Bread Baking Success

Making your own homemade yeast breads

What you'll learn

How to make your own yeast bread from start to finish.

How to modify basic yeast bread recipes to your own specific taste.

What ratios of different types of flour you can use.

How to be sure your yeast will always be effective.

How to bake using different pans and shapes, such as coffee can bread and pizza.

Requirements

Kitchen with basic equipment and oven.

Desire to create delicious homemade breads of your choice.

Description

If you are interested in making your own great tasting breads at lower cost than what is available at your local supermarket, then this course is for you. In this course you will see that making you own bread does not take that much time, talent or special equipment. Most breads can be make in less than 4 hours with equipment and ingredients that you probably already have in your kitchen.In this course we will show you how you can add the ingredients you want in a bread and how to form it into the shape you want. No chemical preservative and there are endless bread making variations that you can try. The possibilities are limited only by your imagination so you may never make the same bread twice.Homemade yeast breads are excellent contributions to a pot luck dinner, fund raising bake sale or a special occasion. They also add a nice touch to an otherwise ordinary dinner.This course assumes that you have no prior knowledge or experience with making yeast breads. That’s the way I started 35 years ago and have been baking my own breads ever since – rarely do I eat store-bought bread. This course is geared for beginners and we will introduce you to six different bread recipes that use basic ingredients and kitchen skills. There are no exotic ingredients that you will need to buy or any special equipment. Everything you will need you probably already have in your kitchen, with the possible exception of yeast. Once you become hooked on baking your own yeast breads, there are plenty of resources available to expand your bread baking horizons to make more exotic breads.In this course, after explaining the basic equipment and ingredients that you will need, you will learn how to make 7 different breads.  These breads include:Basic white breadItalian breadWhole wheat sandwich breadCoffee can breakfast breadPizzaDinner rollsEasy rye breadEach of these breads will be make start-to-finish in this course in real time – nothing will be omitted, with the exception of the required rising (proofing) of the dough. All of these breads can be completed in 4 hours. The downloadable resources include 11 recipes, list of needed equipment and ingredients, glossary of bread baking terms and some helpful hints.

Overview

Section 1: Equipment needed

Lecture 1 Equipment needed

Section 2: Ingredients needed

Lecture 2 Ingredients needed

Section 3: White Bread

Lecture 3 Ingredients

Lecture 4 Mixing and Kneading

Lecture 5 Proofing the dough

Lecture 6 Shaping the loaves

Lecture 7 Baking the bread

Lecture 8 Finished bread

Lecture 9 Tasting the bread

Section 4: Italian Bread

Lecture 10 Ingredients

Lecture 11 Mixing and Kneading

Lecture 12 Proofing the dough

Lecture 13 Shaping the loaves

Lecture 14 Baking the Bread

Lecture 15 Finished bread

Section 5: Whole Wheat Sandwich Rolls

Lecture 16 Ingredients

Lecture 17 Mixing and Kneading

Lecture 18 Proofing the dough

Lecture 19 Shaping the rolls

Lecture 20 Baking the rolls

Lecture 21 Finished rolls

Section 6: Coffee Can Breakfast Bread

Lecture 22 Ingredients

Lecture 23 Mixing and Kneading

Lecture 24 Proofing the dough

Lecture 25 Shaping the loaves

Lecture 26 Baking the bread

Lecture 27 Finished bread

Section 7: Pizza

Lecture 28 Shaping the dough

Lecture 29 Finished pizza

Section 8: Dinner Rolls

Lecture 30 Ingredients

Lecture 31 Mixing and Kneading

Lecture 32 Proofing and shaping the rolls

Lecture 33 Baking the rolls

Lecture 34 Postscript

Section 9: Easy Rye Bread

Lecture 35 Ingredients

Lecture 36 Mixing and Kneading

Lecture 37 Shaping the dough into pans

Lecture 38 Baking the loaves

Lecture 39 Half-baked test for doneness

Lecture 40 Finished Bread

Anyone who would like to make homemade yeast bread.