best bread recipe and yeast?

[md4958]

Originally Posted by Joan

Good basic handling tips! I forget about that salt thing, DAG. Seems like a little coarse grind sea salt is SO good in the finished product, but my "little bit" makes bricks instead of bread coming out of the oven. Bother.

Joan, make sure you use some salt in your bread, or else it will taste like cardboard.

Blooming your yeast will give it a good head start and adding a touch of sugar will help get it going too. The sugar and salt balance each out.

I made pizza dough once that i added too much salt to. They looked more like tortillas when they came out of the oven!

Originally Posted by md4958

Joan, make sure you use some salt in your bread, or else it will taste like cardboard.

Blooming your yeast will give it a good head start and adding a touch of sugar will help get it going too. The sugar and salt balance each out.

I made pizza dough once that i added too much salt to. They looked more like tortillas when they came out of the oven!

That's funny! I've made a lot of those tortillas, too. I mean A LOT!

I got a four loaf batch resting nicely on the sideboard right now, thanks to everyone's yeast advice. [deep bow] Thank Yew!

Mmmmm.... fresh bread with bison stew tonight, and a tart spinach salad with Honey Crisp apples and Pt. Reyes Blue.