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Bread Making 101

Ingredient List

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ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY:

Butter
Flour, all-purpose or bread
Salt
Shortening, spray or solid
Sugar
Water
Yeast, active dry or rapid rise

SOMEWHAT NECESSARY:

This all depends on the recipe chosen. You might need: eggs, caraway, sesame or poppy seeds, molasses, honey, oatmeal, etc.

NOT REALLY NECESSARY:

I would love to have all the flours or meals that would make different types of breads like: Barley, Bran, Stone Ground Wheat, Buckwheat, and so on, in my pantry at all times.

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