Anyone Bake Their Bread? I Have Issues...

dbmata

snowflake930 wrote: »

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FatOldBat wrote: »

Bread is very high in calories, simply because one quarter of a cup of flour is 100 calories. If you make a loaf, let it cool completely, slice it, then freeze it. Seriously, it's very important for you to make bread a special treat and not an everyday habit: major calorie bomb!

^^Not so for everyone. I eat it everyday, and have lost 160+ pounds. Nothing is a "special" treat for me. If I want it, I make it fit in my daily calorie budget. Moderation in all things has worked very well for me, and I will continue to eat what I want in moderation.

Careful, segacs is going to say that this isn't about you.

dbmata

elephant_in_the_room wrote: »

When making bread dough, you add water to the flour. In most recipes, between 1/3 and 1/2 of the dough is water. 1/3 is quite dry. 1/2 makes a very wet dough, almost impossible to knead and shape if not using rye flour. When you bake the bread, some of the water evaporates. Generally, wholemeal flour can take up more water. Therefore white breads tend to be higher in calories (>250 cal/100g) than wholemeal ones (<250 cal/100g).

Then you have the folded 75%+ breads. Difficult to make, but very nice when done right.