the Magic of Making Bread part 1

I'm starting here with three cups of warm water , not hot , not cold , pleasantly warm , like in a baby's bottle because we're going to make life .

That's what bread is .

So I'm putting in two tablespoons of the yeast .

That's the life .

It's going to come to life .

Those little Granules , I'm going to leave it for 15 or 20 minutes till it changes .

The yeast is dissolved .

So I'm going to add some honey .

Not too much .

I had the honey before the salt , the honey feeds the yeast .

The salt tends to inhibit the growth .

So putting the salt in next , put in a cup of wheat flour and two cups of white flour .

Then putting in about a half a cup of , if I had wheat germ , I'd put in about a half a cup of wheat germ .

And I'm putting in a half a cup of coconut not sweetened .

Now , it's starting to come alive already .

You see it's getting a little puppy .

So that's starting to look pretty good .

Now , I'm going to put some flour on my kneading surface and tip the go away to that .

I want to get it so that I can handle it easily and it's its own thing .

It's not going to be a hearing to anything but itself .

I'm coming down with the heels of my hand .

Always make sure you've got enough flour in there .

Ok .

I go down with the heels of my hand .

I pull it back with my fingers .

I can reposition it .

If it starts going out too far to the side , I can bring it this way .

Oh It's starting to get a little sticky flow .

So the total of flour might be about six cups as you're working your hands are your guide the feel of the dough against your hands .

It starts feeling elastic and silky .

What you're doing is breaking down the molecules , stretching the molecules and they started hearing to each other .

You are making a unit , you are making something new .

You are making magic .

This is bears no resemblance to any of the ingredients .

I'm not really seeing any of the separate ingredients we are playing God .

Well , maybe this is how Adam was made .

We are baking bread , making bread , something so basic and so easy to do .

And if you just do it a few times , you will start to get great pleasure from it .

I don't understand the people with the bread making machines .

I mean , they do get bread probably good bread , but they missed , I missed the making of it after a while .

It starts of talking back to you and you have a , a conversation of great rapport through your hands .

It's telling you what it wants .

Your hands , get the message and fulfill your part of the bargain .

I don't think you want to think too much .

Let your hands do your thinking , follow your hands .

And of course , then you have the fingertips bringing it back .

You have the heels of the hands , pushing it forward and down .

You have the arms , you have the shoulders , you have the back , all supported by your feet , your feet on the ground .

Now , we've got it to the point where it's enjoying the relationship .

All right .

Now I cleaned my bowl and I put in some oil bread has no fat or , or butter or oil in , in it .

But I do liberally , uh , put oil .

I've got maybe a couple of tablespoons of oil in here .

You can use a lower oil or something like that .

I wouldn't use olive oil too much flavor .

It's just enough to grease the bowl .

I'm going to put it to bed now .

It is now 9 10 .

So this has taken 20 minutes so far and leave it until it at least doubles in size .

It's going to grow .

Remember it's alive .