Gourmet Home Baked Bread

Ingredients:
2/3 cup warm milk (90-100 F)
2 beaten eggs

- I combine the beaten eggs with the warm milk. Pour in bottom of machine
then add all dry ingredients, cut butter into 4 pieces and place in each corner, make well in center of flower and add yeast 0 do not let yeast get wet.

3 cups bread flour,
1 1/2 Tsp sea salt,
2 1/2 Tbsp suggar,
1 1/2 Tbsp Butter (or Marg),
1 1/2 Tsp of yeast (fast rise).
Let bread rise twice before baking at 325 degrees. 15 min prep time.
Set the bread machine setting to 'Basic/specialty' if you decide to let the machine bake the bread for you - chose the color of your crust the way you like.
This bread goes with sweet as with cheese - but not with cold cuts.

I used a bread machine to make the dough,
I took the dough out of the machine and let rise (to desired size)one more time before baking = 1 1/2 Lbs of bread. Cover the bread and let it rise at a warm place. I use my open oven door and make a "tent" with a towel. It's worked well, but when you have 90 F outside and the oven door open inside, it can get pretty warm.
You can bake your bread ahead of time and freeze it - slice before freezing is best.

Each 1/2" slice has:
Calories - 150.2
Fat (g) - 5.1
Total Carbs(g) 22.4
Total Protein(g)4.4
Fiber(g) 0.9
Chol.(mg) 7.7
Sodium(mg) 236.9 (you can cut down the amt of salt and sugar if you like)

Cost of baking your own bread = 80 cents. Knowing that you have pure and fresh ingredients - PRICELESS
Click on the Amazon banner, if you consider getting a bread machine. They sure make baking bread faster and without fuss. There are many different models and price points available.
This Sunbeam was the lowest priced. No matter which model you decide for, it's important that you can bake up to a 2 lb loaf with it.

I will add some of my other recipes as time allows
For today, munching on bread,
It's meevamarie - enjoy!

Update - April 28 (I'm in a baking mood - it just smells too good)
The bread below is basically the same recipe, but I substituted the Bread flour with whole weat flour and rolled the bread dough in bran. The bread has a very nice nutty flavor and would go with cheese as well as sweet.