arewecookingyet/baking/bread.yaml
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name: Bread
category: baking
tried: yes
how_good: bland, tho certainly bread
source: https://tastesbetterfromscratch.com/bread-recipe modified
ingredients:
- 5 cups of flour
- 1 tsbp active dry yeast
- 2 cups warm water
directions:
1: >
Mix flour, yeast, and water in one bowl. Add flour in 1/2 cup at a time,
until dough begins to pull away from the sides
2: Knead dough on lightly floured surface (or butter hands) for 5-8 minutes
3: Cover bowl in plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place for 90 minutes
5: Punch down bread to remove bubbles
6: Divide into 4 equal quarters
7: Roll out each quarter to a log of about 70cm
8: Line up the logs and squeeze together one end
9: >
Tie a 4-plait with the logs. General steps are, given logs 1 2 3 4, pickup 4
to make it 1 2 4 3, then pickup 2 to make it 2 1 4 3, then pickup the 1 to
make it 2 4 1 3. Repeat until the entire bread is in a plait.
10: Place on a baking sheet that's been cooking sprayed
11: Cover and let rise for 45 minutes
12: Preheat oven to 350F
13: Bake bread for 30 minutes
14: Cool the loaf for 10 minutes before slicing
notes: >
Could add cinnamon and raisins for something sweeter. Maybe cheese for a
flavour? Spread a mixed egg on the top before baking to make it shiny on top.