Saturday, March 2, 2019

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2 comments:

  1. I used to make bread every Sunday to go with the spaghetti. Here is how I did it.

    3 cups hot tap water (there is no chlorine in our water)
    2 teaspoons yeast
    7 cups bread flour

    1 teaspoon salt

    mix these together enough to wet the flour and set aside covered. I usually let it set for 4 or more hours, it gets a good smell.

    After it sets I knead it in the Kitchenaid machine. I do it on as low as it will do it and add 1 teaspoon salt while mixing. Mix it (knead) 8 to 10 min (still on low)
    (I have done this by hand too...)

    After kneading I let it sit for 1 hour, then turn it out on a board and let it rest for 5 min. Then I cut and shape it. (2 loaves)
    I either use small metal pie pans for round loaves or the long french bread shaped loves on a cookie sheet.
    After it's shaped I let it proof for AT LEAST one hour.
    Then I bake it in a pre heated 500 degree (f) oven. (I pre heat it maybe 20 min. it needs to be hot) it's in the hot oven for 17 min. I get some great oven spring with the round loaves .

    This is a wet dough so I wet my hands when I handle it, the extra water is not going to hurt it and it won't stick to the wet hands. With nothing but flour-water-yeast-salt you can cook it hot.

    Good bread.

    I have one of those bread slicers, I found it at a second hand shop, I picked up an electric carving knife too just for slicing bread in the slicer.

    The slicer was not used for my Sunday bread, it was used when I made regular loaves.

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  2. OMG, Rob your bread sounds heavenly!
    Using the same ingredients, I have perfected the recipe for making bricks that can withstand a direct hit from a mortar...

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