Bread Experiment

This week I will be testing bread!!!! My son attends a charter school and they do a gf lunch for him. Since Payson only likes homemade bread I offered to make the bread and provide it to them if they bought the mix. I've been using a recipe mix which he really enjoys however, I'm always open to finding alternatives. I've never used a mix or a bread machine so this week will be interesting!!

Last night I made Bob's Red Mill Mix. In my random poll of people at the Health Food Store this seemed to be a common tried and liked or had heard of someone who used it. The bread turned out well in the bread machine however after I had the mix etc.. in the machine I read on the machine direction manual that you should make a small indentation in the dry mix to place the yeast so that it does not touch the wet ingredients which can make the bread not rise as much.
Next time I'll read all the directions first. I think it still turned out OK. i DID NOT like the fact I had to use about 8 eggs to get the needed amount of egg whites. Holy cow!!! Now I have to make sure that my youngest doesn't get a hold of it. If he ate a piece of it he'd be sick for days.
I also found it hard to make sure all my stuff was at room temp. So I got it all out and measured and left it on the counter for a couple of hours and then got sidetracked so then I started worrying that bacteria was growing. I don't know I'm a little to OCD for leaving my milk and eggs on the counter to warm up. Today I will try it again egg free version style and we'll see!!!
At least he has bread for school. They keep it in their freezer and use it on sub sandwich day so it last about a month depending on what else they use it for that month.
The bread machine is convenient though