If you haven't checked recently, the cost of these bread mixes have more than doubled!!!! Even with subscription rates prices have doubled. If I didn't look closely at my subscriptions, which include this mix and also the Whole Wheat Honey mix, I wouldn't have noticed it and Amazon would have shipped as normal without informing me of the new price hike, kinda' unscrupulous. I know food prices are skyrocketing all over because of fuel costs, but more than double the original subscription price? The original price of $9.60 was tremendous, but does the extra fuel costs justify the new cost? The same is true for all of the Hodgson products, including their Vital Wheat Gluten. All of their products are great, but is anybody out there making more money now in this economy? I cancelled all my subs because I felt the wool was being pulled over my eyes. Do not let my criticisms hold you back from purchasing these excellent products, but with things looking like they are not going to get any better soon, I am going back to making my breads from scratch. See below for my original review:
I purchased a case of Hodgson Mill European Cheese and Herb Bread Mix two days ago!!!! I purchased it as a Gold Box deal just for me, which made it ridiculously inexpensive, $10.73 a case of 6, delivered, which will average out to about $2 a loaf, more expensive than scratch, but not much more expensive, and I do not know of a recipe that could challenge this one. (If I knew in advance how delicious this mix is, I would have put it on the subscription program, bringing it down even further, to less than $9.60 a case, delivered) It was in my bread machine within 15 minutes of receiving it. Three hours later... my house starts smelling like a pizza parlor back in my home town Brooklyn 50 years ago. And, this stuff tastes like it smells, luscious! I made the mistake of baking it in my machine on dark, which made the crust just a little too dark, just short of burnt, but it was still the most delicious loaf I've produced, scratch or mix. It was liberally laced throughout with the herbs, and it was so moist and tender, you must try some! Do not hesitate, get this mix, it is the ultimate in ease, just add some butter, or oil of your choice, some water, the included yeast, and the mix, according to your machine, in 3-4 hours, your house too, will smell like your local home pizzeria:~)
P.S. It makes a 1 1/2 lb loaf, but can easily be adjusted down to a one pounder, there are directions for both.
P.P.S. Yeahs to Amazon for getting it to me in two days.
P.P.P.S. I have learned early in my bread machine history that you must let the finished loaf sit and cool down to room temperature on a bakers rack. It comes out of the machine piping hot and still cooking through the steam generated, so please, try to resist the urge to slice it up right away...... hey, hey, hey, I saw you... put that knife down! It really makes a huge difference.
P.P.P.P.S. I will try to post several photos of my latest loaf shortly, cheers.....
P.P.P.P.S. I have since used this mix for pizza dough(instructions on box). It has turned my normally bland pizza into pizzeria style pizza, I was so proud of myself, I can now make pizza that rivals pizzeria style pizza!!!!
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| Serving size | 1/4 cup dry (33g) |
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