Post by Silly Yak on Feb 23, 2011 10:02:02 GMT
Jerry’s bread guide:
.Firstly you want to know why you are putting in all the ingredients:
Flour for body(structure)
Liquid to hold the bread together,
Leavening, to riase the bread
Salt for controlling fermentation and flavour,
Shortening to tenderise the bread.
Sugar to feed the yeast and for flavour.
When making bread a few simple principles need to be followed The yeast has to be treated properly as it must be mixed with luke warm water to activate it, the water must not be to hot or the yeast can collapse during baking also if it is to cold it will not rise properly. It is a very good idea to mix the yeast with warm water and sugar to activate the yeast ( wake it up!)Prescription flours have extra leavening in them and make very good loaves. Bread is very quick to make especially in a food processor, it takes approx 1minute to mix all the ingredients to make a dough. Fruit bread is even easier to make as the extra sugar about25g/250g of flour feeds the yeast and the loaf tends to rise very well. Brushing olive oil or corn oil on the top of the loaf gives a glaze and improves the appearance as well as making it slightly crispier. Putting seeds in the loaf and on the loaf is also worth experimenting with, poppy, sesame, sunflower and pumpkin seeds are all worth trying. I like a layer of pumpkin and sunflower seeds on loaves or a layer of poppy and sesame seeds at the moment
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.Firstly you want to know why you are putting in all the ingredients:
Flour for body(structure)
Liquid to hold the bread together,
Leavening, to riase the bread
Salt for controlling fermentation and flavour,
Shortening to tenderise the bread.
Sugar to feed the yeast and for flavour.
When making bread a few simple principles need to be followed The yeast has to be treated properly as it must be mixed with luke warm water to activate it, the water must not be to hot or the yeast can collapse during baking also if it is to cold it will not rise properly. It is a very good idea to mix the yeast with warm water and sugar to activate the yeast ( wake it up!)Prescription flours have extra leavening in them and make very good loaves. Bread is very quick to make especially in a food processor, it takes approx 1minute to mix all the ingredients to make a dough. Fruit bread is even easier to make as the extra sugar about25g/250g of flour feeds the yeast and the loaf tends to rise very well. Brushing olive oil or corn oil on the top of the loaf gives a glaze and improves the appearance as well as making it slightly crispier. Putting seeds in the loaf and on the loaf is also worth experimenting with, poppy, sesame, sunflower and pumpkin seeds are all worth trying. I like a layer of pumpkin and sunflower seeds on loaves or a layer of poppy and sesame seeds at the moment
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