"cshenk" wrote in message
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Jinx the Minx wrote:

> Ophelia > wrote:
> >
> >
> > "Fruitiest of Fruitcakes" wrote in message
> > news.com...
> >
> > On 28 Nov 2018, Gary wrote
> > (in article >):
> >
> >> Julie Bove wrote:
> >>>
> >>> The flavor is wonderful! At first bite it reminds me of the honey
> whole >>> wheat bread that I normally make. And that's weird because
> there is no >>> honey
> >>> or whole wheat in it.
> >>
> >> Interesting because lately I've been buying (and enjoying)
> >> 'Nature's Own' Honey Wheat Bread. Just a toasted piece of that
> >> with butter is a very tasty treat.
> >>
> >> Anyway, congrats on your bread victory!
> >
> > I have been baking my own bread for 25 years.
> >
> > In my experience, the dough needs to be as soft as possible, but
> > just enough flour to stop it really sticking to your fingers.
> >
> > Flour on your hands will help.
> >
> > If the dough is hard to knead, then it will not rise as much as it
> > should. Yeasts are not superhuman.
> >
> > ==
> >
> > My days of kneading my own dough are past. Arthritis in my
> > shoulder and hands put paid to that I had been making my own
> > since I was a teenager. These days it is either the machine or no
> > knead bread. I won't buy bread though.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> Depressing, isnt it? Ive made bread a few times, and always looked
> to future days when Id have the time to make it more often, and
> experiment making different types. Sadly, my bad hands took over
> before I ever got that chance I had been waiting for. No kneading for
> me, either.

Thats why I use a bread machine. I am limited by what it does in some
ways, but it works well. I've been making almost all our bread since
2001.

I have about 35% reduction in feeling and strength in my right hand and
15% roughly same in left hand. Both are due to spinal issues. I
really started making bread *after that*.

Some people will tell you that 'unless you hand knead the bread' it
doesnt count. Bull hocky. You can do just as fine at being happy with
your own produced breads as anyone else. The recipies are a little
different with a bread machine, but only due to a static rise time
making that needed.

I make no apologies for using a machine to do the parts I cannot.

==

No reason why you should!