Baking Bread

arward0811 · 05-17-2012, 09:44 AM

Ok so this may be a random cooking post but need some advice haha

I started making my own bread a year ago but it's still really heavy, how i get it really fluffy and light like in the shops?

xx

montana cricket · 05-17-2012, 09:48 AM

The bread in the shops is injected with air before it's baked. Home made bread will never be fluffy and light.

**MarisaAnne** · 05-17-2012, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by montana cricket

The bread in the shops is injected with air before it's baked. Home made bread will never be fluffy and light.

Precisely the reason I prefer it, but not enough to bake it.

montana cricket · 05-17-2012, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by MarisaAnne

Precisely the reason I prefer it, but not enough to bake it.

Oh baking bread is therapeutic for me....sort of like target shooting or fly-fishing.

And I so prefer home-baked to the store bought stuff...

arward0811 · 05-18-2012, 04:14 AM

Thanks

I didn't know that store bread was injected with air. I love home-made bread!! Always hits the spot when I'm home from work and it's brill with a bowl of soup

Manders · 05-18-2012, 05:48 AM

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Originally Posted by montana cricket

The bread in the shops is injected with air before it's baked. Home made bread will never be fluffy and light.

Wow. I had no idea they did that.

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Originally Posted by arward0811

Thanks

I didn't know that store bread was injected with air. I love home-made bread!! Always hits the spot when I'm home from work and it's brill with a bowl of soup

I agree but now I have the urge to bake some bread today I wonder if I have any flour. Yummy I know what I am wanting for dinner now.

**Corey** · 05-18-2012, 07:17 AM

I had no idea. I wondered why I couldn't get my bread to be like theirs too.

KarmaVixen · 05-18-2012, 07:18 AM

Hm thanks for the info I go crazy trying to figure out why my bread is always heavy. It obviously isn't me.

runner05 · 05-18-2012, 08:25 AM

It helps if you add a tbsp or 2 of Vital Wheat Gluten Flour to your dough. You might be able to find it at the commissary (Bob's Red Mill brand), but otherwise Whole Foods definitely carries it. It make the dough more elastic and able to trap more steam while baking.

arward0811 · 05-18-2012, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by runner05

It helps if you add a tbsp or 2 of Vital Wheat Gluten Flour to your dough. You might be able to find it at the commissary (Bob's Red Mill brand), but otherwise Whole Foods definitely carries it. It make the dough more elastic and able to trap more steam while baking.

Thanks I'll give that a try too

I'll keep a look out next time I'm in the shops. xx

SGTShepsWife · 05-18-2012, 12:06 PM

I just made some....and I think my neighbors think Im crazy. I took the loaves out to my Jeep to rise ....its perfect...its warm and draft free...makes my Jeep smell like a bakery.
I always put one tablespoon of bacon grease in my dough. My mother taught me to make it that way. I love homemade bread toasted!!!!

05-17-2012, 09:44 AM	#1
arward0811 Member Getting warmer Join Date: May 2012 Location: Lincoln, UK Posts: 90 My Mood:	Baking Bread Ok so this may be a random cooking post but need some advice haha I started making my own bread a year ago but it's still really heavy, how i get it really fluffy and light like in the shops? xx __________________ Amy God gave us children so we can have roses in December

05-17-2012, 09:48 AM	#2
montana cricket Moderator You can't touch this! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Montana Posts: 26,870 My Mood:	Re: Baking Bread The bread in the shops is injected with air before it's baked. Home made bread will never be fluffy and light. __________________ Chris AKA "montana cricket"

05-18-2012, 04:14 AM	#5
arward0811 Member Getting warmer Join Date: May 2012 Location: Lincoln, UK Posts: 90 My Mood:	Re: Baking Bread Thanks I didn't know that store bread was injected with air. I love home-made bread!! Always hits the spot when I'm home from work and it's brill with a bowl of soup __________________ Amy God gave us children so we can have roses in December

05-18-2012, 07:17 AM	#7
Corey Administrator Site Admin Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: OK Posts: 24,030 My Mood:	Re: Baking Bread I had no idea. I wondered why I couldn't get my bread to be like theirs too. __________________

05-18-2012, 07:18 AM	#8
KarmaVixen Senior Member I'm a posting machine! Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Fort Sam Houston, TX Posts: 1,670 My Mood:	Re: Baking Bread Hm thanks for the info I go crazy trying to figure out why my bread is always heavy. It obviously isn't me. __________________

05-18-2012, 08:25 AM	#9
runner05 Senior Member Getting warmer Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 119 My Mood:	Re: Baking Bread It helps if you add a tbsp or 2 of Vital Wheat Gluten Flour to your dough. You might be able to find it at the commissary (Bob's Red Mill brand), but otherwise Whole Foods definitely carries it. It make the dough more elastic and able to trap more steam while baking.

05-18-2012, 12:06 PM	#11
SGTShepsWife Eye Care Extraordinare!!! You can't touch this! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Ft Knox, KY Posts: 6,585 My Mood:	Re: Baking Bread I just made some....and I think my neighbors think Im crazy. I took the loaves out to my Jeep to rise ....its perfect...its warm and draft free...makes my Jeep smell like a bakery. I always put one tablespoon of bacon grease in my dough. My mother taught me to make it that way. I love homemade bread toasted!!!!