Tag: Bread

Community, Recipes

Back to School Bread

Off Grid Gals

This versatile classic frequently receives compliments. It can be made into rolls and bread-sticks. With a little cornmeal it becomes pizza dough.

It also serves as the foundation of Lunch in a Bun, a popular menu item at Trego School. For lunch in a bun, each bun has a filling. Sometimes, it is taco meat and cheese. At other times, they are filled with pepperoni, ham and cheese, then served with marinara sauce.

These numbers in this recipe are reduced to result in a smaller amount of bread than is produced in the school kitchen.

Single Rise Dough

2 Tbsp. Active Dry Yeast
3 Tbsp. Sugar
3 tsp. Salt
1 cup Water
1 cup Warm Milk
1/3 cup Oil
2 Eggs
6-6 & 1/2 cups Flour or Bread Flour

  1. Decide on which mixing method you would like to use
    • If dissolving yeast in warm water, use a water temperature of 110 degrees
    • If mixing the yeast right in with the dry ingredients, use a water temperature of 115-120 degrees
  2. Mix as much flour as possible in using a mixer. Work the remaining flour in by hand and knead until the dough is smooth and elastic
  3. After mixing and kneading process is complete, let dough rest for 10 minutes
  4. Scale into proper size units (bread loaves, sandwich buns, dinner rolls, cinnamon rolls, etc.
  5. Mold your dough into the shapes you will be making. Pan into the proper sized pans.
  6. Proof the dough units until almost double in bulk. When touched gently, a unit that is fully proofed will full out the dent slowly.
  7. Bake at 375 degrees for 30-35 minutes for loaves and approximately 15-20 minutes for dinner rolls and smaller units.

Community

Bread Giveaway Continues at Trego Pub

Sam

The Bread Giveaway is continuing, taking place at the Trego Pub and General Store.

  • Lani, with bread, in the General Store
  • Todd carrying a box of cookies that will be taken to a daycare.
  • Mike and Fern collecting empty boxes after delivery
  • Look at all that bread!

There was so much overflow that discussion turned to school and daycare as places that might be able to use the excess. It isn’t just bread, it’s cookies, English muffins, donuts (and bread, of course).

As I observed at a previous bread giveaway, this is good quality bread it large quantities. As you can see, it’s taking up a bit of space. So, drop by the Pub and General Store, and pick up some bread. Pick some up for your neighbors, too.

Community

Bread Giveaway

Sam

By now, you’ve probably noticed the frequent bread giveaways occurring in Trego. A few things to note:

It’s for everybody. There’s definitely enough bread, and it all needs a home.

Much of the bread is double-bagged and freezes well for storage

It’s not just bread, but other baked goods as well: english muffins, donuts, cookies, bagels, pizza crusts, hot dog buns…

This is not just about to go bad, days after the expiration date bread. It’s surplus from a warehouse, and a perfectly good product.

Why is it being given away? While we can thank the various places hosting the bread giveaways, the real force behind this is one man. He’s a retiree, who made arrangements with a warehouse, and collects surplus bread (and related products), often several times a week. He’s responsible for the bread giveaway at the senior citizen’s center in Eureka, and also provides bread to the food bank.

If you want to say thanks, the folks hosting the giveaway will be able to pass on your well wishes when next they see him. Given the situation (warehouse surplus, run by a single individual), it’s difficult to predict when/if the next giveaway will occur. So, keep an eye out!

Pick up bread. Pick up bread for your neighbors. And drop a word of thanks for the man who thought to arrange this, and has been selflessly giving away bread to the food bank and senior center for years.