I made bread 🍞
My dad sent me to the store today for bread. When I walked down the bread aisle saw for 1 loaf $3.25 and it’s enriched? What does that even mean, the ingredients were more than 10. I was like I can make bread at home. I normally make milk egg bread but today good old sandwich bread.
4 cups of flour
1 2/3 cup Lukewarm water but needs to be separated (had to do math so it’s 5/6 cup of water separated in half being 2.5/6 it got confusing)
1 tsp sugar
1 tablespoon honey
3 tablespoons of room temp butter (separated in 1/2)
1 packet of active dry yeast
1 tsp of oil for bowl and pans
combine 1/2 of the lukewarm water yeast and sugar in bowl and sit for 15 mins until frothy. Add half butter honey rest of the water and slowly adding flour in. You can use a mixer with dough hook or you can mix by hand. Today I mixed by hand. You then mix for 6-8 mins fully combined and kneaded. Let rest in oiled bowl for 45 mins until doubled in size. Some cover with plastic wrap I’ve always covered with clean dish towel. Put on to floured surface and divide in half. As you flatten stretch to rectangle. Roll it up and tuck in edges and rest in older bread pan for 45 mins or double in size. Pre-heat over to 390 degrees F for 25-30 min until golden inside temp of bread between 208-210. Dump to cooling rack, then brush with butter. Completely cool and enjoy.
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Looks buttery good 🔥😍