"Bruce" wrote in message news
On Thu, 29 Nov 2018 21:27:13 -0000, "Ophelia" >
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>"Bruce" wrote in message
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>On Thu, 29 Nov 2018 15:41:37 -0500, S Viemeister
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>>On 11/29/2018 2:56 PM, Bruce wrote:
>>> On Thu, 29 Nov 2018 19:30:50 -0000, "Ophelia" >
>>> wrote:
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>>>> Oil or butter, depending on the recipe.
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>>> Oil then, most of the time.
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>>I generally use butter for sweet things, like coffee cakes. For everyday
>>bread, generally avocado oil. I like walnut oil when I make rye bread.
>>And yes, the fat, whether butter or oil, will definitely make it keep
>>longer.
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>I've only used olive oil occasionally so far. I'm not sure if I can
>taste whether I've added oil and which oil, but half a loaf takes us 3
>days to get through, so more shelf life would be good.
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>Pretty much the same here, so we freeze half the loaf.

I always (well always, I only restarted recently) make 2 loaves at a
time and freeze one and a half.

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Sounds as though that should be working pretty well