Bread can become a real delicacy if you bake it yourself and add mouth-watering additions to the classic recipe: raisins, herbs, spices, nuts. But even without these ingredients, homemade bread is very tasty. Cook it in a bread maker or conventional oven, forming it in the form of bricks, loaves or loaves.
Homemade bread in the oven
There are some subtleties to consider when baking bread. For the dough, choose durum wheat flour with a high gluten content – it will provide a tasty crumb and crisp. Bake loaves at 200-220 ° C. Lower temperatures will make the bread heavy and crumbly.
Try making traditional wheat flour loaves.
You will need: – 15 g of dry yeast; – 1,4 kg of premium flour; – 4 teaspoons of salt; – 1 tablespoon of sugar; – 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil; – 900 g of water.
Mix dry yeast with sugar and dissolve in 450 ml of warm water. Place the dough in a warm place for a quarter of an hour. Pour the remaining water into the mixture, add salt and vegetable oil. Add flour and knead to a soft dough. Put it in a bowl, cover with cellophane wrap and put away in a warm place. After 45-60 minutes, check the dough; it should double in size.
To make the bread fluffy and airy, sift the flour before kneading the dough.
Grease a baking sheet with oil. Divide the matched dough into three parts, roll each into a bun and place on a baking sheet. Cover the future loaves with plastic wrap and leave for another 45 minutes. During this time, the koloboks will increase in volume. Make a cut in each with a knife and dust the surface of the loaves with flour.
Homemade bread can be varied by including suitable additions to the recipe. For sweet bread, chopped dried fruits are suitable: raisins, dried apricots, prunes or dried figs. Pastries with coarsely ground nuts are also very tasty.
Bread can be baked in round or rectangular tins, or rolled into long baguettes
For savory options, a mixture of greens, fresh or dried, is suitable. Bread with the addition of chopped garlic, fried onions or grated cheese is distinguished by an original aroma and taste. Add these ingredients before the first proving of the dough and knead thoroughly to make the bread smooth.
A very important stage is the design of the homemade bread crust. You do not need to dust the loaves with flour. Lubricate the crust of a bun with an egg, it will turn out to be rosy and shiny. Sweet water gives a crispy toasty crust, while dabbing with milk will give the bread a beautiful, silky surface.