Costco Business Center
Once you’re inside a Costco Business Center, you’ll see some of the same items as your regular Costco. However, there are a few items that may be of special interest to people who make bread.
Continue reading →Category Archives: Bread Ingredients
Bread is one of the oldest man-made foods. You can make a simple bread with just flour, yeast, water and salt.
However, there are different types of flour and yeast. Which one should you use? Can you substitute honey for sugar in a recipe? And what is this strange thing called vital wheat gluten? (My first thought was that if it was so vital, why hadn’t I heard of it? )
Here are articles about what goes into your bread.
Can You Substitute Honey for Sugar in Bread Recipes?
There are differences between the two sweeteners. However, many bread recipes call for such a small amount of sugar that it doesn’t really matter. So for the most part, substitute away! If your recipe has a quarter cup (4 tablespoons) of sugar or more, then see this article.
Continue reading →What is Vital Wheat Gluten?
Do you have a wheat or rye bread recipe that didn’t turn out? Maybe the problem is that the recipe doesn’t contain vital wheat gluten.
Continue reading →Bread Machine Diva Confessional – The Yeast Incident
The short version of this story is that I thought I’d been using bread machine yeast for my baking. I was shocked to discover that I’d really been using active dry yeast. Here’s how the mix-up occurred and why it’s really a good thing.
Continue reading →What Yeast Do You Use in a Bread Machine?
Are you wondering what sort of yeast to use in your bread machine? You’d be surprised how often I get asked that question.
Continue reading →How Do You Measure Flour?
There are different schools of thought when it comes to the correct way to measure flour or other dry ingredients. I use the scoop and sweep method in my cooking and for all the recipes on the site. Here’s how to do that and information on other measuring techniques.
Continue reading →Bread Flour in Bulk – Morbread Flour
In the past we got bread flour from Costco, but about a year ago they stopped carrying it. Now we go to Cash&Carry and buy Morbread Flour. The price is right and the bread is great.
Continue reading →Costco Stops Carrying Bread Flour
Costco has stopped carrying bread flour. So what’s the difference between all-purpose flour and bread flour? And where am I going to buy flour in bulk in the future?
Continue reading →Using Olive Oil in Bread Machine Recipes
Wondering about using Costco’s Mediterranean Blend Oil in your bread machine recipes?
Continue reading →Bread Flour Versus All-Purpose Flour
What’s the difference between these types of flour? Gluten! Wondering about cake flour, self-rising flour, and pastry flour? I’ve got information about those too.
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