On our off-grid modern homestead, a bright and sunny day is the best opportunity to bake and break bread. Our wood burning stove has no oven, we would not want to run it during the hot summer as well. The propane oven is not tall enough to bake a loaf of bread and the long cooking time would use too much propane. Enter the 3-Pound Loaf - Electronic Bread Machine.
On a full-sun day, the 960 watts of Solar Panels will fully top off the 800 amp hour battery bank of our cabin in about a hour and a half. When the battery bank is full, it's free electricity for the rest of the day - use it or lose it. During this time, we do laundry, pump water, charge USB and tool battery packs and devices, the little one likes to play minecraft on xbox, run the skim filter pump in the hot tub, run fans, and of course Bake Bread!
Bread Machines tend to bake very dense loafs. I like the dense loafs, I appreciate the extra energy in them.
With a clean towel over the loaf, we like the bread to cool and let moisture out for half a day or more. In the summer we found that if we didn't let it cool long enough, the bread in the bread container would be quick to start mold. Now we let it cool thoroughly and put half in the fridge.
My breakfast staple, I always have Toast or a bagel. Oatmeal if I have neither of the above :)
Have a great day!
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https://steemit.com/homesteading/@jackdub/my-solar-powered-cabin-setup