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Bread

Make perfect bread, in your OWN kitchen, EVERY time.

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Why bother with making bread at home?

Raise your hand if the thought of making bread at home makes you nervous!  đŸ™‹â€â™€ïž

Bread making is a practice that goes beyond just the act of baking! It's about embracing a healthier, more sustainable lifestyle.

When you make your own bread, you have complete control over the ingredients that go into it. Yes! You can avoid the preservatives, artificial flavors, and excessive sugars that are often found in store-bought bread!

And, honestly, the process of kneading and baking bread can be incredibly therapeutic, providing a sense of accomplishment that's hard to match. It's a wonderful (and delicious) skill to share with your family, creating memories and traditions that can last a lifetime.

Making bread at home isn't just about the end product, it's about the rewarding journey of creating something from scratch, knowing exactly what's in your food, and sharing the fruits of your labor with loved ones.

Why is preserving food important?

Building up a long-term food supply saves you time and money, gives you greater food security and creates less waste in your household. Not to mention, if/when a crisis arises, you will be prepared. No need to panic shop when food sources are slim! These are just a few of the reasons my family started preserving food at home:

  • Convenience Meals & Snacks are Always on Hand: Make a lot of goodies when you have the time, and it is sitting waiting for you when you don’t have the time to cook from scratch (or just want to be doing something different!)
  • We Know Exactly What Goes Into Our Bodies: When you preserve your own food, you are in control of what goes into each jar. Even if you need to source the produce from your local farmers’ market, a friend, or the grocery store, you are the one responsible for cleaning, preparing and storing your food. It’s empowering!
  • We Avoid Unnecessary Ingredients: No unpronounceable ingredients in those jars
 they just don’t need them (and neither do our bodies).
  • We Save Money: Whether you are preserving out of your own garden and orchard, or you are sourcing in-season produce at low prices near you, each time you put a jar on your pantry shelf, you’re saving money. 

INTRODUCING

Our Bread Courses

 

The Art of Homemade Bread Masterclass

  • 6+ hours of video lessons including over 20 thorough, step-by-step recipe tutorials - and fully downloadable!
  • 24/7 lifetime access! Watch over and over again, anytime!
  • Complete Sourdough Starter instructions to get you baking delicious foods with more nutrition right away.
  • Soaking, sprouting, and grinding your wheat lessons will walk you through every step of the process.
  • Plus bonuses! 
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Baking with Homemilled Flour Workshop

  • 1.5 hours of video lessons you can download and watch over and over again
  • 24/7 lifetime access! Watch over and over again, anytime!
  • Printable instructional recipe booklet filled will tips, tricks, and recipes
  • Full student support to confidently navigate any errors!
  • Plus bonuses!
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The Art of Sourdough Bread Masterclass

  • 25 video lessons including step-by-step starter creation and recipe tutorials - and fully downloadable!
  • 24/7 lifetime access! Watch over and over again, anytime!
  • Recipe downloads
  • Sourdough Recipe Booklet - 13 printable pages of instructions and recipes.
  • Full student support to confidently navigate any errors!
  • Plus bonuses!
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INTRODUCING

Our Bread E-Books

 

The Art of Homemade Bread E-Book

  • The Art of Homemade Bread in PDF (It is downloadable AND printable!) with full color photographs, recipes and more!
  • 24/7 lifetime access! Read over and over again, anytime!
  • Use your basic dough to make dinner rolls, herbs flat breads, pizza crusts, cinnamon rolls, cinnamon swirl bread and artisanal peasant loaves.
  • The basics of grinding your own flour, buying wheat in bulk AND properly storing it.
  • Make the HEALTHIEST breads by sprouting your own wheat.
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The Art of Gluten-Free Homemade Bread Book

  • 180 pages of instructions, tips, and tricks to make the best tasting gluten-free breads you have ever tasted. 
  • Over 50 family tested and approved recipes including: Soft and Sliceable gluten-free Breads Artisanal Boules, Dinner Rolls, Hamburger Buns, sweet treats, and more!
  • Step by step instructions for making your own gluten-free sourdough starter

  • E-Book and paperback option! 

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Scoring Sourdough Bread E-Book

  • Learn 8 beautiful designs
  • Tips and Tricks for easy bread scoring
  • Troubleshooting Guide
  • Author Rachel Parks
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Homestead Kitchen magazine!

