What is the best recipe for bread?

Answer 1

Basic White Bread
Categories: Polkadot, Faylen, Breads
Yield: 3 Loaves

2 c Milk
1 Stick butter (1/2 cup)
2 pk Active dry yeast
1/3 c Warm water
1 tb Sugar
2 Eggs
1/4 c Molasses or brown sugar
1/2 ts Salt
7 -8 c unbleached
-all-purpose
-flour (approximately)

In a saucepan, heat the milk and butter over a low flame until the
milk is scalded (brought just short of boiling). Set aside to cool.
If quick cooling is necessary, fill a bowl with ice water and set the
saucepan inside, stirring milk mixture until lukewarm, no cooler.
(baby bottle temperature.)

In a mixing bowl, dissolve the sugar and yeast in the water. Set in a
warm place for 20 minutes, until a sponge is formed. Add the milk,
eggs, molasses or brown sugar, and salt, and mix. Add flour a cup at
a time until dough is stiff enough to work by hand. Turn dough out
onto a floured board and knead until elastic (until dough stops
coming off on your hands!) Grease the inside of a large bowl, put
the dough in, then turn the dough to coat the top with grease. Cover
bowl with a wet tea towel (not dripping, just wet!) and set in a warm
place to rise for about an hour or until double. (If you have a gas
oven with a pilot, this is perfect. So is the top of the
refrigerator.)

Punch the dough down, knead it briefly, then re-cover it in the bowl
and set it aside to rise for another hour. Punch the dough down
again, knead it for about a minute, then divide it into three equal
parts. Form each portion into a loaf, and place into a greased loaf
pan (if you made a seam in the loaves when forming them, place the
seam at the bottom.) Cover with a moist towel and let the loaves rise
about 45 minutes, until the tops of the loaves are just above the top
edge of the pans.

After 30 minutes of this rising, preheat the oven to 375 degrees (350
for glass pans). For a chewier top crust, you can brush on a mixture
of one beaten egg and a Tablespoon of water before placing the loaves
in the oven. (for a moister crust, bake plain, then rub a stick of
butter over the hot loaves until the top crust is lightly coated as
the loaves are cooling on a rack.) Bake the loaves for 35-40 minutes.
The crust should be golden brown, and the loaves will sound hollow
when rapped with a knuckle. Remove from pans immediately and place on
wire racks to cool. Cool completely before storing in any airtight
container.



Wheat Bread

Recipe By : Iris Dunaway
Serving Size : 15 Preparation Time :4:00
Categories : Breads

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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2 1/2 cups white bread flour
2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
2 1/2 cups water -- extra warm
2 teaspoons salt
2 tablespoons honey, molasses or brown sugar
1 tablespoon yeast
2 tablespoons shortening
5 teaspoons vital wheat gluten

1. Using 1/2 cup of the extra warm water, dissolve the yeast and
honey/or brown sugar or molasses. Set aside.
2. Combine the flours, add the salt, the vital wheat gluten, and
shortening and meal together.
3. Put the remainder of the 2 cups of extra warm water into the flour.
Stir.
4. Add the yeast mixture and kneed until flour is blended and dough is
elastic.
5. Let rise for 1 1/2 hours, punching down when necessary.
6. Divide dough into 2 parts; form into loaves and place in 2 greased
loaf tins.
7. Let rise until double and bake in 350 F for 40 minutes.


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NOTES : By dividing the dough into 15 equal parts, buns can be made.
Place into a 9 x 15 inch greased pan, let double and bake in 350 F oven
for 25-30 minutes.

Answer 2

Best recipe:

1. Pop to shops,
2. Find bread counter
3. Select loaf
4. Pay for loaf at check-out
5. Take loaf home.
6. Eat.

I find that it's a recipe that never fails.

Answer 3

Wholemeal bread

Combine a 7gm sachet of dried yeast with half a cup of warm water in a small bowl: stir in 1 teaspoon of caster sugar. Cover with plastic wrap and set aside for 5 minutes until bubbles appear on the surface.

Sift 2 cups of unbleached plain flower, and mix with 2 cups plain wholemeal flour, add 1 teaspoon salt, 2 tablespoons dried wholemilk powder and 1 tablespoon caster sugar into a large bowl.

Make a well in the centre, add yeast, quarter cup cooking oil and 1 cup warm water.

Using hands or large spoon, mix to a soft dough. Turn onto lightly floured surface, Knead ten minutes or until smooth and elastic. If needed incorporate up to half cup extra flour until dough is not sticky.

Place in large lightly oiled bowl. Leave, covered with a teatowel in a warm place for 1 hour or until well risen. Punch dough down, and knead for 1 minute.

Divide and shape into loaves or rolls. Leave covered with plastic wrap for 45 minutes or until well risen. Place in a tin which has been lightly oiled with butter or oil. Or mould into free-form shapes and place on a greased baking tray.

Bake in tins in a 210 degree C (Gas 190 c) oven for 10 minutes, lower heat to 180 c - bake an extra 30-40 minutes.

Bake free form loaves in a 210 c oven for 10 minutes - lower heat to180c and cook for 20-30 minutes. Cooking times will depend on size of loaves or rolls. To test for doneness, tap bottom of bread with knuckles. A hollow sound indicates bread is done.
Note. Dough is enough for 1 large, 2 medium or 3 small loaves, or 16-24 rolls.
If white bread is prefered replace the 2 cups of wholemeal flour with another 2 cups of plain flour.

Answer 4

Bread machines are very temperamental creatures, they don't like their owners to deviate one iota from the recipes specifically for them. Still, give it a try, but be prepared to do it a few times till you get it right.

Answer 5

Not sure about recipes, but I add chopped ham and parsley with a bit of grated cheese to my bread mixture and it's delicious!

Answer 6

I use a ready bread mix and just add tepid water plus my bread maker ofcourse

Answer 7

Easy:ready mixes
But add to it what you like.
Nuts,seeds,fruit,dried fruit,cinnamon,icing sugar,milk in stead of water{that keeps the bread longer fresh}

Answer 8

oatbran health bread from allrecipes.com this bread is soooooooooo good!!!!! although its for a breadmachine i am sure you can do it without one........... it makes excellent toast too!!!!!!!! good luck!

Answer 9

Hovis.

Answer 10

egg