Bread - So Much a Part of Life
In the olden days, bread baking was a daily routine. Many times
a loaf of warm, fresh from the oven bread, with a topping of
fresh-churned butter was a meal - in times of hardship, in times
of scarcity. Today, the food industry provides a mind-boggling
array of bread products - your choice, to mix and match to your
heart's content. They did, however, with all the magic of
science, leave out "just a little". That little is the aroma or
scent of fresh-baking bread, a hint of spice, and the texture of
kneaded dough that provided not only sustenance but a form of
"therapy" for the baker. It wouldn't take much to take a step
back in time and give your family and friends that
old-fashioned, yet timely, welcoming aroma that just brings them
to the kitchen, awakens even the most sluggish appetite, and the
smiles - well, that is the true "icing" on the bread. The
convenience of electric mixers with dough hooks and even bread
machiens, frozen loaves of bread that just need to have that
"finishing touch" - there is really no excuse not to bake bread,
not because you have to - but because you want to. Fall and all
the upcoming holidays are an inspiration for your own creativity
with spices, fruits, and other delights that give your loaf your
"perfect touch". Bread baking - memory making - they just go
together. Try it - and the rewards will just bring you back to
the kitchen to bake "one more loaf". ENJOY!