Xylon's bread
From LothWiki
"Screw bread, I want the whole dame bakery"
Contents |
[edit] The basic bread
Estimated time: 7-9 hours
[edit] Ingredients
- 12 cups flour
- 5 1/2 cups water
- 4 teaspoons yeast
- 5 teaspoons salt
[edit] Stage 1 (5min)
Start by placing 6 cups of flour in 2 bowls. The salt will go in one bowl with 6 cups flour then set this bowl aside. 4 1/2 cups of water will go into the other(usually the mixer itself) with 6 cups flour.
[edit] Stage 2 (10min)
Use a food bowl and last cup of luke warm water to mix yeast and water together until there is no yeast grains left.(pinching the yeast between your fingers under water works well to dissolve the yeast easily) Add the yeast water to the rest of the larger water flour mixture and mix well(this is called the sponge).
[edit] Stage 3 (2hrs)
Cover with towel and store in warm place.(about 2 hours) after sponge is raised and big add other bowl of flour to sponge. Mix in mixer until dough feels like an ear lobe?(I don't know)
[edit] Stage 4 (2.5-4hrs)
Cover and let rise again. Should double in size.
[edit] Stage 5 (1hr 30min)
Once it has put the dough on the counter and divide it into 4 loves. knead the loves by folding them in on themselves. put them in the greased or dusted bread pan. cover the bread pan and let them rise again.
[edit] Stage 6 (50min)
Now cook them for 50 minutes at 350. This making me hungry.
[edit] Options
Some things you can try.
- Use different flours and grains(you can end up with really dense bread if you are not careful)(some flours or grains seem to require more or less water then others for good dough consistency)
- Mix spices what ever spices you want or raw garlic into the salt flour bowl before you add it to the sponge.
- The night before you can ferment the flours or grains that will will make up the sponge with water, milk, beer, etc...
- You can fold diced tomatoes into the bread when you knead it.
- When you first place the bread into the bread pan you can cut it to decorate it with scarification.
- when the bread is ready for the bread pan you can wipe water on the top of the loves and roll poppy or sesame seeds into them.
- the spices that I add to make Paprika Bread:
- 6 tablespoons paprika
- 3 tablespoons basil
- 4 teaspoon marjoram
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
[edit] Slow food sucks!
fake making real bread by making this quick bread (focaccia bread)
- 5 cups flour
- 2 tablespoons sugar(Honey)
- 2 tablespoons yeast
- 2 tablespoons saly
- 1/2 cup oil
- 2 cups warm water
Add sugar & yeast to warm water. mix well. Add oil, salt flour. Stir, 20 strokes only. Set aside at least 5 minutes. spread on pizza pan. bake at 425. about 10-15 minutes?
