How to Keep Homemade Bread Crusts From Getting Hard

Nothing tastes quite as wonderful as homemade bread but ever notice after the bread has cooled, everyone in your family is no longer clamoring to grab a piece? That's usually because the crusts always seem to be harder than that on store bought bread. There is a trick to prevent hard crusts on homemade breads.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. After you have set your pan of bread dough in the oven, also set in a pan of water into the oven.

2. Remove bread promptly from pan after cooking. Allow to cool laying on a wire rack.

3. Apply light layer of butter to bread's crust.

4. Allow to cool most of the way.

5. Place fresh bread which is ever so slightly warm into a plastic storage bag.

Tips & Warnings

• Do NOT place hot or very warm bread into a plastic bag. It must be cooled sufficiently to prevent condensation in your plastic bag. You want warmth but not heat.

[amylaine]

on 6/23/2008 Never thought about the butter, will try. Thanks.