Re: Recipes-powder to real

[Guest guest]

Congratulations on the birth of your son!

About that bread recipe- does it call for milk or water besides the

whey powder? If water, I would use all whey instead of water. If milk,

you might try using thinned yogurt or kefir instead of the milk. So,

if it's one cup water and 1/2 cup whey powder, I would try 1 and 1/4c.

whey. If it's one cup milk and 1/2 cup whey powder, I'd try 1 and 1/4

cup thinned yogurt (to milk consistency) or kefir or maybe 1 1/2c.

unthinned yogurt/kefir. Obviously you'll want to watch the consistency

of the bread during kneading, or at least the final product, to see if

it was a little too wet or dry. It's likely to take some expiramentation.

So, as far as the flour, use 6 cups, mix it with the

water/whey/yogurt/kefir and let it soak/ferment. That way you get the

proper preparation without changing the recipe too much, or adding

steps. Look at the bread machine recipe at the bottom of the page for

an example of how this all could work:

http://www.westonaprice.org/foodfeatures/sourdough_egg_noodles.html

Alternatively, you could just use that recipe. I was amazed at the

texture of the final product! And I used a West Bend- I'm sure you

could do it without the bread machine at all.

My DH grew up on white bread, and though he will eat wheat bread now,

it has to be as close to the texture of store bought 'wheat' as

possible. He was as impressed with that recipe as I was.

~Lindsey

[Guest guest]

Thanks! I love being a wife & mom of 2 kiddos. That's why I'm

really getting into my domestic engineering!

The bread recipe calls for 4 cups hot water, 1/2 cup olive oil, 1/2

cup raw honey and 1/2 cup whey powder, 1 tsp vitamin C crystals and 1

TB sea salt along with 6-7 cups flour. There's also a yeast mixture

(1 1/3 cup hot water, 2 TB raw honey, 4 TB yeast) to blend in after

the other stuff is mixed.

Thanks for your advice. I'll check out the site you recommended and

give it a whirl. I do have a bread machine, but was going to do it

in the oven. I might just go with the machine.

Cheers!

Barbara

>

> Congratulations on the birth of your son!

>

> About that bread recipe- does it call for milk or water besides the

> whey powder? If water, I would use all whey instead of water. If

milk,

> you might try using thinned yogurt or kefir instead of the milk. So,

> if it's one cup water and 1/2 cup whey powder, I would try 1 and

1/4c.

> whey. If it's one cup milk and 1/2 cup whey powder, I'd try 1 and

1/4

> cup thinned yogurt (to milk consistency) or kefir or maybe 1 1/2c.

> unthinned yogurt/kefir. Obviously you'll want to watch the

consistency

> of the bread during kneading, or at least the final product, to see

if

> it was a little too wet or dry. It's likely to take some

expiramentation.

>

> So, as far as the flour, use 6 cups, mix it with the

> water/whey/yogurt/kefir and let it soak/ferment. That way you get

the

> proper preparation without changing the recipe too much, or adding

> steps. Look at the bread machine recipe at the bottom of the page

for

> an example of how this all could work:

> http://www.westonaprice.org/foodfeatures/sourdough_egg_noodles.html

> Alternatively, you could just use that recipe. I was amazed at

the

> texture of the final product! And I used a West Bend- I'm sure you

> could do it without the bread machine at all.

>

> My DH grew up on white bread, and though he will eat wheat bread

now,

> it has to be as close to the texture of store bought 'wheat' as

> possible. He was as impressed with that recipe as I was.

>

> ~Lindsey

>