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Thanks CM! 

Quote from: pitter patter on July 04, 2012, 06:48:43 PM
CM:   Can you share your recipe?

"recipe" is probably really pushing it.  I use 1 c tepid water, ~1 tsp bread machine yeast (I like Bakipan brand, but whatever works for you is fine), about 1/2 tsp salt, then add flour (Gold Medal yellow-bag with as much as 60% :other: flour-- rye, whole wheat, etc.) until the KitchenAid and my sense of these things says it's done.  I sometimes add about a tsp of olive oil at the end to make the dough easier to handle, then I flop it into a loaf pan, let it rise at room temp for 2-3 hours (basically, again, until it looks about right), and bake in a very warm oven (425F is what I usually do bread at) for about 23-30 minutes (depends on flours).

Bread isn't hard-- it just takes time, and a fair degree of practice.  Don't give up after 2-4 failures, basically.  Just learn, dump as needed, and move on. 

My personal recommendation has anyone who wants to make bread baking everything gluten-free for three years.  THEN bake yeast-bread.  It'll feel easy.  Like the ingredients all basically want to be bread.  LOL.

  Thanks for the heads up.  Sara Lee has been our go to brand for hamburger and hot dog buns.  Now I'll have to find something else. So annoying!

DS LTFA to tree nuts,  avoiding peanuts and sunflower seeds

We've used the Pillsbury Simply French Bread quite a bit (no egg, peanuts/treenuts, or dairy). I then found Fiber One is made by General Mills. I was a little concerned it would be well, "indelicate", for a toddler, but I've seen no effects whatsoever using the lower fiber varieties.     

CM:   Can you share your recipe?

Ughhh.

Well, the only bread that we currently buy is Kontos brand whole wheat flatbread (marketed as "pocketless pita") which is labeled very clearly as may contain sesame (for shared lines).

Other than that-- we make our own.  Sorry; DD hasn't eaten store bought bread.  Ever.   

I am thinking that Bimbo is the brand that was manufacturer/owner for the bread we got some years back (2006?) which had walnut (OBVIOUSLY!!) in it.

The bread was supposed to be whole wheat with "wheat berries".

This would have been at original pa dot com boards, so I've no chance of researching the old posts and recalling.
We did make report to them and to lab . . . I think I sent sample?  Too long ago to recall.

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We went back to bread making for 2 years after that . . .


*sigh*


Wondering if that is in the cards again for us now.

I contacted Village Hearth and received this email:

Thank you for your inquiry regarding our Country Hearth and Village Hearth Breads.  Pan-O-Gold Baking Co. does not include any peanuts or tree nuts as an ingredient in any of the breads or buns we bake.  We do sell other products such as bagels and Village Hearth Slender Rounds that are baked by other baking companies for us for those I am told they too do not bake products that contain peanuts or tree nuts.  If you have any further questions please feel free to ask.

I then contacted Pan O Gold to make sure this covered all of their brands on their website and got another email:

This refers to any bread or buns baked by Pan-O-Gold Baking Co. as listed on the website.

So I think we will no longer be buying Sara Lee.  I know that Walmart bread by us can also read safe.

I just got off the phone with them, as we buy Sara Lee bread all of the time and DD has always eaten it without issues.  We are PA only.  The rep I talked to read me their allergen statement...basically they do advise very sensitive people with any allergies OTHER THAN PEANUT to avoid their products due to the fact that they do manufacture their products in facilities with the other allergens.  HOWEVER, she said that if the bread or any other product was manufactured in a facility with PN, it would say so on their label.  She stressed that was for PN ONLY. 

Per the Bimbo website, they distribute Roman Meal bread as well,  I am not sure if that means they manufacture Roman Meal in their bakeries or not.

FYI - Holsum is free of peanuts and treenuts. This includes Roman Meal and Aunt Hattie's.

Thank you for letting us know what you learned.  Oh, I'm disappointed.  For bread, we buy Country Hearth because the last time I checked it was owned by General Mills.  But clearly these things change and I should probably check again.  But for buns we've been buying Sara Lee.  In fact, we bought some today.  Great.

Jessica - The Sara Lee rep told me that it only applies to their bread.   They still have their other products.

That stinks. Luckily we don't use any of their brands but I was hoping to try some Sara Lee things. Oh well. So this only applies to the breads?