the Magic of Making Bread part 1

[1234tfd]

I went to your website yesterday.... You are one really creative person! I am so impressed (and jealous)

[sbjennings99]

Great Informational Video!!

[NewAgeDirector]

Great video keep up the good work.

[MrIhatepaper]

U sure flour is atoms?

[davijeph]

Your video's on making bread are very informative and interesting to look at but would you please expand on the measurement for water when you refer to "3 cups" I hope I don't seem to stupid if I ask how much water is in a "cup" ? Thank you.

[atree3]

@davijeph I mean a measuring cup. 8 oz.

[davijeph]

@atree3 Thank you for your speedy reply.

[mikeyfed916]

this lady did alot of LSD

[MiaSenora]

Im sure that, that was the way god wanted bread to be

[wznja]

you realy are something. thanks for presenting it in such a unusual way.

[SHAKTIVVAAN]

L o v e -_-) א ה ב ה

[StrahaoftheRace]

I think I need a cigarette. Was it good for you? :)

[EclecticDiscus]

This is what makes Youtube fantastic, People like you teaching!

[bijo2000]

Thank you so much... you are a wonderful lady.

[TrustNsurrender]

THANK YOU .. u r great .. i loved this video .. Keeeeeeeeeep on

[Tweetohz]

Who's adam ?

[mmh3999]

You are an amazing woman! I loved just listening to you! beautiful, soft, voice!

please give me a recipe for Scones too...

[atree3]

@mmh3999 maybe someday

it is really too easy

takes 5 minutes

[deedevinebrake]

What an absolutely lovely person you are; thank you so much for sharing this fantastic recipe. Hope you are all better from your fall. Take care and all the best.

[thewoolendiva]

Wonderful videos Miss Margaret - love them :) I use a vintage bread bucket to make 8 loaves at a time (8 kids to feed), but I'll follow along with you tomorrow and make just 2, and it will be fun (((hugs)))

[swankrecords]

crazy bread

[kittukumars]

dear grand ma,you are absolutely great woman.

[harpsi8]

John lennon also baked bread that says something ? yes I think something very good.

[dmanmoka]

Wow, what a great lesson...

I know how to make bread, yet I enjoyed listening to you!

Thank you!

To part 2 :)

[grai]

wow thanks for this - watching you I've reralised as a beginner where I was going wrong - I'd read somewhere dont put too much flour in - much better to have too little than too much

so when it came to kneading the "dough" was turning into a nightmare of wallpaper paste because I was too nervouse to add too much to the board to roll it out

So now I see you chucking that flour on the board like nobody's business

problem solved! Thanks ! xx

[heyawhaw]

Beautiful speach!

I started to bake all the bread need this year .. and it's the best bread I've ever had. Won't get back to buying again, unless it' some strange hard to bake bread of course!

[markcumbriauk]

this is without a doubt the best recipe I have seen on youtube for making bread,

[VanTInkleBell]

Its alive it will grow <3 I love her. You speak so fondly while you bake. I think my hands need to speak to some flower now..hehe^_^

[TheAlex1015]

She is so adorable she reminds me on my ganny

[CuteQuakers2008]

What a great teacher you are.....thanks so much for this great video on making bread!

[sugba2sugbo]

this is so homestyle cooking...i love homestyle cooking...thank you grand ma

[liatris67]

How wonderful! Thanks for posting :o)

[zem1956]

Great tutorial, best ever

[chris42999]

She has got this sorted. Good video. Thanks

[Brokenache]

wow this is awesome!

[23INFORMATION23]

You are a trip! I love it! Best bread making lesson ever!

[kjmatson74]

Oh I forgot to mention; I do own a bread machine but never used it. I think I am going to give it away now :-)

[chris42999]

never pass on a dud. bin the machine and be a good friend

[kjmatson74]

Very inspiring indeed. I made my first 2 loaves of bread because of you and now I am hooked :) Thanks atree3. Oh by the way, the bread came out fantastic. My 1 year old son just absolutely loves his french toast now; we raise our own chickens too.

[meltyvanilla]

you're very inspiring... i failed to make bread yesterday for 2 times... i couldn't make it. I was so down until i saw your video..

thank you so much for the great inspiration.

[ngieen]

bake bread making it a religion sounds floating over reality

[junkyardfaerie1]

what an amazing lady x

thankyou so much for sharing.

i look forward to more lessons and insightfullness x

[seabreezed]

adam is a loaf of bread?

nice video :)

[donnafaytoday]

Margaret,

I like your video. Could you tell me how

much honey and salt do you use.

