1. Homemade Bread Preparedness Homemade Bread

2. Step 1: In one large bowl mix: 6 cups flour (I use unbleached or whole wheat) ¾ cups organic sugar or 1 cup honey 1 teaspoon salt 2 eggs ¼ cup olive oil

3. Homemade Bread (cont.) Step 2: In a smaller bowl mix: 1 tablespoon yeast 1 teaspoon sugar 1 ½ lukewarm water (not more than 100 degrees) Step 3: Let yeast water rise for 10 minutes- preferably warm

4. Homemade Bread (cont.) Step 4: Mix contents of two bowls together in large bowl

5. Homemade Bread (cont.) Step 5: Knead the dough for 15 minutes on floured surface

6. Homemade Bread (cont.) Step 6: In a canner boil about 2 inches of water. Put dough in a large olive oiled bowl into the canner with the heat turned off. Cover the dough. The towel isn’t dirty it is stained from making grape juice

7. Homemade Bread (cont.) Step 7: Let rise 2 hours, until doubled in size

8. Homemade Bread (cont.) Step 8: Knead dough for 5 minutes and make any alterations, reheat canner water while kneading, then turn of heat

9. Homemade Bread (cont.) Monkey Bread: Melt butter, make a cinnamon sugar Tear the dough into 1 inch pieces, roll in butter then sugar. Put in greased loaf pan.

10. Homemade Bread (cont.) Herb Bread: Add 1 tablespoon Italian Season and 1 tablespoon garlic and knead into bread. Put in greased loaf pan. Try you hand at braiding bread!

11. Homemade Bread (cont.) Step 9: Let rise 1 hour, covered. At this stage I put my bread on a cookie sheet and then cover it. Preheat oven to 350 degrees 15 minutes prior to baking.

12. Homemade Bread (cont.) Step 10: Optional: Whisk and egg in a small bowl. Take a pastry brush and lightly paint your bread with the egg wash. Cover with sesame or poppy seeds. Poppy seeds make people fail drug testing.

13. Homemade Bread (cont.) Step 11: Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour depending upon altitude and humidity.

14. Homemade Bread (cont.) Step 12: Enjoy!

15. Summary Make your own bread, it is simple and easy. Get other recipes and make your own style. Breads can be made in conventional ovens, brick ovens, solar ovens, etc. Breads can be made in mason jars. Get information on making breads from scratch. This will be invaluable information in the post collapse world.