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Further bread notes.
Oct. 14th, 2008 08:49 amMinimal bread baking recipe as follows:
4 cups flour-- measure using a 1 cup dry measuring cup
Some salt and sugar and spices-- I pour a tablespoonful or so of each into my hand and add to the flour.
1/2 stick butter-- cut with knife then wash knife
Cut in the butter to the flour mixture with a pastry cutter.
1 1/4 cups milk-- pour into Pyrex 2-cup measuring cup. microwave til warm.
Add 1 packet or 1 heaping teaspoon of yeast to warm milk. Stir with large spoon.
Add milk to flour/butter mixture and stir. Mixture should be sticky and almost raggy (pulling apart).
Take the spoon out, put in measuring cup, and immediately fill cup with water to soak.
Knead in bowl, adding extra flour if needed. Cover bowl with damp dishtowel and put in oven set on "warm" to rise for 30-45 minutes.
Take from oven, knead on flour-dusted countertop, then cut into pieces with sharp knife. Put pieces in baby loaf pans. Heat oven to 400 more or less, leaving bread pans to rise on back burner (oven vent).
Bake for 20-25 minutes, checking at 20, until golden brown on top.
Total utensils used:
1 mixing bowl
1 spoon
1 pastry cutter
1 butter knife
2 measuring cups, one wet and one dry
1 baby loaf pan
1 dishtowel
I'm a lot happier with this version of the bread recipe :)
4 cups flour-- measure using a 1 cup dry measuring cup
Some salt and sugar and spices-- I pour a tablespoonful or so of each into my hand and add to the flour.
1/2 stick butter-- cut with knife then wash knife
Cut in the butter to the flour mixture with a pastry cutter.
1 1/4 cups milk-- pour into Pyrex 2-cup measuring cup. microwave til warm.
Add 1 packet or 1 heaping teaspoon of yeast to warm milk. Stir with large spoon.
Add milk to flour/butter mixture and stir. Mixture should be sticky and almost raggy (pulling apart).
Take the spoon out, put in measuring cup, and immediately fill cup with water to soak.
Knead in bowl, adding extra flour if needed. Cover bowl with damp dishtowel and put in oven set on "warm" to rise for 30-45 minutes.
Take from oven, knead on flour-dusted countertop, then cut into pieces with sharp knife. Put pieces in baby loaf pans. Heat oven to 400 more or less, leaving bread pans to rise on back burner (oven vent).
Bake for 20-25 minutes, checking at 20, until golden brown on top.
Total utensils used:
1 mixing bowl
1 spoon
1 pastry cutter
1 butter knife
2 measuring cups, one wet and one dry
1 baby loaf pan
1 dishtowel
I'm a lot happier with this version of the bread recipe :)