I made the bread, but it was lacking salt.

Thanks

[Jsuarez6]

She probably used one tablespoon of honey and 2 teaspoons of salt. That is just my guess.

[Holidats]

Your an absolute darling.

Intelligent, caring, full of life and absolutely great at making me happy.

Please do some scones.

Regards from Sydney Australia.

[atree3]

why don't YOU do some scones?

[Holidats]

The passion you show making bread is very inspiring, I bet you have mad some pottery in your life time; those kneading skills are a joy to behold. I will make some scones or may be a damper now that I've learnt the "magic" life process of making bread.

Thankyou again for bringing so much joy to me, I really, really enjoy watching you grow something so quickly by hand and then the smile, posture and cheekiness of eating the heel is a joy to watch.

Kind regards

[Espada3x3]

@Holidats  STOP TROLLING ^^

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[forgetlastone]

I tried your recipe and with a little practice I went from bread novice to perfect loaves. Thanks for taking the time and sharing

[atree3]

thanks. glad it was successful

[anniew304]

Hope you have a pie crust making video, I'd love to see one done by you!!

You are amazing!!

I think it helps to be "in the mood" and not rush it........for pie crust and bread.

[sweetpunch88]

thank you so much for posting this vid. it really helped allot. thaks...i baked a bread and its really good.thank you a hundred times........

[atree3]

glad it worked for you

[yorkcmh]

aw i love you, this is great. i wish you were my grandmother

[SirBubbaGumb0]

Thank you for showing us that making bread isn't intimidating as it sounds.

[mohammadhassanzadeh]

wow!

[wandalewlandowska]

Perhaps we're all of us alchemists?

[Katalyzt]

★★★★★

[linhnau89]

Thanks so much !! i've done for 10 time of bread but i didn't know where i got wrong - now , i know . Those other bread didn't tell me all the step . Thanks so much . love u

[atree3]

glad this helped

[zyqteddy]

so nice!!!

[RhondaCat]

Oh wow. I've been trying to make bread aaaaall day and then I found this video. Now I see what I did wrong. Hmmm...after adding all the ingredients.....that would be um..."everything after that point". Clearly I need to be more patient and expand my perspectives by looking at as more than "just a ball of dough". This video is just what I "kneaded". Thank you for making this look more creative and less like a chore. I shall try more bread making endeavers another day. Thank you for sharing.=)

[atree3]

good for you!

[phallystorm]

Truly, to make bread from scratch, One must first invent the universe!!! From a Hazelden positive affirmation book. Still this Lady is amazing. I ate at her house last week. She is a great Cook Thanks Fran

[cvavalos]

I love this lady .... she looks so sweet....: )...like a mommy

[peterycho]

Finally, someone has shown me how to see beyond the mundane and ordinary to the sacred in everyday life like making bread.

[atree3]

you made my day

[woodstockgranny]

I'm one of those who USED to have a breadmaker. We just moved to a new city and as soon as we get settled we intend to try it your way; or should I say "The Right Way".

Peace!!!!

[2westiepies]

While watching you all I could think is 'I see why my back hurts so much when I knead bread.'... I knead on a board that isn't fixed to anything so I can't really get the push/pull without my board moving. AND I have long legs. My board is nearer my inseam than my waist. I bend over to far and don't have the nice angle for pushing like you.

You are a joy to watch. Thank you for sharing your wisdom with the world.

[atree3]

you are right, my table is very high

good luck

[indieuke]

fantastic video!

[plumber3dad]

Sweet lady. I love this.

[peekayb]

Beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

My friends think it is corny when I say I fight evil by baking cookies. I say, I bring something good into the world to disrupt the balance. I think you create good in this world with your bread. Your intentions say so.

[atree3]

very good ideas

[LIVERLADD]

Don`t take this the wrong way but you broke a couple of rules makeing this bread. 1. Never ever add the salt straight onto the yeast add it after the flour before mixing and 2. you used way way too much flour whilst kneeing on the top use only a light sprinkling but great video:)

[atree3]

maybe you should watch again. I particularly

mention that I put the sugar in before the salt, but still before the flour.

I only add enough flour to keep it from sticking to the board

[oliverburke]

Could you explain what you mean, LL, by "rules"? It seems all over the world there are perhaps thousands of practices w/ regards to breadmaking, from different country to region to household. Are there certain fairly hard similarities that bind most all of bread making?

