How do I mail Home Made bread, and keep it fresh?

[MisFitFarm]

Ok, I live in Western Kentucky. I would like to send someone in another State a gift of some of my home made bread. They only thing is, this bread is best when used the first couple of days, and I'm figuring it's going to take that long to get there. Should I bake it, then immediately put it in the freezer as my daughter suggested? Or bake it, wrap it very well and take it straight to the post office? I have wracked my brains trying to come up with something special to send this person, and since I always have a line of people wanting my bread, I thought that would be the best thing. I just want to make sure that it is still nice when it arrives. Don't get me wrong, we use it for several days after its baked, it makes wonderful toast, and if warmed in the microwave for a few seconds, it's a close second to fresh baked. Call me a bread snob, I guess. But nothing beats that straight from the oven smell and taste!

[XLT]

uh...what kind of bread is it? Yeast Bread? Sourdough? Quick Bread? I am a bread snob as well, but I'm not sure that a regular yeast bread will make it very well for any length of time in the hands of the post office...too much variation in humidity, temperature control

When I make sourdough, it seems to keep better, and Quick Breads start out way more moist to begin with... Sorry I couldn't be of more help...

[jc12551]

Wow, I have wondered this same thing. Bread never makes it more than a day at my house. As a matter of fact, that is what I am off to do now!

[DW]

Years ago, I used to mail my Dad sweet rolls...it took 3 days but he still loved them. I only mailed in the winter, too, as I was afraid in summer it would get too hot and spoil.

[Rowdy]

I have no real clue, but how about a tightly sealed/taped tupperware/rubbermaid/whateverbrand containter?

In fact, to be sure, you could do a test run by sending me some fresh bread packaged like that, and I'll let you know if it fresh!

Okay, had to try..

[sewtlm]

Let it cool and place in a jumbo ziploc bag. Removing most of the air and sealing.
This should keep it moist and fresh up to a week.

I might suggest priority mail too.

[MisFitFarm]

Thank you all so much. And yes, it is a yeast bread recipe. I'll give it a try and see what happens. Hopefully, no matter what the outcome, the recipient will say its the thought that counts!!

[Highground]

We have ordered from this company and it always got to us fresh when we lived in Michigan.

http://www.stonehousebread.com/