[crazywoman]

I did some "speramentin" today. I have never had luck using Kevin's bake mix to make bread. I know he and others have, but I haven't. At least they way I like to make it. I like some bran in mine rather than just plain white bread (I realize that is what he was after - white bread). Anyway, I decided to see if I could make up a premix to mix it up in a big batch, and put in bags, rather than mixing the batches up for each bag. (Could also be put in a container & measured out per batch.)

So, I did! Sure am glad it worked out well, cause that sure was a lot of ingredients.

I actually made burger buns today using one "batch" of the mix rather than a loaf, as that is what I needed. I got 10 burger buns (of varying sizes because of what pans I had available to use). It might have stretched to 12 buns, but I didn't try.

Here is my Pre-Mix:


#4 Bread 5 -loaf pre-mix
Kevin’s #4 Carbalose white bread w/tweaks by Billie (wheat bran & flaxmeal)

1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons VWG
7 cups Carbalose
5 1/2 cups + 2 tablespoons WPI 5000 (I think I’ll change to 5 3/4 cups maybe 6)
1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons Resistant Wheat Starch 70 or 75
1/4 cup + 1 tablespoon not/sugar or not/starch
4 tablespoons Baking powder
2 tablespoons Sugar
4 tablespoons Instant Yeast (3 - 4)
1 tablespoon Inulin (scant) (optional)
1 Splenda Quick Pack
2 1/2 teaspoons Salt
1 1/4 cups Wheat Bran
1 1/4 cups Flaxseed Meal

Mix together & divide into 5 mixes. (3 ½ cups each) Makes 5 loaves.


Maybe because I didn’t measure carefully, I didn’t have quite enough dry mixture for the 5 mixes. So may need to add more WPI 5000 to mix. Also some may need to add more anyway as I didn’t use the "extra" 3/4 cup per "batch". So for those using the full amount of WOI 5000 that Kevin put in the recipe (1 1/8 + 3/4 cups), you might want to add 3 3/4 cups more (approx 9 cups total). Then somewhere around 4 cups mix per "batch". (more or less) I know I don’t need anywhere near that much.


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If you want white bread like the original leave out the wheat bran & flaxmeal. Additional WPI 5000 and/or Carbalose will probably be needed.

Instead of the milk, I use 1/8 c cream & enough water (distilled if you don't have really good water) to make 1 cup. Actually I don't need as much liquid, so I heat my 1/8 cup butter in the measuring cup in the micro then add the cream up to the 1/4 cup line, then fill to just below the 1 cup line. This is plenty of liquid for me. Sometimes I still have to add a little more WPI 5000 or it is still too wet.

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Here is a link to Kevin's original post for the bread.
http://stellastyle.com/community2/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6411&highlight=white+bread
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