BreadClass.com: A Review and Giveaway!–Contest Closed!!

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Have you tried to bake bread but in the end your family has pretty much been eating bread bricks?

Are you looking to add simple nutritious homemade bread to your families menu but really you are at a loss at how to create those luscious smelling fresh-from the oven loaves in your own home?

That is exactly why Lori Viets created a bread making program at BreadClass.com. The program consists of a video series along with an accompanying well-named book, No More Bricks. The wonderful comprehensive program available at BreadClass.com really can teach beginners the basics of bread making. Ms. Viets’ bread making program consists of the video and book components which can be used alone or in conjunction with each other, depending on your interest and skill level.

The first part of the program is Ms. Viets’ great book titled, No More Bricks. This book is sold online either as a physical book ($19.95 and free shipping) or it is sold as an e-book ($9.95). This book is WAY more than a simple how-to guide or a collection of recipes. No More Bricks is a 146 paged book that consists of two main parts. The first section of the book is the true bread class where beginners learn the very basics of bread making. Chapter titles include topics such as “Getting to Know Grains and Flours” and subtopics such as “Oh No! What Happened to My Bread?”. For novice bakers (like me) the depth of info contained in the book is crucial to bread baking success.

Perhaps expert bread makers might find the info to be elementary, but as a beginner I found that this book met me exactly where I was at. As a person with no bread making knowledge and equipment, I really appreciated the vast amount of knowledge found in the book. Types of flour, how long to store grains, what constitutes “whole grain” flour and much more are all meticulously covered in the book No More Bricks.

The second part of the BreadClass.com program consists of the handy online video series, appropriately named video “slices.” The video series is normally $27.00 but currently it is on sale for $19.00. Great for those who love to learn by watching others, this video series covers the same wide range of topics found in the book No More Bricks, although I did feel that the book was MUCH more comprehensive. Since my past bread (brick) making reputation was already well known, I incorporated these break making video lessons into our homeschool days and called it Homeschool Life Skills 101. Each day the kids and I watched one of Ms. Viets’ video “slices” covering everything from the parts of a wheat kernel (our favorite educational video in the series) to how to bake cinnamon bread (the best tasting lesson of the video series). By the end of a couple of video “slices” my kids proudly made bread all by themselves!

The website BreadClass.com also contains links for purchasing fancy grain mills and Bosch mixers. I can appreciate these wonderful machines as much as the next lady, but what I respected most was that the book and video series contain lessons on how to make bread without all the fancy kitchen appliances. When my kids made their yummy cinnamon bread using information from the video, we used the tools we had on hand. Our recipe was mixed in a mixing bowl and the dough was kneaded by hand. It might have taken longer, but it did work and tasted fabulous, thanks to Lori’s videos and books that cover ALL aspects of bread making.

I’m so thankful that Lori Viets of www.breadclass.com offered to help me bake some bread that my family would love. After completing her bread making video series and reading her book, the kids and I were successful in baking some decent homemade bread.

Lori Viets and her complete program at BreadClass.com is pure bread making genius!

About Lori Viets:

“I’ve always made cooking and especially baking a part of our homeschooling, and it’s such a joy to work together with them in the kitchen as we prepare a meal or a special treat. I’m so glad they know what real food “from scratch” is, because they’ll always be able to take care of themselves, and their own future families, in this way. They also help me with the filming of my videos and many other aspects of my work, so it’s truly a family business. Sometimes I think they teach me and help me more than I do for them! That’s the amazing thing about homeschooling – the effort and care that you put into your children comes back to bless you.”

Lori Is offering one free class and e-book copy of  No More Bricks for a giveaway!

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Pamela Swearingen has been happily homeschooling in the beautiful Pacific Northwest for several years now. Pamela is currently homeschooling her middle and high school aged kids and the lessons in their homeschool (and in life) are getting very exciting! Books, unit studies, notebooks, and nature journals are all part of their homeschooling week. She truly feels that God has blessed her family with the opportunity to homeschool and her goal is to inspire other families to homeschool greatness by pointing them in the direction of some really great books, resources and field trip ideas. Her homeschool reviews and suggestions can be found at Mustard Seed Homeschool and all of her non-homeschooling reviews are located at Mustard Seed Book Reviews.