Today's Bag Meal Lunch Menu:
Peanut Butter and Jam Sandwiches on Homemade Bread!
It seems too simple to be a bag meal . . .
but it's a meal that even the pickiest of eaters will eat
making it perfect for a Bag Meal.
This Bag Meal uses a Mix to make the bread.
The bread is delicious and super easy to make.
(This recipe is perfect for the beginning or the advanced bread maker.)
This is a great Solar Oven recipe!
This is a Mix Recipe you haven't gotten yet, so . . .
Here it is:
Homemade Bread Mix Recipe
For a Large Batch:
Combine:
8 cups Sugar
4 cups Dehydrated Shortening
1 cup Salt
Note:
This mix makes 60 loaves of either white or whole wheat bread!
(Or - 15 Bag Meal Starts)
If you're serious about adding Bag Meals to your food storage,
I would go ahead and make the big batch . . . we will be using
this recipe for other bag meals.
If you want to try it before you make enough for 60 loaves . . .
Here's the Recipe for a single batch of bread:
Combine 1/2 cup Sugar
1/4 cup Dehydrated Shorteneing
1 Tbsp. Salt
To Make the Bread:
Sprinkle 2 Tbsp. yeast into 2 cups warm water.
Let stand until yeast dissolves and begins to foam.
Add:
3 cups Warm Water
3/4 cup Homemade Bread Mix
3/4 cup Vital Wheat Gluten, Optional
Knead in about 10-11 cups of flour to make a soft dough.
Continue kneading for 8-10 minutes.
Shape and place in four well-greased medium-sized bread pans.
Let rise until double in bulk, about 25-45 minutes.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes.
Remove loaves from pans and place side by side on a towel.
Cover completely with the towel and place on a rack to cool.
Makes 4 medium loaves.
Now that you have the Bread Mix Recipe we can put
all of the contents into the bag.
Lunch Bag Contents:
Quart-Sized Ziploc Bag with 3/4 cup Homemade Bread Mix
and 3/4 cup Vital Wheat Gluten.
Gallon-Sized Ziploc Bag with 11 cups of Flour.
2 (9-ounce) Bottles of Water
*Yeast
Yeast stores better in the freezer
so it will not be included in the bag.
Make sure you have plenty of it on hand!
1 Small Jar of Peanut Butter
1 Jar of Jam
1 Can of Butter
That's It!
Remember to make your bread in the morning so that it
will be ready in time for lunch!
Here's the PDF:
Contents List
Recipe
Instructions:
Print, Cut, and Laminate Tags.
Attach all three to the bag handle with a ribbon.
Check Today's
Preserve It . . . Canning Corner
for a really good jam recipe from Julie Thompson
Raspberry Peach Jam!
I'm confused. First you say here's the recipe for a single batch of bread and then look further down the recipe and it calls for 4 pans. And if you're making it the same day, how much regular shortening do you need?
ReplyDeleteI'm new to baking bread, so I really would like the recipe for one loaf, at most, two loaves. Thanks-
from California
It's kind of like making cookies . . . you get more than you planned on, but the good news . . . bread freezes very well and really is nice to have on hand. If you would like you can just divide the recipe in half. Homemade bread goes a lot faster than store bought bread . . . so I think you'll be glad to have a couple extra loaves. I bet your neighbor wouldn't mind some homemade bread.
ReplyDeleteIt was a great comment, I'm sure it will help to clearify things for others.
Trish
Is canned butter something I would make or something you buy at the store? Thank you!
ReplyDeleteBrooke,
ReplyDeleteI would recommend buying canned butter. It lasts for 40 years. Canning butter on your own has been discouraged lately so I wouldn't recommend it. I use my fresh butter when I make my bag meals because the canned butter is about $5.00 a can, a little expensive, but I put it with the bag so that it's there if I need it.
I buy mine at Emergency Essentials or Macey's.
Hope that helps!
Trish
The shortening in this recipe is for dehydrated shortening only. I have included other bread recipes for bread using only fresh ingredients, but the dehydrated products make it so that this can be stored on a shelf much easier.
ReplyDeleteP.S.
I've been looking for the canned butter so that I could give you a link . . . but it's sold out everywhere. I'll keep checking and will post the link as soon as I find one. In the meantime, just remember to keep a little extra butter in your freezer for each of your bag meals.
Trish
Is there a PDF for the cornbread muffins? I'm looking forward to making up some mixes. They sound great!
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Thanks Again,
Trish