Bread maker - shelf life of dough?!
I'm wondering about the shelf of the dough in general and as an item to store away in case of an emergency situation, prolonged power outage, flu pandemic, economy collapse, etc.
Any ideas on saving bread like food in case of an emergency? I don't think I can handle too much high salt canned and sugar type foods.
Thanks
Answers:
You don't use dough with a bread maker....you put in the ingredients.....flour, yeast etc and the machine knead them as necessary, then bake it all in it's one container. To keep the bread you can freeze it but that won't help with a power outage. Emergency food should be canned, vacuum packed or freeze dried to last any length of time. If you keep such supplies you need to keep them up to replace them often to have the longest length of time to be good.
You do not buy the dough. You make it with dried yeast, bread flour, salt and water. These all have long shelf lives. The bread maker comes with instructions. If you want you can add a tablespoon or two of oil or butter and a little sugar, but it is not necessary. It does not take very long to make bread so there is no need to 'save it', though it can be frozen for a month or two (but not if your power is out :).
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