Any Home Bakers Here?

[bruceha2000]

I think King Arthur is KAF. For flour.

Lots of times here is is just KA. Like AP is All Purpose.

I’m nothing.

Don't be so hard on yourself!

A special thanks to you and Ron for keeping the Index updated!

Yes, MANY thanks!

The thing about homemade GF bread is it doesn't normally slice well without falling apart.

That is SO true. And the stuff at the store is much worse than you described. Like powdered rice cakes glued back together. I can't think of many human foods I have purchased and then fed to the chickens because it was just TOO disgusting. People, don't bother with Schar bread.

buuuut this last loaf, that turned out so well, stayed nice and soft and sliceable through til the end!

Can you point me to the recipe? I may have bookmarked it but I don't know. And what GF flour blend are you using?

 

[SnapdragonQ]

That is SO true. And the stuff at the store is much worse than you described. Like powdered rice cakes glued back together. I can't think of many human foods I have purchased and then fed to the chickens because it was just TOO disgusting. People, don't bother with Schar bread.


Can you point me to the recipe? I may have bookmarked it but I don't know. And what GF flour blend are you using?

Well, I was trying to be kind.....
There are a few tolerable ones....I'll link them in a moment. And yeah, Schar...**shudders**

The bread I made? I made it up. Broke all the rules and mixed flour blends. Give me a bit and I type up what I did. But I'll also pull some recipes/mixes I've done before with decent results.
(decent as in sliceable on day one...then they fall apart on day 2.)

 

[SnapdragonQ]

Canyon Bakehouse has, so far, the best store bought GF bread I've ever had. Think almost (alllmost) basic multigrain everyday regular bread.
Of course it's expensive and of course the loaf is teeny tiny, but it's worth it once in a while. Can be found at walmart, target....everyday stores. My store carries the Ancient Grain and Country white. We've only had the ancient grain and like it a lot. Too expensive to toast, make french toast, or treat like typical bread, but it makes a good small sandwich.
https://canyonglutenfree.com/our-products/

The other GF bread I'll get for kiddo for school lunches is from Aldis. The have a small line of GF foods called "Live G Free" and we can use most of the products. It's not many, but they have muffin/pancake mixes, yellow cake mix, pretzels, cookies, stuffing mix (near the holidays) and some bread items. The bread is not as good as Canyon above, but for school lunches, just fine. And leaves Schar in the dust, which of course is what Schar is made of....
The mixes cost about half as much as they do in other stores, so for a GF family it saves a lot of money over time. And the mixes are actually quite decent. I used the yellow cake mix for the pineapple upside down cake. The pancake mix is my go to for pancakes and waffles.
Unfortunately, the breads are still crazy expensive. And still crazy small.
https://www.aldi.us/en/grocery-good...ps/p/livegfree-gluten-free-whole-grain-bread/

 

[N F C]

Frittata or quiche, whatever you call them are ready. One for now and one for the freezer. What an easy way to use up bits of things...these are ham, broccoli, bell pepper and a mix of whatever cheeses I had on hand.

 

[ronott1]

Frittata or quiche, whatever you call them are ready. One for now and one for the freezer. What an easy way to use up bits of things...these are ham, broccoli, bell pepper and a mix of whatever cheeses I had on hand.

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Nice!

 

[bruceha2000]

Frittata or quiche, whatever you call them are ready.

Quiche can have crust or not but I think a frittata needs to have potatoes.

DW was ordering from NutsOnline 2 days ago. They have whole wheat flour! So she added a 5 pound bag to her order. It arrived today about the same time as I got home from all the egg delivery and food store shopping. 4 stops for egg delivery, 5 food stores plus a stop at the in-laws retirement community to deliver requested groceries.

But the best part - My first stop was the little family owned grocery store, they had full flour shelves including KAF whole wheat so even though I knew I had some coming from NO, I bought a 5 pound bag, I'm set for some time now! I looked at the flour shelves at one of the other stores, they had maybe eight 1 lb bags of KAF organic whole wheat, no white flour at all. An improvement at least. I'll have to see if I can tell any difference between the NO and KAF flour .... other than the NO costing nearly twice as much without a shipping cost.

