Does anyone have a simple white bread recipe?!
Answers: To cook in the oven please, not a bread machine.
Try the following
Plain and Simple White Bread
1 lb 8 oz (700 g) strong white bread flour, plus a little extra for the top of the bread
1 level tablespoon salt, or less, according to taste
1 level teaspoon easy-blend dried yeast
1 level teaspoon golden caster sugar
about 15 fl oz (425 ml) hand-hot water
Pre-heat the oven to its lowest setting.
You will also need two 1 lb (450 g) loaf tins or one 2 lb (900 g) loaf tin, well buttered.
Begin by warming the flour in the oven for about 10 minutes, then turn the oven off. Sift the flour, salt, yeast and sugar into a bowl, make a well in the centre of the mixture, then add the water. Now mix to a dough, starting off with a wooden spoon and using your hands in the final stages of mixing, adding a spot more water if there are any dry bits. Wipe the bowl clean with the dough and transfer it to a flat work surface (you may not need to flour this). Knead the dough for 3 minutes or until it develops a sheen and blisters under the surface (it should also be springy and elastic). You can now either return the dough to the mixing bowl or transfer it to a clean bowl; either way, cover it with clingfilm that has been lightly oiled on the side that is facing the dough. Leave it until it looks as though it has doubled in bulk, which will be about 2 hours at room temperature.
After that, knock the air out, then knead again for 2 minutes. Now divide the dough in half, pat each piece out to an oblong, then fold one end into the centre and the other in on top. Put each one into a buttered tin, sprinkle each with a dusting of flour, then place them side by side in an oiled polythene bag until the dough rises above the tops of the tins – this time about an hour at room temperature. Alternatively, place all the dough in the one tin. Meanwhile, pre-heat the oven to gas mark 8, 450°F (230°C).
Bake the loaves on the centre shelf for 30-40 minutes, or 35-45 minutes for the large loaf, until they sound hollow when their bases are tapped. Now return them, out of their tins, upside-down to the oven to crisp the base and side crust for about 5 minutes, then cool on a wire rack.
1. get some money
2. get dressed
3. buy a pack of bread to make at home
4. follow instructions on the pack.
voila!
*********EASY WHITE BREAD
Generously grease two 9x5 inch loaf pans. 1/4 c. sugar 1 tbsp. salt 2 pkgs. active dry yeast
Combine in large mixer bowl. 1/4 c. cooking oil
Heat in saucepan over low heat until warm.
Add warm liquid to flour mixture. Beat 1/2 minute at low speed, 3 minutes at medium speed. By hand, gradually stir in 4 to 5 cups additional flour to form soft dough.
Knead on floured surface until smooth and elastic about 1 minute. Cover dough; let rise in warm place until light and doubled in size 45 to 60 minutes. Punch down dough. Shape into two loaves. Place in greased pans. Cover; let rise in warm place until light, 30 to 45 minutes.
Bake at 350 degrees for 40 to 50 minutes until loaf sounds hollow when lightly tapped. Remove from pans immediately. Cool on rack before slicing.
To make whole wheat or oat bread replace one cup white flour with either whole wheat or oat and use 1/4 cup brown sugar instead white.
i like buyin the frozen dough
6 loaves
thaw it let it rise bake it..
simple
and white bread
can also be used to make pepperoni rolls
HOMESTYLE WHITE BREAD
4 c. (2 lbs.) all purpose flour
2 1/2 c. lukewarm water
2 (1/4 oz.) pkgs. dry or compressed yeast
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tbsp. vegetable shortening or butter
1 tbsp. sugar
Dissolve yeast in a little warm water. Add remaining water and mix. Add butter. Mix or sift together dry ingredients. Add half the flour, mixing with spoon or electric mixer or bread kneading attachment. Turn dough out on a lightly floured board or other surface.
To knead, fold the dough over and push with the heel of the hand, adding remaining dough gradually. Give the dough a quarter turn and fold over and push again. Continue this folding, pushing and turning procedure until the dough is smooth and elastic, usually 8 to 10 minutes.
Place the dough in a greased bowl, turning to grease the surface. Cover the dough with a cloth and let rise until double in bulk. To determine whether the dough has risen enough, press two fingers about 1/2" into the dough. If the indentations remain, the dough is ready to shape.
Punch dough down and cut into two equal pieces. Form each piece into a loaf shape and place in greased baking pans. Allow the dough to rise until double in bulk, about 1 hour and bake in a preheated 375 degree oven for 25 minutes or until the bread is golden brown.
To make Pepperoni Bread, use the same white bread recipe. After the first rising, roll the dough into a rectangle, approximately 8"x12", on a floured board. Spread 1/4 pound of sliced pepperoni evenly over the dough and top with 2 ounces of grated or sliced American or Provolone cheese. Roll into a loaf, in a jelly roll fashion, and crimp the end. Place the loaf on a greased baking sheet, crimped side down. Make 4 evenly spaced slits on the top of the loaf, and brush with an egg that has been slightly beaten. Cover with a cloth; allow to rise until double in bulk and bake in a 375 degree oven for 25 minutes or until golden brown.
1lb strong white bread flour.
Mix teaspoon salt, teaspoon sugar, teaspoon yeast (quick yeast)
Stir in 10 fluid ounces of warm water. The stir in a tablespoon of vegetable oil.
Turn onto a floury work surface and knead for 10 minutes. (Listen to the radio)
The put in the mixing bowl and cover with a cloth, Leave for an hour in a warm place.
Come back and turn out the dough onto a floury surface as before and knead for another five minutes. When you get air bubbles, squish them out. Shape your loaf how you want it then place on a floured baking tray.
Place in a preheated oven at about 190 degrees and cook for about 45 minutes. Before you decide it's done, tap the underside of the loaf - it should sound hollow. Turn onto a cooling rack.
No, i buy mine, it's a lot easier.