eating bread used to be more of an exercise for the mouth - hard grains, less sugar, chewier, whole seeds and nuts, etc. wonderbread sugarloaf has been ridiculously harmful for us. i spent a few years in the baking industry and learned that the big mac bun had more sugar than the soft-serve cone (won't even call it ice cream).
go to a thrift store and find a bread machine that someone gave up on after one try, $5-$10. print out some basic recipes (later you can get a good book), get NON-GMO flour (King Arthur works great), and have at it. super easy, we do it all the time now. there's even timers that work great with some recipes, set it and forget it.
remember, any bread recipe can have up to half the white flour swapped out with wheat, just add a little more liquid/fat/honey/applesauce until you have your perfect loaf (or rolls or buns).
thanks for the details and I'm definitely getting a bread machine now. just told my husband this morning that i need to start researching/get one soon, and then I saw your reply! love how that works;) was also thinking about proper flour so glad you mentioned KA. sure the companies I'm complaining about are using cheaper flour.
eating bread used to be more of an exercise for the mouth - hard grains, less sugar, chewier, whole seeds and nuts, etc. wonderbread sugarloaf has been ridiculously harmful for us. i spent a few years in the baking industry and learned that the big mac bun had more sugar than the soft-serve cone (won't even call it ice cream).
go to a thrift store and find a bread machine that someone gave up on after one try, $5-$10. print out some basic recipes (later you can get a good book), get NON-GMO flour (King Arthur works great), and have at it. super easy, we do it all the time now. there's even timers that work great with some recipes, set it and forget it.
remember, any bread recipe can have up to half the white flour swapped out with wheat, just add a little more liquid/fat/honey/applesauce until you have your perfect loaf (or rolls or buns).
thanks for the details and I'm definitely getting a bread machine now. just told my husband this morning that i need to start researching/get one soon, and then I saw your reply! love how that works;) was also thinking about proper flour so glad you mentioned KA. sure the companies I'm complaining about are using cheaper flour.