04-11-2008, 06:45 AM
Has anyone tried baking bread from the base recipe we shared at Dave's party? How did it turn out?
For refreshers it is:
2 cups hot tap water
1 1/2 T active dry yeast
2/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 1/2 t salt
6 cups flour (bread making type - I use white and wheat mixed)
Blend water, yeast and sugar in a large bowl with a fork; make it froth!
add veg oil and salt, continue to stir
add flour two cups at a time and mix
by the last scoop of flour you will be mixing by hand. Just knead together for at least 50 rounds.
Remove from bowl, wash bowl, coat bowl in veg oil generously and return dough to bowl. Cover with damp cloth and let rise for about 1 hour.
After one hour, punch down and knead maybe 3 minutes. Remove from bowl and divide into two loaves. Mix any "additives" at this time (fruit, garlic, whatever...). Place each loaf into a greased loaf pan, or onto a greased cookie sheet (I do this and braid the loaf). Coat top0 with vegetable oil.
Let rise another 45 minutes to an hour... the longer it rises the fluffier it is.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Place loaves on oven rack and close door
reduce heat to 325 degrees.
Bake about one hour. Check for doneness... should have a firm top. If very springy, put back in oven for 10 minutes. Generally, when done I turn off the oven and let the bread stand in there for half an hour or so... just to be sure it is done. Here in Hawaii our air is moist so overcooking isn't usually the issue, undercooking is.
If you add fruit and extra sugar at the additive stage, watch the bottom; the extra sugar may burn a bit.
Have fun and let me know how it works for you. Great, simple bread, no additives and preservatives, you control the amount of sugar and the price is right!
Just another day in P A R A D I S E !!
For refreshers it is:
2 cups hot tap water
1 1/2 T active dry yeast
2/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 1/2 t salt
6 cups flour (bread making type - I use white and wheat mixed)
Blend water, yeast and sugar in a large bowl with a fork; make it froth!
add veg oil and salt, continue to stir
add flour two cups at a time and mix
by the last scoop of flour you will be mixing by hand. Just knead together for at least 50 rounds.
Remove from bowl, wash bowl, coat bowl in veg oil generously and return dough to bowl. Cover with damp cloth and let rise for about 1 hour.
After one hour, punch down and knead maybe 3 minutes. Remove from bowl and divide into two loaves. Mix any "additives" at this time (fruit, garlic, whatever...). Place each loaf into a greased loaf pan, or onto a greased cookie sheet (I do this and braid the loaf). Coat top0 with vegetable oil.
Let rise another 45 minutes to an hour... the longer it rises the fluffier it is.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Place loaves on oven rack and close door
reduce heat to 325 degrees.
Bake about one hour. Check for doneness... should have a firm top. If very springy, put back in oven for 10 minutes. Generally, when done I turn off the oven and let the bread stand in there for half an hour or so... just to be sure it is done. Here in Hawaii our air is moist so overcooking isn't usually the issue, undercooking is.
If you add fruit and extra sugar at the additive stage, watch the bottom; the extra sugar may burn a bit.
Have fun and let me know how it works for you. Great, simple bread, no additives and preservatives, you control the amount of sugar and the price is right!
Just another day in P A R A D I S E !!
I want to be the kind of woman that, when my feet
hit the floor each morning, the devil says
"Oh Crap, She's up!"
hit the floor each morning, the devil says
"Oh Crap, She's up!"
