DealDash Bakes Delicious Bread
Who doesn’t love fresh, hot from the oven baked bread? Baking bread doesn’t have to be difficult.
Now that the holidays are over and you have more time on your hands it’s time to expand your cooking horizons. Cook more from scratch than buying premade at the supermarket is a great way to know exactly what you’re putting into your body. Here’s a tip – it’s also a great way to save money, as cooking from scratch can be cheaper once you have purchased the basic ingredients, and can get many batches out of them. Now let’s bake some bread with DealDash!
White Bread Ingredients:
Makes 2 loaves
- 2 teaspoons active-dry yeast
- 1 cup warm water
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 cup milk – 2%, or skim is best for counting your calories
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 5 1/2 – 6 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
You also need a stand mixer, a large mixing bowl
Directions:
- Pour the water into the bowl of a standing mixer or large mixing bowl and sprinkle the yeast over top. Let this stand for 5 minutes until the yeast is dissolved.
- Melt the butter in the microwave, slowly stir in the milk, sugar, and salt.
- Pour 1 cup of flour and the milk mixture over the yeast.
- Stir with the stand mixer until this comes together in a texture similar to brownie batter
- Add another 4 1/2 cups of flour, reserving the remaining cup if the dough is sticky during kneading.
- Stir until a floury dough is formed.
- Swap out the mixing attachment for the dough hook attachment on a standing mixer, then knead the dough for 8-10 minutes. If you don’t have a dough hook attachment for your stand mixer you can knead this dough by hand.
- The dough is done when it feels smooth, slightly tacky, and can form a ball without sagging. If the dough is too sticky when mixing, you can add flour a tablespoon or so at a time until it’s tacky, not sticky.
- Using another bowl, lightly coat the bowl with a little oil. Form the dough into a ball and rotate it in the bowl to coat the dough ball with oil.
- Cover the bowl and let the dough rise in a warm spot until doubled in bulk. This will take approximately one hour.
- Sprinkle a little flour on your counter workspace and place the dough on it, dividing the dough in two and shape each into a loose ball. Let these rest on the counter for a few minutes.
- Shape each ball of dough into a loaf, place them on pre-greased loaf pans. It’s important that the surface of the loaves be stretched taut; this helps them rise. Let the loaves rise a second time until they start to dome over the edge of the pan, this will take approximately minutes.
- While your dough is rising, heat the oven to 425° F
- Cut a line down the center of the tops of the loaves with a serrated knife and put them in the oven. Immediately turn down the heat to 375°F and bake for 30-35 minutes.
- Remove the loaves from the pans and let them cool completely before slicing.
I hope that you enjoy your home-baked bread! This bread is delicious and easy to make once you have done it a few times. If you need any items for your kitchen such as a stand mixer check DealDash. DealDash has everything for your kitchen including KitchenAid mixers. Visit DealDash Now.
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