On the down side the healthy food store no longer carries Kinnikinnik. Dang store!!! Their GF pancake and waffle mix is really good, like many people wouldn't even know it was GF good. It is the only one we use to make waffles even though DD1 is up in Canada, don't want to contaminate the machine. The Kinnikinnik site suggests their products are sold at 2 of the big grocery stores up here, I'll have to check. If not they also sell direct, free shipping if you buy more than $50. But the "bulk" pancake mix is 4 boxes and only about $15, might be better to pay the shipping than find another $35 of stuff to buy.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Wow quite the buy there you should be set for awhile

 

[rjohns39]

Frittata or quiche, whatever you call them are ready. One for now and one for the freezer. What an easy way to use up bits of things...these are ham, broccoli, bell pepper and a mix of whatever cheeses I had on hand.

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Looks great Debby. I do love my potatoes in them, but they are a great way to use up eggs and stuff in the frige.

Quiche can have crust or not but I think a frittata needs to have potatoes.

DW was ordering from NutsOnline 2 days ago. They have whole wheat flour! So she added a 5 pound bag to her order. It arrived today about the same time as I got home from all the egg delivery and food store shopping. 4 stops for egg delivery, 5 food stores plus a stop at the in-laws retirement community to deliver requested groceries.

But the best part - My first stop was the little family owned grocery store, they had full flour shelves including KAF whole wheat so even though I knew I had some coming from NO, I bought a 5 pound bag, I'm set for some time now! I looked at the flour shelves at one of the other stores, they had maybe eight 1 lb bags of KAF organic whole wheat, no white flour at all. An improvement at least. I'll have to see if I can tell any difference between the NO and KAF flour .... other than the NO costing nearly twice as much without a shipping cost.

On the down side the healthy food store no longer carries Kinnikinnik. Dang store!!! Their GF pancake and waffle mix is really good, like many people wouldn't even know it was GF good. It is the only one we use to make waffles even though DD1 is up in Canada, don't want to contaminate the machine. The Kinnikinnik site suggests their products are sold at 2 of the big grocery stores up here, I'll have to check. If not they also sell direct, free shipping if you buy more than $50. But the "bulk" pancake mix is 4 boxes and only about $15, might be better to pay the shipping than find another $35 of stuff to buy.

Bruce, Mylar bags and O2 obsorbers, you can fill the cart with the kinnikinnik. Put the bag in a 5 gallon food grade bucket with an omni lid and its good for decades.

 

[Aria]

Frittata or quiche, whatever you call them are ready. One for now and one for the freezer. What an easy way to use up bits of things...these are ham, broccoli, bell pepper and a mix of whatever cheeses I had on hand.

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Look Yummy one of my favorite meals. Aria

 

[ronott1]

Quiche can have crust or not but I think a frittata needs to have potatoes.

DW was ordering from NutsOnline 2 days ago. They have whole wheat flour! So she added a 5 pound bag to her order. It arrived today about the same time as I got home from all the egg delivery and food store shopping. 4 stops for egg delivery, 5 food stores plus a stop at the in-laws retirement community to deliver requested groceries.

But the best part - My first stop was the little family owned grocery store, they had full flour shelves including KAF whole wheat so even though I knew I had some coming from NO, I bought a 5 pound bag, I'm set for some time now! I looked at the flour shelves at one of the other stores, they had maybe eight 1 lb bags of KAF organic whole wheat, no white flour at all. An improvement at least. I'll have to see if I can tell any difference between the NO and KAF flour .... other than the NO costing nearly twice as much without a shipping cost.

On the down side the healthy food store no longer carries Kinnikinnik. Dang store!!! Their GF pancake and waffle mix is really good, like many people wouldn't even know it was GF good. It is the only one we use to make waffles even though DD1 is up in Canada, don't want to contaminate the machine. The Kinnikinnik site suggests their products are sold at 2 of the big grocery stores up here, I'll have to check. If not they also sell direct, free shipping if you buy more than $50. But the "bulk" pancake mix is 4 boxes and only about $15, might be better to pay the shipping than find another $35 of stuff to buy.

Nice day of shopping!