re: Anybody making homemade bread?

Once you get in the habit, baking all of your own bread is not time consuming at all. The book recommended is fine. My wife and I love pumpernickel rye, my prep time before setting it to rise is about 15 minutes, I usually do it in TV timeouts during some ball game.

I picked up a clay Romertopf on Ebay for $25 or if you have a Dutch oven like a La Creuset or a cast iron, they work great.


I costed it out, a 2lb loaf costs me about $1.20, thats about $9-$10 in store. The only problem is that the bread smells and tastes so good you tend to eat a lot more. Also , once the weather gets hot, like today, I bake in in my Kamado Joe.

Once it cools I use my meat slicer to cut it. If we slice it ourselves, every piece is like Texas toast.

Good luck and bon Appetit.