Simply White Bread Low Fat Low Sodium Food

LOW-SALT WHITE BREAD

Steps:

• Mix 3-1/2 cups of the flour, the sugar, salt, oil, and yeast in large bowl. Add warm water. Beat on low speed 1 minute, scraping bowl frequently. Beat on medium speed 1 minute, scraping bowl frequently. Stir in enough remaining flour, 1 cup at a time, to make dough easy to handle.
• Turn dough onto lightly floured surface. Knead about 10 minutes or until smooth and elastic. Place in greased bowl and turn greased side up. Cover and let rise in warm place 45 to 50 minutes or until double. (Dough is ready if indentation remains when touched.) If you don't have a warm, draft-free place, I find it works well to place covered bowl on a rack in the oven above a pan of warm water.
• Grease 2 loaf pans, 9x5x3 or 8-1/2x4-1/2x2-1/2 inches. Punch down dough and divide in half. Shape each half into loaf, place in pans. Brush loaves lightly with margarine if desired. Cover and let rise in warm place 35 to 40 minutes or until double.
• Place oven rack in low position so that tops of pans will be in center of oven. Heat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until loaves are deep golden brown and sound hollow when tapped; remove from pans. Brush loaves with margarine if desired. Cool on wire rack.

SIMPLY WHITE BREAD II

Steps:

• Place ingredients in the pan of the bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Select cycle; press Start.

LOW SODIUM SALT WHOLE WHEAT BREAD

Steps:

• Add all ingredients in the order specified for your bread machine.
• Set machine on whole wheat setting, 1 1/2 lb. loaf and start.
• Don't omit the vitamin C powder (ascorbic acid); it is the key to making a low sodium loaf that does not collapse while baking. Available at Whole Foods & similar stores. 1250 mg of crushed vitamin C tablets may be used instead.

CORNBREAD LOW SODIUM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Grease 8 inch square pan and set side.
• In a large bowl, combine dry ingredients.
• In a medium bowl, whisk sour cream, milk and eggs together.
• Quickly stir in butter.
• Pour liquid mixture over dry ingredients.
• Stir with rubber spatula just to blend.
• DO NOT OVER MIX.
• Scrape batter into pan.
• Bake 20 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
• Cool and cut into squares.

LOW SODIUM ARTISAN BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whisk all the dry ingredients together. Stir in water until the mixture forms a shaggy but cohesive dough. Do not over-work the dough. The less you "work" it, the more little air pockets will form.
• Turn dough ball coating outside in olive oil and cover bowl with towel or grocery bag.
• Let dough sit at room temperature for anywhere from 8-24 hours. Dough should have bubbles visible and rise a bit. This does not seem to really rise that much so don't expect it to "double".
• When you decide the dough is ready, preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Put your Dutch oven, uncovered, (I put the lid on the shelf below) into the preheated oven for at least 30 minutes.
• As your Dutch oven preheats, turn dough onto a floured surface and with floured hands, form the dough into a uniform ball. Cover dough with previous bowl cover to keep moist and let rest as oven heats.
• After the 30 minutes are up, carefully remove Dutch oven. With floured hands, place the bread dough into it and cover. (I just slide rack out with pot and place dough in.)
• Bake for 30 minutes covered. Carefully remove cover and bake for about 5-10 minutes more, uncovered. Ovens are different so keep your eye on it for your desired golden brown.
• Remove bread to a cutting board and slice as needed with a bread knife.