Cutting fresh bread

[Jock]

If it were me I would make my first loaves by hand because the experience is worth it. Some bread doughs are better suited to machine mixing but most can be done by hand.
There has to be a thousand recipes out there. Most of the ones you will find in the books you have will be OK. As good as they are, I would stay away from what are called lean breads, those with very basic ingredients (flour, water and yeast.) They require a little more attention with fermenting and timing. A plain white sandwich loaf with some enrichments like butter, sugar and/or milk is very tasty and easy to make. The enrichments account for a lot of the flavor rather than trying to coax it out of the plain flour. The addition of dairy makes for a finer crumb with a soft texture. Good luck and let us know how it turns out.

Jock

[starlite]

There has to be a thousand recipes out there. Most of the ones you will find in the books you have will be OK.

That is exactly what I was running into looking for something! There are tens of thousands, I bet - course, I did not sit here and count...but it seemed that way!!

Your tips helped very much because I was heading in the wrong direction thinking I was doing the right thing - I was looking at those basic ones' Quite frankly, I think I would/will enjoy the taste of the kind you told me to try first. I'm going to jot down those tips from you so I don't forget - and once again, thank you very much!

[Jock]

It's easy to say, "Well, just pick any bread recipe". fact is, there are a lot and where to begin?
I have a recipe I have had some success with and I'll post it in the Recipe Exchange tonight or tomorrow. I'll call it Sarlite's Bread so you will know it when you see it.

Jock

[starlite]

I'll post it in the Recipe Exchange tonight or tomorrow. I'll call it Sarlite's Bread so you will know it when you see it.

Wow..that is so sweet - thank you! I'll watch for it - but don't go out of your way as I know it can be time consuming to type out recipes ... lol..boy do I know!