Basic Homemade Bread Recipe Using Yeast
A vegetarian Continental recipe with -1/2 all purpose flour (maida), teaspoons active dry yeast, tablespoons sugar. Ready in 4h 30m, serves 2.
Curated byLucas Dubois🇫🇷
Instructions
17 steps- 1
To begin making the Homemade Bread with yeast, first prep all your ingredients and keep them ready
teaspoons active dry yeast(2) - 2
Into a large mixing bowl or the bowl of the stand mixer, add the flour, salt, sugar and instant dry yeast
-1/2 all purpose flour (maida)(6 cups)teaspoons active dry yeast(2)tablespoons sugar(3)salt(1 tablespoon) - 3
If you are using yeast that needs to be proofed, then you need to add it along with the wet ingredients
teaspoons active dry yeast(2) - 4
Combine the above dry ingredients well
- 5
Add the water, oil (and here if using proofed yeast) and start mixing and kneading the dough until it becomes smooth
teaspoons active dry yeast(2)lukewarm water - water(2 cups) - 6
Knead well for about 10 to 15 minutes, this kneading process helps to develop gluten in the bread
- 7
At this stage the dough will be sticky - just allow it to be
- 8
Cover and rest for about 2 hours
- 9
The dough would have doubled its size
- 10
The next step is to do the 2nd rise
- 11
Grease two loaf pans of 9 x 4 or 9 x 5Remove the dough and place it on a floured surface
-1/2 all purpose flour (maida)(6 cups) - 12
Divide the dough into two and shape it into loaf
- 13
Place the dough portions into the loaf pan and allow it to rise for another two hours
- 14
Once it has doubled in size, preheat the oven to 175 C
- 15
Place the homemade breads into the oven and bake for about 3o to 35 minutes until you notice the crust has a golden brown color
- 16
Remove from the pan and immediately invert it into a cooling wire rack - when you tap the bread at the bottom it should sound little hollow
- 17
Allow the bread to cool for at least 10 to 15 minutes before you can cut and serve
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Basic Homemade Bread Recipe Using Yeast
A vegetarian Continental recipe with -1/2 all purpose flour (maida), teaspoons active dry yeast, tablespoons sugar. Ready in 4h 30m, serves 2.
Curated byLucas Dubois🇫🇷
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Directions
17 steps- 1
To begin making the Homemade Bread with yeast, first prep all your ingredients and keep them ready
teaspoons active dry yeast(2) - 2
Into a large mixing bowl or the bowl of the stand mixer, add the flour, salt, sugar and instant dry yeast
-1/2 all purpose flour (maida)(6 cups)teaspoons active dry yeast(2)tablespoons sugar(3)salt(1 tablespoon) - 3
If you are using yeast that needs to be proofed, then you need to add it along with the wet ingredients
teaspoons active dry yeast(2) - 4
Combine the above dry ingredients well
- 5
Add the water, oil (and here if using proofed yeast) and start mixing and kneading the dough until it becomes smooth
teaspoons active dry yeast(2)lukewarm water - water(2 cups) - 6
Knead well for about 10 to 15 minutes, this kneading process helps to develop gluten in the bread
- 7
At this stage the dough will be sticky - just allow it to be
- 8
Cover and rest for about 2 hours
- 9
The dough would have doubled its size
- 10
The next step is to do the 2nd rise
- 11
Grease two loaf pans of 9 x 4 or 9 x 5Remove the dough and place it on a floured surface
-1/2 all purpose flour (maida)(6 cups) - 12
Divide the dough into two and shape it into loaf
- 13
Place the dough portions into the loaf pan and allow it to rise for another two hours
- 14
Once it has doubled in size, preheat the oven to 175 C
- 15
Place the homemade breads into the oven and bake for about 3o to 35 minutes until you notice the crust has a golden brown color
- 16
Remove from the pan and immediately invert it into a cooling wire rack - when you tap the bread at the bottom it should sound little hollow
- 17
Allow the bread to cool for at least 10 to 15 minutes before you can cut and serve
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