How to Make Homemade Bread

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Basic White Bread
1/2 cup milk
3 Tbsp sugar
2 tsp salt
3 Tbsp butter
4 1/2 tsp active dry yeast
1 1/2 cups warm water
5-6 cups all purpose flour
400 degrees Farenheit for 30 minutes. Yield: 2 loaves

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[AneyLeos2007]

Ok i havent been able to go past the yeast stage. My yeast just doesnt bubble. Ive gone as far as to take the temperature of the water to make sure its at 110 degrees. It says the yeast deosnt expire until the year 2013, so its not old. It just doesnt bubble! The back of the packet says to dissolve it in 1/4 cup warm water and 1/4 cup sugar and then deduct the 1/4 cup water from total liquid in the recipe? What does that even mean?! Should i try it with sugar and see if it bubbles or not?

[a1angiem]

@AneyLeos2007 Yes, you could follow the directions on the packet & let the yeast disolve in the 1/4 cup water. When you go to make the bread, just measure the amount of water/liquid in the recipe MINUS 1/4 cup (since you will be adding that 1/4 cup back in WITH the yeast you disolved in it. The yeast may not get super bubbly but if it's not expired & you have the right water & sugar, it should work just fine. Good luck!

[AneyLeos2007]

@a1angiem after about 6 packets of yeast i finally got it to bubble! :D I did what u did and just added a pinch of sugar and that helped! Now i hope i kneaded the bread long enough, im letting it rise now.

[a1angiem]

@AneyLeos2007 So how did it turn out????

[AneyLeos2007]

Mine isnt rising! >.< wuaahhh! :(

[a1angiem]

@AneyLeos2007 oh, that is so disappointing & frustrating when that happens! Was your yeast very fresh? Water not too hot or cold? Sugar & salt quantities accurate? I'm sorry that it didn't rise!

[ReaverRism]

I tried making bread and it kept being really hard as a rock. Then after I watched this video I tried again and Succeed! Im 12! My father always said we learn from mistakes.

[prettyquellie]

I gotta try this! Nice vid! Thanks, a1angiem!

[AneyLeos2007]

@a1angiem They were pretty good, but it has more of a bolillo texture rather than sandwich bread because when i set it to rise the first time, i set it on top of the oven and it was apparently too hot because the bottom of the dough baked while rising. It turned golden brown lol. So it didnt rise the second time as well as it should have. But it was still tasty! Gonna try it again soon. :)

[kazke0001]

@a1angiem thank you !