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Perfect Bread
How To Conquer Bread Baking
by Betsy Oppenneer

This is a video tape that is wonderful!! I used to make bread by hand when my daughters were young. But I sure wish I had this tape then to not only learn how to make it correctly by hand but to learn some of Betsys secrets. This is a very good tape for beginning bakers but bakers who have been baking by hand can pick up some tips/tricks also. I know that I will watch this tape more times so that I can learn even more. Jeff watched it also and wanted to try making some by hand. When our house remodel is completed (June or if we get our kitchen back before then) he is going to give it a try. I asked my daughter, Susan, to review the tape also .... she has never made a hand made loaf till now. She made the white bread recipe below and it turned out very, very well!! She learned a lot from the tape and chose to attempt this method.

Betsys Favorite White Bread

2 1/2 cups warm water
2 (1/4 ounce) or 2 scant tablespoons active dry yeast 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
2 tablespoons salt
2 tablespoons oil
7 cups unbleached flour, approximately

Directions are in the video.

Here is another review by another friend of mine, Leigh, who has been making bread for many years also. Here is her review of this tape...

)Okay, so I watched the first video on making bread. Ive been making bread )off and on for close to thirty years now, and figured I would be fast )forwarding through much of it. Imagine my surprise when I actually learned )several new things! The whole family ended up watching it with me. I )thought it covered all the basics well, and included some techniques with )which I was not familiar. I would definitely recommend it for any beginner, )and for some of us who are just starting to make bread well. )

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