Bread Ingredients (continued)
Milk Adding milkcreates a tender textured, mellowerflavored bread. Yogurt, buttermilk, and sour
cream make moist doughs, and add a slight tangy flavor. Milk alsoincreasesthe protein content of
bread. Fresh milkisfinewhen making recipes to start immediatdy. When setting the timer ahead
several hours, use dry milk to prevent spoiling.
Yeast All the recipeshere use dry active yeast - the small packagescontain 1Tbl. (1/4 oz.).If you
bake often, however,it isconvenient to buy yeast loose in jars and measure out only the amount you
need. Check expiration date before buying or using and keep yeastrefrigerated or in the freezer.
Salt Salt adds flavor to bread and tempers the risingprocess. Ifyou are watching your salt intake,
reduce the amount ofadded salt or leaveit out completely.Dough, however,rises more quickly
without salt, so add a bit lessyeast as you reduce the salt.
Sweeteners Yeastdoes not need a sweetenerto rise-- flour servesas its food - but it speedsup the
process. Sweeteners, ofcourse, add flavor,and keepbread moist longer. Sugar adds pure sweetness,
while brown sugar,honey, maple syrup and molassesalso add distinctive flavors.Molasses, the
strongest flavored sweetener,is sometimesused to darken recipes.
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