We are what we eat! BREAD

How many people have actually looked at the ingredients in bread. Seems simple enough right..flour, water, yeast, maybe butter? Wrong! This is the ingredient list of what we used to eat,a very popular brand, until we went back to the simpler stuff.

Unbleached enriched flour (wheat flour malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin, mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid) Water, sugar, contains less then 2% or less of each of the following: yeast, soy flour, butter (made from milk), dough conditioners, sodium stearoyl, lactlate, calcium steroyl Lactylate, monoglycerides and/or diglycerides, calcium peroxide, calcium iodate, datem, ethoylated mono and diglycerides azodicarbonamide, enzymes wheat gluten, salt, calcium sulfate, cultured wheat flour, vinegar, ammonium sulfate, monocalcium phosphate, soy lecithin, calcium carbonate.

I don't always have time to do a regular kneaded loaf of bread. For years I have tried different recipes for my bread machine but they were usually lacking even with adjustments. I finally finally!!! worked one up that our entire family can enjoy. It's very soft (use a good bread knife!) & excellent for lunch time sandwiches!

Soft bread machine sandwich loaf:

I have a cheap Sunbeam bread maker. They are around $50.00 at Walmart. It does a decent job. My bread maker has a sandwich setting (11) which I use for this recipe.

3 cups of bread flour
2 tablespoons of honey
2 tablespoons vital wheat gluten (I uses Bob's Redmill)
1 package or 2.5 teaspoons yeast
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 cup warm water (about 110 degrees)
1.5 teaspoons salt

Simply place your water, honey, oil & yeast in your bread machine. Allow to poof for 7 minutes or until bubbly. Add the flour, sprinkle salt over the top then let her rip! In a few hours (mine takes 3) you will have a very nice fluffy bread without all the extra ingredients put in my manufactures today. Plus it was made by your loving hands & your house smells wonderful!