I'm feeling thankful for the counsel that I followed in gathering food storage today. Although, it is quite a bit of work to organize it in such a way that we can use it. With Mike out of a job, we decided to live off the food storage as much as we can. We do not have nearly a year supply, and our three month will get us by, but not without some sacrifice.
My bread making skills are sorely lacking! I am trying a new bread recipe each time I need to make bread until we find a recipe that works well for sandwiches, does not include milk (Marly can't have that), and does not need extra gluten added. I've been making bread every other day without a bread mixer, since ours broke. I have to say that I am EXTREMELY thankful for electricity and running water. I don't know what I would do if we had to grind the wheat by hand. Please, please Lord allow us to keep electricity and running water!
If you have any good wheat bread recipes that do not require milk or added gluten, please send them my way!
I haven't been able to post comments, hope this one works. I'll try and get you a recipe, my SIL may have one. Good luck. Thanks for inspiring me to get on the ball with our food storage.
ReplyDeleteWe were thankful to have a food stored as well. While stretching it, it sustained us for about three months, although it has diminished quite a bit. I hope a huge disaster does not come in the next year that we won't have that food anymore! Thankfully things are looking more positive for us now. Maybe all the layoffs are part of why we were to have done that?
ReplyDeleteI don't make bread very well. Yours has always better better than mine... When my bread supply gets low I go to Alpine Valley Bread and get their loaves for 50 cents. I can't make it that cheap, and there are only like 4 or 5 ingredients. If you ever want me to get some for you, let me know. It seems like I am there about every 10 days. Another idea is to inquire on freecycle for a bread machine. I did that once in TN and had four or five offered to me.
Wow you are good. I just went through all my supply. GA has probbably the most expensive groceries in the USA and no deals at all. Boohoo.
ReplyDeleteWe are living off of our food storage right now too. I am so thankful, as you are for it. The best bread recipe that I have found is below. It is from www.providentliving.org from a pamphlet called "All is Gathered In - Family Home Storage - Basic Recipes"
ReplyDeleteI love it. I started out by using half whole wheat and half white flour, but I have way more wheat in my storage than white flour, so I have started using all WW and it has been turning out great! I love the no kneading part. I have a simple kitchen aid mixer and it works fine. I make sure I knead it a bit after the first rise before I put it into the loaf pan or else I get holes and that is really bad for PB and honey!(MESSY!) I hope your hubby finds a job soon.
Much love,
Jackie Beauchamp (A fellow LDS homeschooler, TJEd, from MI)
WHOLE WHEAT BREAD
1 tablespoon yeast
1⁄4 cup warm water
2 1⁄2 cups hot tap water
7 cups whole wheat flour (or any
combination of whole wheat
and white flour)
1⁄2 tablespoon salt
1⁄3 cup oil
1⁄3 cup sugar
In a small bowl, mix the yeast
into the warm water (adding a half
teaspoon of sugar will help it
grow). In a mixing bowl, blend the
hot tap water with about half of
the flour. Add salt, oil, and sugar
to mixture. Mix until well blended.
Add prepared yeast mixture. Add
the rest of the flour to make the
dough just stiff enough to clean
the sides of the bowl. Knead on
low mixer setting for 10 minutes.
On a slightly oiled counter, divide
the dough into two equal por-
tions, cover with a damp towel,
and let rise until double in size.
Shape loaves and place in greased
loaf pans. Cover and let rise in a
warm place until dough has dou-
bled in size again. Bake at 350oF
for 30 to 35 minutes. Makes two
loaves.
If you find a good recipe I would like a copy. I need to polish up my bread making skills too. I am sorry to hear Mike is out of work.
ReplyDeleteI too have got to find a better bread recipe but am so greatful for food storage...we are living on ours right now too.
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