some of these things seem to affect the rise, so you might want to try adding them after the rise, but then, who cares? If the bread is heavy, you serve heavy bread (and say it is European or something), and if it is light, give everyone an extra slice. Just do it!! It's the most fun you can have for a dollar or two.
Put the ingredients in and turn it on! Well, put them in in the order the recipe tells you to. Make sure to review the directions from your bread mixer model, as they may differ.
You may have not put the right ingredients in it. The bread could be heavy and hard because it did not rise for whatever reason. Make sure you put yeast in your bread, if you did not do this the bread may have not risen.
Flour, milk, sugar, salt, yeast
For banana bread, you will need bananas, flour, butter, eggs, salt and soda. Quantities of these ingredients will vary depending on how much bread you wish to make. You can also add nuts and other smaller ingredients to make the bread more interesting.
Ingredients: honey, water, grain (optional: yeast) Instructions: If you are making it with flour DO NOT use bleached flour. Mix ingredients. Mold into bread shape and put into oven at low-medium temperature until done.
bread and water
most of the bread makers tell you to put all liquids in first then all dry ingredients and then make a depresson in the flour and put the yeast in and make sure it doesn't touch any liquid ..
Flourand water :p
Baked bread with tomato sauce. :)
You can put on when bread was first discovered or how to make bread. Maybe even all the different kinds of bread.
The main ingredients in bread are flour, water, yeast, and salt. Flour provides the structure, water activates the yeast and binds the ingredients, yeast ferments the dough to make it rise, and salt enhances flavor and regulates fermentation. Other optional ingredients may include sugar, fat, and additional flavorings or additives.
it matters on the type of bread your making cause of the ingredients prices. you could use a calculator and add the prices. when you make your own bread you can make it however you want to cause it is your bread.