how to make bread?

Answer 1

1 cup milk
2 tablespoons shortening
1 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup sugar
1 package dry yeast
2 eggs
Regular flour


Scald one cup milk in a pan until skin forms over the top. Pour the milk over two heaping tablespoons shortening and one teaspoon salt. Set aside and let cool to lukewarm. Measure 1/3 cup sugar and 1 package dry yeast in a measuring cup. Mix in the measuring cup with just enough water to wet the mixture. Set aside. When the milk/shortening mixture is lukewarm, add it to the yeast mixture, and then add the 2 eggs. Add enough flour to make a soft, sticky dough. Grease a bowl and transfer the dough to the bowl, cover and let it rise until double. Punch dough down and make it up into rolls by pinching off and rolling pieces of the dough in melted shortening. Let rise to double before baking. Bake in a 400 degrees oven for 20 minutes.

Answer 2

Making your own bread needs a little hard work but it's great fun and the delicious smell and taste of freshly baked bread makes it all worth while.
You can make a white or wholemeal loaf from this recipe depending on which flour you use.

What You Need:
-mixing bowl
-wooden spoon
-measuring jug
-mire rack
-greased baking pan
-piece of cling film lightly brushed with oil

Ingredients:
225g (1 ½ Cups) Strong plain white flour or plain wholemeal flour
1 level teaspoon salt
1 level teaspoon sugar
15g (1 level tbspoon) soft tub margarine
1 sachet (6g) easy blend dried yeast or fast action easy blend dried yeast
150 ml (2/3 cup) warm water - NOT HOT!

Get an ADULT to help!
Wash your hands thoroughly in soap and water.
Collect all the tools and ingredients together.
Put the flour in the mixing bowl and add the sugar and the salt.
Add the margarine and rub into the flour using your finger tips.
Add the dried yeast and stir into the flour mix
Add all the water at once to the flour mix and stir together using the wooden spoon.
Use your hands as the dough gets tough and when it leaves the sides of the bowl clean (add a little more flour if it is too sticky), put the dough onto a floured surface.
Now the hard work! The dough will feel tight and lumpy and you must 'knead' it to make it smooth and stretchy. Push your hands into the dough, gather it back into a ball, turn it slightly and then repeat. Do this for about 5 minutes until the dough feels smooth.
Shape the dough into your own design or use one of the ideas below and place it on the greased baking tray.
Cover the shape with the oiled cling film to stop it drying out and then put the tray in a warm place so that the yeast can work and make the dough rise. In winter this might be the airing cupboard, or in summer the kitchen itself may be warm enough.
Now set the oven to 230°C/450°F/Gas Mark 8
When the loaf shape has about doubled in size (after about 30 minutes), remove the cling film and place the tray in the centre of the oven.
Bake the loaf for 20-25 minutes. It should be golden brown and sound hollow when tapped underneath.
Put the loaf on a wire rack to cool and the tuck in!

Answer 3

1 1/3 teaspoons dry yeast
1 1/3 cups water
3/4 cup bread flour
3/4 cup whole-wheat flour
1 1/2 teaspoons salt

Sprinkle the yeast over 1 1/4 cups water at about 70 degrees.
Leave to dissolve about 5 minutes.
Mix flour and salt together in a bowl.
Make a well in the center of the mixture and pour the disolved yeast mixture into the well.
Stir the mixtures together using your fingers in a circular motion.
As dough forms, knead it with the heel of your hand, either in the bowl or on a lightly floured surface.
Add remaining water as needed.
Knead until dough is elastic.
Let relax (rise) until doubled in size.
Once the dough has relaxed and doubled in size, lightly punch down the dough.
Form a ball and let relax.
To know when dough has relaxed enough, press one finger into it.
If the finger impression stays, the dough has relaxed long enough.
If the impression doesn't stay, it hasn't relaxed long enough.
Shape the dough into a long loaf.
Turn the dough over into a cup of flour spread on the countertop.
Let rise until double in size.
Carefully turn dough over and place on cookie sheet.
Cut five diagonal slashes, each about 1/4 inch deep, across the top of the loaf.
Bake at 425 degrees until golden brown, about 30 minutes.
To check, remove loaf from pan.
Holding it with a towel over your hand, tap the bottom of the loaf.
If there is a hollow sound it is done.

Makes 1 loaf

Answer 4

Oh boy. Look in a cook book or recipies on line. It takes about 6 hours start to finish. You use yeast to make the bread rise. Yeast is a living thing, so if you put any hot liquid with it you kill it. So use warm water to "proof" your yeast and make sure your milk is cool after it's been scaled. Basically, you put yeast into a small glass with warm water. You heat up (scald) milk and cool down. Put the milk in a real large bowl. Add melted butter, sugar, salt, and beaten eggs. Gradually add flour a little at a time while you stir, stir,stir, stir, stir, stir, stir with a big heavy spoon or heavy duty mixer until you have a lump of dough called a sponge. Put some oil on the dough and roll it around to make a nice lump and the sides of the bowl are clean. Cover with a clean towel, put in warm place, and let rise. Put sponge on board with some flour and knead, knead, knead, knead (folding the dough onto itself). Put back in bowl, oil again, cover, let rise again until double. Then oil hands and grab dough to form into buns or whatever and place on greased baking sheet. Buns take about 18 minutes baked at 375. I don't know how long a loaf of bread takes to bake.

Answer 5

What kind of bread. Quick bread or yeast bread? Do you need details on how to proof yeast or knead dough? Here are links to instructions:
http://allrecipes.com/HowTo/Kneading-Dough/detail.aspx
http://allrecipes.com/HowTo/Proofing-Yeast/detail.aspx

Here is a really good recipe for each:

Hawaiian Banana Nut Bread
6 Tbs butter, room temperature
1/3 cup granulated sugar
2 whole eggs, room temperature
1 1/2 cups banana, mashed
1 1/2 cups All-Purpose Flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup macadamia nuts, chopped
1/2 cup coconut, optional
Gently remove from pan to cool on a rack.Gently remove from pan to cool on a rack.Gently remove from pan to cool on a rack.Gently remove from pan to cool on a rack.

Amish White Bread
2 - 9x5 inch loaves
PREP TIME 20 Min
COOK TIME 40 Min
READY IN 2 Hrs 30 Min
INGREDIENTS
2 cups warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
2/3 cup white sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons active dry yeast
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/4 cup vegetable oil
6 cups bread flour
DIRECTIONS
In a large bowl, dissolve the sugar in warm water, and then stir in yeast. Allow to proof until yeast resembles a creamy foam.
Mix salt and oil into the yeast. Mix in flour one cup at a time. Knead dough on a lightly floured surface until smooth. Place in a well oiled bowl, and turn dough to coat. Cover with a damp cloth. Allow to rise until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.
Punch dough down. Knead for a few minutes, and divide in half. Shape into loaves, and place into two well oiled 9x5 inch loaf pans. Allow to rise for 30 minutes, or until dough has risen 1 inch above pans.
Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 minutes.
Servings: 12
Ready in: 1 hour and 15 minutes

Answer 6

There are MANY websites that are devoted to cooking, baking, etc. Google "bread making" and get the recipes you need.

Answer 7

It is great for stress relief!