Back in the Bakehouse; the dough is rising....

Hey soul bread makers!

This post pays tribute to Yanik for her succinct vision for
  Make Change- Give Bread.

The  art and act of giving
Value =

Make Change-Give Bread was officially launched just three days ago by Yanik,




 Ten loaves later in different corners of the globe and the response and support has been overwhelming:  we envisage 100 loaves  real soon!

Make a difference by inspiring your social networks with this concept and share our delight in seeing our pins in the map grow.

Bread is the food of life and there's always a story behind it..

May these ad campaigns for a fantastic whole grain locally make product inspire...

Homesick Kiwi model ad for this bread

Just Bread - Can one loaf feed thousands?

Stunning presentation from Mikhail Smirnov and his team! Wow! Very impressive!

Make Change Give Bread - Video

We are team Make Change Give Bread Anna Louise Johns Yulia Krevska Alvaro Gonzalez Carlos de Santiago Yanik Falardeau

Teaching the bread

Fellow educators!

We aspire for our students to synthesise their learning and share!

Meantime sometimes we just need mentors.... and powerful inspiration about the value of this commodity...


School gardening from Grain to Bread
This is a Youtube of an urban gardener educator who grows and grinds the grains to make the flour..

"Ian Lai, a chef and urban agriculture consultant, has been teaching children how to make bread. But what is so unusual and especially in a city, is that all the grains used to make the bread are grown in the city. Wheat, barley, spelt, flax, buckwheat, amaranth, and keenwa are grown at the Terra Nova Garden site in Richmond.

Young students learn to winnow, crush, and grind the wheat to make their own loaves of bread. The other grains are added to the loaf to create a "multigrain' loaf."             www.cityfarmer.info

2.. Senior students: Explore the saying " A days wages equals a loaf of bread"

Examine this vidblog translation of the rise in costs of flour due to droughts

3. Here are simple "front loading" inspiring ideas to weave Make change-Give bread into your curriculum.

The Bread project
Creative fun and interaction generates authentic donations


Science; does bread land on the buttered side up?


Interactive White board resources
from Topic box,  a UK based company; providing a small selection of the process of making bread

Bread making game that teaches time
Wallace and Grommit teach time and motion!

Early years games that teach the variety of bread products

Two delicious loaves made by Alvaro from Mississauga

Our teammate Alvaro Gonzalez shares the steps involved with making his bread. Mmmm looks amazing, Alvaro! ;-) Please see the previous post for details! This is his own recipe!

 Warm thanks to you and your family, Alvaro!!!

Creative VEGAN hits the Bread machine

Alvaro is another member of our team,

He's from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

This is his OWN recipe!

Vegan Fruit and Nut Granola Bread
Ingredients (use vegan versions):

   1 1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons water
   2 tablespoons vegetable oil
   2 teaspoons salt
   1/3 cup packed brown sugar
   4 1/4 cups unbleached white flour
   11/2 teaspoons active dry yeast
   1 cup vegan fruit & nut granola  (Fruits are Dried; apricots, blueberries, cranberries, raisens,ginger )

Directions:

This is a bread machine recipe.

1) On your bread machine, set the function on White Bread. Add all ingredients except granola in order recommended by your machine. Add the granola to the top tray if you have it, or during the last 5 minutes of the second knead cycle.

The bread will have a mixture of a nutty taste with the sweetness of the fruit.  Whole Foods packages a nice Fruit and Nut Granola, but you can use any type.

Source of recipe: I came up with this recipe after adding different ingredients to bread.  It has a very nice mix of tastes with nuts and fruit standing out.

Makes: 2 pound loaf, Preparation time: 15 Minutes, Cooking time: 3:10

Yulia shares her Grandma's recipe from Kiev

Yulia from White Church, Kiev, Ukraine is our team mate on this project.
She writes:

As I understand I have to write a recipe and I can write in Russian.
Here is the most simplest of recipes. My grandmother used to bake it a lot when I was child.

Home bread:
1. Залить свежие дрожжи 900 мл теплой воды и размешать их.

1. В большую миску вылить опару, добавить растительное масло, сахар, соль и высыпать почти всю муку. Оставить 1 стакан муки.
2. Замесить тесто. Если тесто будет слишком липким, добавить еще немного муки. Из замешанного теста сделать колобок и месить его в течение 10 минут.
3.  Затем тесто переложить в смазанную растительным маслом кастрюлю и накрыть крышкой.
4. Тесто увеличится в объеме в 2 раза. Тесто обмять.

Месить его еще в течение 2-3 минут.

1. Подготовить формы для выпечки хлеба. Я делю тесто на 3 части. Формы смазать растительным маслом и положить в них тесто.
2.  Тесто в формах накрыть полотенцем и оставить на 1 час в теплом месте, чтобы оно подошло.
3.  За 15 минут до выпечки разогреть духовку до 200°С.
4.  Выпекать домашний хлеб в духовке на средней полке в течение 35-45 минут. Учтите, что должно оставаться место в духовке для подъема шапочки на хлебе.
5. .Домашний хлеб готов. Помните, что горячий хлеб кушать вредно. Дождитесь, пока хлеб остынет

1. Pour 900 ml of fresh yeast with warm water and stir.

2. In a large bowl pour the dough, add vegetable oil, sugar, salt, and pour most of the flour. Leave 1 cup of flour.

3. Knead the dough. If the dough is too sticky, add more flour. Of kneaded dough to make a loaf; knead it for 10 minutes.

4. Shift the dough into a greased pan with oil and cover with lid.

5. Check dough  to see if it has doubled in size. Knead dough.

Knead it for another 2-3 minutes.

1. Prepare the bread pan. Divide the dough into 3 parts. Form greasy surface with vegetable oil and place in the dough.

2.  Cover with a towel and leave for 1 hour in a warm place, so that it rises.

3. 15 minutes before baking Preheat oven to 200 ° C.

4. Bake homemade bread in the oven on the middle shelf for 35-45 minutes. Please note that should remain a place in the oven to lift caps on bread.

5. Do make sure the bread is ready. Remember that hot bread to eat is harmful. Wait until the bread has cooled