Each issue of Homestead Kitchen magazine is filled with practical tips from homesteading experts, delicious recipes, and inspiring stories to help you thrive in your homestead kitchen. Every month, you’ll get brand new recipes to help you fill your pantry, freezer and table while learning traditional cooking skills and preservation techniques.

What’s included in your subscription:

  • Monthly Digital Homestead Kitchen Magazine 
  • Physical magazine sent straight to your mailbox! (U.S. customers only)
  • BONUS! Homesteading Family’s Video Vault - a curated collection of over 225 of Homesteading Family’s exclusive and public how to videos
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Success Stories

“Stop looking for the ‘best sandwich bread recipe ever’. Because the recipe is not the problem or the answer. The technique to making bread is what you need and Carolyn shows you exactly what to do. It is so simple yet so helpful it will make you wish you had learned much sooner!” - Michelle

“My bread making skills were mediocre before taking the course. I had inconsistent results, and I really didn't understand why. I took a break from bread making over the summer, but going back into it, I knew exactly what to do thanks to your course. Your videos were very thorough and so helpful if you want to master basic bread making!” - Danielle

Meet Your Instructor

I’m Carolyn Thomas! My husband, Josh, and I live on 40 acres in Idaho where we grow, preserve, and prepare most of our own food right on our property. 

But I didn’t always know how to make delicious homemade bread. In fact, the first time I tried to make a homemade loaf, I failed miserably! 

I did everything I was supposed to do, and more, but as it turns out, breadmaking isn’t about following a recipe. 

It’s a set of techniques and skills that apply to all kinds of bread, no matter the recipe.

If you’re like me, you didn’t have the chance to learn those skills from your grandmother. 

That’s why I created these courses and E-Books - They are clear and thorough, and it’s the kind of thing that I wish someone had given me when I was a young mom trying to make fresh homemade bread for my family.

You can make the perfect homemade bread loaf – soft, delicious, and healthy – every time from your very own kitchen!

Success Stories

“I watched all the videos yesterday and learned SO much! These cinnamon rolls are amazing. I changed a bunch of things that I was previously doing and they turned out much better thanks to you” - Carly

“Finally got the light fluffy sandwich bread I've been trying for! Good news is once you get it, it comes out great every time after! Thanks to this class I can make bread that my family will actually eat!” - Sierra

Want it all?

Become a Homestead Kitchen Member!

I remember crying with my husband after ruining my hundredth batch of bread, thinking, “I’m done. I can’t keep doing this!” So many times during those early years as a homesteader I wanted to quit. I never want anyone else to feel that way. Enter the Homestead Kitchen Membership! I’ve committed my career to prevent you from experiencing the same overwhelm I did.

We’ve created easy-to-follow processes, courses, and a community to help you make fewer mistakes and more progress so you can enjoy fresh foods with your family, a healthier life and the peace of mind that only comes from the freedom of homesteading! Here's what you get as a Homestead Kitchen Member:

  • WEEKLY, live support from Carolyn, Josh and other homesteading experts! Almost every week, one of us will sit down with our morning cuppa to connect with you over a virtual call and answer your questions LIVE! 
  • A community of other like-minded homesteaders on the same learning path.
  • Our monthly Homestead Kitchen magazine (delivered digitally to everyone and all US customers' mailboxes!)
  • Guided challenges to hone your skills alongside fellow homesteaders.
  • Access to all of our masterclasses (yes...ALL of them!)
    • The Abundant Pantry: Canning ($199)
    • The Abundant Pantry: Freeze Drying ($199)
    • The Art of Homemade Bread ($399)
    • Herbal Medicine Cabinet: COLDS and FLUS ($199)
    • Practical, Homemade Dairy ($199)
    • Household Management ($99)
    • Fearless Fermenting ($79)
    • Herbal Oils & Salves ($39)
    • Preserving Eggs ($39)
    • Wild Milk ($79)
    • Baking with Home-Milled Flour ($39)
    • Permaculture for Your Homestead ($19)
    • And MORE, including homemade soap making, exclusive member-only video content, extra downloads and any new releases or updated content.
  • Plus exclusive discounts on our favorite homesteading supplies, early access to product launches, and a member's only behind-the-scenes weekly newsletter.
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