Even if the Kitchen Aid mixer does the kneading, I have to punch it down and shape it for the final rise. Our kitchen is cold too, and it's hard to get bread to rise correctly without putting the bowl on a heating pad or in a bigger bowl of hot water and wrapped in a towel. I am ready for it all to be way less of a production.floridacatlover wrote: ↑Sat Jan 28, 2023 1:15 pm Mackie, I don’t use a lot of bread but was surprised that regular Publix-brand whole wheat bread (nothing special) is now $2.99. Before the pandemic it was about $1.97 and it has been inching up but last time I bought it was $2.59. I need to go to Aldi but have been scared away by the resurgence of Covid but I wonder about their bread prices.
You mentioned the arthritis in your hands. I wondered why so many people use bread machines now a days instead of making bread “the old fashioned way.” I’ve never made bread (except beer bread in my youth) but mom always made it the old fashioned way when I was growing up. I don’t think that bread machines were common like now.
I like the bread with more fiber in it, and it's $4 for a smaller loaf now. Yikes.