Bread is Not Scary - Ingredients

OK Ladies,

The first step to being not scared of bread is to understand what bread IS. It is some stuff. Stuff you mixed up, then heated up. That's it. Not scary at all, I promise. :o)

The stuff is not even all that specific, think about all the different kinds of bread, right?! They are just variations on the same basic formula. If you screw up, as long as you have the ingredients, you will just end up with a type of bread you may not have set out to have, and that's really not all that bad. So you accidentally made naan and you were shooting for cinnamon rolls. No biggie! 

Seriously even if you screw up it will probably be ok, as long as you have the stuff. So what is the stuff? 

Flour 

Bread without flour is:

Not Bread
Flour Options:

All purpose, cake flour, pastry flour, bread flour
Regular, whole wheat, rice...
Things to consider:
All purpose flour is fine for most breads. There is a difference in the types and it apparently has to do with the gluten (the protein) content. I wouldn't sweat it for most breads, and all purpose is fine. I like whole wheat all purpose obviously.


Yeast

Bread without yeast is:
flat, weak, and not as yummy

Yeast Options: