"Jeffy3" > wrote in message
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> Help. I bought a bread machine for my wife for Christmas and cannot
> locate a user's guide on line and I don't want to open up the box. I
> know she is going to want to bake bread for Christmas dinner so I want
> to have the supplies she will need ready that morning. What do I buy
> if we will probably want to make Italian loaf of bread or maybe a sour
> dough bread? When she had our previous machine, which later broke, I
> seemed to remember her using a store-bought bread mix and adding yeast
> of some kind. Thanks! I am in center city Philadelphia too if
> anyone knows of any places to suggest to buy.


Giant, Pathmark or ShopRite would all have what you need. The bread machine
yeast is in a little jar in the dairy section, so don't despair if you can't
find it in the baking aisle. Your best bet might also be to buy 'bread
flour' instead of regular, as bread flour has a higher gluten content. Does
she have a good 'bread recipe' book? Check by Barnes and Noble or someother
book store (I think there is a bookstore in the Gallery) and get one, peruse
it and see what they call for. Any 'specialty' ingredients can be acquired
at either the Reading Terminal or in the Italian Market.
Good luck
-ginny
(a former a Filadulfian - now in A-town)