Feb. 28, 2006
Baking Bread.....
I have been baking all of our family's bread for about 9 years now. I started out using a bread machine, then got a manual bread kneading bucket (which works great, and I can make 6 loaves at a time!), and 5 1/2 years ago was blessed with a Bosch Universal Kitchen Center.....I LOVE that thing! Our bread is made from about as scratch as you can. I start with whole grain wheat.... I have a Whisper Mill micronizing grain mill that I absolutely LOVE! Next I add the water, yeast, etc to my Bosch bowl.....  I use a sponging method for my bread baking so it goes from this (above) to  in 15-20 minutes....then I add my honey, gluten, salt, more flour and any other add-ins that I'm using and knead. Here is how I form my loaves.... First I divide my dough into 5 portions  Then I pat each section out flat into a "rectangle"  And fold in each side, making sure to pat it down tightly...   and then fold up each of the ends just a little.....   Then I flip it over and fold each long side under a little and roll into a "log"  And then I place it in my lightly oiled bread pans (I use 4 x 8 pans)  Here are the finished loaves before and after rising....   And the finished loaves, post baking.....   |
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