10 Reasons to Bake Bread
The line from the Lord’s Prayer stating “Give us this day our daily bread” shows how integral bread is to the lives of people since ancient times. For thousands of years, bread baking was an activity done in most households around the world, but now many people have no idea how to bake bread even though they still eat it.
If you are interested in expanding your bread options beyond a factory produced blob of preservatives in a plastic bag, the good news is that bread baking is simple. Yes, there are a couple basic skills to learn and principles to understand, but mostly baking bread is as easy as falling off a bar stool and more fun.
Why you will like to bake bread:
Homemade bread is much more nutritious and satisfying than most varieties of mass-produced bread. When you compare the two types, you’ll see that most of the stuff at the grocery store is just air. It is hard to buy the taste of fresh hot bread straight out of the oven with butter melting on it. The experience is something that happens at home in your kitchen. As long as you have flour, salt, and yeast at home, you have access to fresh bread. All of these ingredients are cheap to stock up on too. Think about how many times you go grocery shopping when mostly all you need is a loaf of bread. Kneading the bread dough with your hands is a meditative activity that lets the world slip away for a few minutes. Many people juggle a lot of details all day as they rush through busy lives. Making some bread is a great way to disconnect and focus on one simple and essential thing. When you hold the warm dough in your hands and know that the yeast is alive and breathing inside it, you will feel endowed with creative energy. You are working with the living world to make something good to eat. People will be so impressed with you for baking bread. Your sandwiches will taste better when you use homemade bread, and they will fill you up more too. You will gain a sense of independence knowing that you don’t have to always rely on a bread factory for every slice. Baking bread can be a fun activity to do with family members, and it costs very little to do. You can explore recipes from different cultures or become more connected to your own ethnic traditions because many cultures around the world have distinctive types of bread.
Few people have time to bake all their bread, but learning how to do it and making time for the activity every couple weeks are both possible. Baking bread is a great way to slow down and deepen your understanding of the food you eat.
By: Tracy Falbe
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