[atree3]

sorry, I don't remember mentioning "rules"

I guess the basic is that if it is a yeast bread you should knead it a lot. The so called 'quick' breads do not require kneading. You 'Need' a pure heart

[bondsom007]

ure great, i am a chef like what u did

[7utjec]

Hi,

Did you mean 1/2 a cup of wheat germ instead of the Polenta ,or in addition to the Polenta?

Thank you for the "How To" .JEC

[atree3]

in addition. These are optional . . .

have fun

[sunnymaja]

wow she is amazing - her bread will be alive because she is! :))

[Zwena11]

What are the exact amounts? I only saw a text of add 2 more cups of flour. From what it seems it was 1.5 cup of warm h2o, 2 tablespoons of yeast, 1 cup of wheat flour, 2 cups of white flour, and some honey? Did I miss something?

[452xi]

Does the honey make the bread taste sweet?

[atree3]

not that small amount.  It helps activate the yeast.

[CityzenJane]

wonderful!...i miss sourdough... gotta find a great starter! any reccomendation?

[atree3]

it's a personal sort of thing. Word of mouth?

I have some, but don't use it much . . .

[sefaulemalu]

LOL. too funny i love it

[tacoirc]

LOL you're like the Bob Ross of bread-making. Great video!

[chocotofu3]

This is my favorite bread-making video.

[atree3]

now you have to try making bread with chocolate and tofu.

I await with baited breath

[chocotofu3]

Wow... scary thought. One day, one day..

[Xtinafan1412]

ure cool. :)

[RKELLEHER40]

You're awsome! As you, I add whatever I have to the mix. I added Potato Flour, oat flour and an egg to the white and wheat flour. Came out great. Let's break bread together some day.

[atree3]

sounds good

right now I am trying to work with sour-dough

[mynameiskirstydoogan]

lol i'd love you to be my grandma

all my family hate cooking

i love it!

(i'm fifteen)

xx

[atree3]

ok

make me a vid

i can be the kind of grandma you can't imagine

?????

[mynameiskirstydoogan]

a video of what?

[joerockt]

Beautiful. I wish someone like you had a show that goes into the essence of cooking and baking like you do. Too many shows are just too fast paced these days, too frantic. You show that baking can be spiritual and relaxing...

[atree3]

hope you are enjoying yourself . . .

[TopCatcam]

Hello atree3. Thanks to you I can now make nice bread :)

Thank you and wish you all the best.

[bluesloversrv]

I have a question??? After the coconut is added the video states to add 2 more cups of flour. Do you add the flour after the coconut or is the 2 cups of flours kneeded into the dough? I want to make sure I get this right when I make it :o)

[atree3]

First I added about 2 C flour, then I added the other ingred. (coconut, polenta, wheat germ , whatever, about 1/2 C of each) mix. THEN I added the remainder of the flour, about 2 - 4 cups. Enough to make the dough easy to handle

[bluesloversrv]

Thank you!! I can't wait to get started!!! I'm going to the grocery store for some ingredients, and then I'm going to make this bread and your cinnamon bread. This is my first homeade bread making experience, so I hope mine turns out 1/2 as good as yours (fingers crossed) :o)

[thehotsixer]

What does the polenta(corn meal?) an coconut do for the bread?

[atree3]

I think it adds interest, in the texture and in the flavor. I love them both, probably could add even more than I do . . .

[chocotofu3]

You're developing the gluten.

[oliverburke]

I'm ready for part 2.

Nice intimate, soulful explanation. Mesmerizing. Relaxing. Informative. Just what Ollie needs :)

Feels like I'm relaxing in your kitchen with you...and the breadly being. :)

[atree3]

hope you are baking

[mikeyfed916]

ive always had a passion for making bread, but this lesson helped me alot in the reason i was making the wonderful bread. Thank you Atree3!

[sakcad]

Ah! I can now make perfect bread, thanks to your explaining working the dough.

[atree3]

so happy that it worked for you!

[Kateybellah]

A regularly wonderful woman in a natural teaching role. My 18 yr. old grandnephew sent you to me! :)

Thank you.

[atree3]

glad you enjoyed

[DRATMMM]

You're so natural in front of the camera! I thoroughly enjoyed this.

[atree3]

thanks

[SONJEE]

I like you. I just wanted to say that. I have seen many videos on bread baking but I chose yours. You allowed me to just be in the moment with my bread. It gave me the opportunity to just put love and energy into that creation. I was there and I LOVED IT! Thank you, atree, You are wonderful. You are someone that just makes others want to just spend time with you so, when Im a little bummed out, I play your video and make bread with love by simply being there.

