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bucket and place the lid on them.

I make bread with the major portion of the flour and most recipes call for about 3 cups of flour per bread. If I make 3 loaves of bread that leaves one cup for dusting, etc. By placing the 10 cups of flour in each gallon bag it becomes the perfect way to store just what you need for baking.

If you plan to store wheat berries the procedure is slightly different. You can safely store it similarly as I have discussed above however there is also another means of accomplishing the storage and that is a 5-gallon bucket with a 1/3 cup of dry ice chunk added. Place 3 to 4 inches of wheat in the bottom of the bucket. Next add the chunk of dry ice. Keep in mind that should you place the dry ice directly on the plastic bucket you could possibly crack it. Now fill the rest of the bucket with the wheat. Put the lid on the bucket loosely and wait half an hour for the CO2 to dissipate. Since the CO2 is heavier then the Oxygen it pushes all the O2 out of the bucket. Then you merely have to put the lid on tightly. Keep an eye on it for another hour. Should the bucket begin to bulge at all then just burp it as you would a Tupperware container?

Bugs simply cannot grow in an anaerobic environment. Good luck in storing up your flour. In ending I would like to leave you with an Olive Oil Bread recipe. This is a quick and easy bread which goes exceptionally well with pastas or Italian foods.

1/2 cup of warm water (Approximately 110 F)
2 1/4 teaspoons of dry yeast
1 teaspoon of white sugar
1 teaspoon of salt
4 tablespoons of olive oil
2 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour

Take a large mixing bowl and combine the warm water, the yeast, your teaspoon of sugar, the salt and the olive oil together. Stir in about 2 cups of the flour and create a small ball. Knead in the additional cup of flour so that the dough is not sticky but soft. Place your kneaded dough in a greased bowl. Cover the bowl and let it rise until the dough has doubled in size. Proceed to punch down dough and then form it into a small ball or into a loaf shape. Place your bread onto a greased cookie tray. Cover the tray and let it rise for 20 minutes.

Preheat your oven to 375 F. Bake your bread for about 35 minutes making sure it gets a golden brown color to it. Should you desire a glazed or shiny affect simply brush an egg white with one tablespoon of water onto the bread during its last 5 minutes of baking.

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