You're wonderful *hugz*

[atree3]

thanks for making my day!

[17hemi]

Thank you for the tips!

[locolingo]

Well, I arrived here too late, for about two weeks ago when it was still winter, I decided to make some wheat rolls. I've made bread for many years now, but, well, let us just say that they made very satisfying, long-lasting dog treats, especially when slathered with peanut butter. It was very soothing to watch and listen here.

[aprilsky66]

I love your talking. So~~~attractive!

[mkinosch]

I am learning to make bread and had some what success with first try. i really enjoyed the way you speak on the video. I love you last comment "Remeber, it is alive!!"

[portableversion]

thanks atree! I made whole wheat bread using your method and the results were superb. I have found a lifelong hobby and passion. thanks again!

[portableversion]

thanks atree! I made whole wheat bread using your method and the results were superb. I have found a lifelong hobby and passion. thanks again!

[btnheazy03]

More power to you, hippie grandma!

[Sanisgillon]

Kneading the dough is totally theraputic as well. Can be a great stress reliever kneading dough when you are angry or upset. And then afterwards you get comfort food. Totally recommended.

[me1001me]

She have sead to add wheat flour and then to add white flour, but white flour is maid of wheat, so where do i get wrong?

[me1001me]

sorry, it is said. Not sead. Stupid me.

[atree3]

that is a good point, for they ARE both wheat.

What I am calling 'wheat' flour is a slightly coarser grind, and a little brown. Sometimes it is called 'whole wheat flout'

For the white flour, it is white, and you can get either bleached or unbleached. I use the unbleached.

keep me posted

experiment

[me1001me]

Thank you so much. It was very helpful. It is a wonderful recipe.

[dasboudha]

Anyway possible to have this recipe write down somewhere ?

thanks!

[atree3]

i don't have it written down

[Rockinfreakawhat22]

don't joke

that's pure genius^

[Rockinfreakawhat22]

awhh wow

i think everyone would agree

you should go down in breadmaking history

all my energy goes into making bread

it is my profession

and this video sums up my feelings for the masterful creation.

one day, i wanna be like you

thanks

[atree3]

sounds like you already are . . .

[dasboudha]

Thank you for sharing. You have help me made my final choice and no longer I will buy bread - I will Make It :)

Thanks again!

[atree3]

thanks

luvdabun has a very funny parody up right now about eating bread. check it out.

[clocksnmirrors]

thank you for this instruction! i had tried to make bread but knew something wasn't quite right. now i'm all clear!!!

[shortcut007]

Awesome video ! :D I was looking for a good recipe!

Thank you!

[foxbytes]

I'ts great to see someone who puts life into there baking........I hope you will take a look at my video. I love baking bread too.

[atree3]

thanks for sending this

I enjoy the hand kneading, but it was interesting to see another way.

[rgm1984]

That's some serious bread. Nothing like homemade!! Thanks for sharing. I will try this some time. (I especially like how you used honey) :)

[hispillow]

i agree about the kneading... kneading using both hands makes me feel that i'm putting energies to my dough... now im studying baking pastries but then in our class we use the dough roller to knead....cause they said that kneading using hands takes too much time....

anyways.... thanks for posting this video...its great... i learned more...

[TT202020]

SUPER!

[amjPeace]

I used to think of the kneading as the way we put our love/warmth into the bread and thereby into the ones who will eat it. I agree with you about those machines, it's just not the same.

[countmycatharsis]

I want LIFE, I want LOVE, I want PASSION...so when I have another day of cooking hell, to the point of tempting the vow of nevering touch a stove again, I will turn to you and this video...your wisdom and encouragement may just bring out the cooking queen in me yet!

[atree3]

happy baking

[countmycatharsis]

I am a young adult who has just started to live on my own and cooking has been both a delight and a challenge...mostly...a challenge...but I have never been a fan of the food networks on television because the cooks I've tried to watch don't seem to want to converse with their audience about meaningful things besides measurements...

[dleifyamjr]

Makes me want to bake now. Very cool video.

[julesandmax]

Enjoyed very much! :-)

[danbergam]

I didn't know the honey trick!

This video is very informative and greatly realized... it's always good, to share each own traditions!

I guess soon or later I'll post some italian recipes! :-)

For now, while waiting for part 2, I add this to my favorites!

And, yes, cooking is a kind of magic: to take some ingredients, to turn them in something else applying energy... :-)