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• Ingredients
• Steps
• Tips
• What do you need

Homemade bread is not only delicious, but also easy and cheap to make. This recipe does not require a dough cutter or mixer (although a mixer is recommended).

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup milk
• 5 teaspoons of sugar (or 1 1/2 tablespoons)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 5 teaspoons of butter (or 1 1/2 tablespoons)
• 1 bag of dry yeast or 2 1/4 teaspoons of briquette yeast
• 2 1/2 - 3 1/2 cups flour, bread flour is better, but all-purpose or unbleached flour works as well
• Cornstarch or non-stick spray (just to prevent bread from sticking to a bowl or saucepan)

Steps

1. 1 Spray non-stick spray onto the bread pan.
2. 2 Preheat a small bowl of hot water. Pour out the water.
3. 3 Add yeast.
4. 4 Add about 1 cup of warm water (38 ºC) to the yeast.
5. 5 Wait for bubbles to appear. This should take about 10 minutes. The mixture will smell strongly of yeast and look frothy when you're ready to use it.
6. 6 Pour yeast into a large bowl.
7. 7 Melt butter and add to milk, sugar and salt in yeast mixture.
8. 8 Add 2 cups flour and stir well. You can use an electric mixer or, if not available, a whisk. As it shown on the picture.
9. 9 Add the remaining flour, 1/4 cup at a time, until the dough is slightly sticky. The dough will begin to take the shape of a ball.
10. 10 Place the dough on a lightly floured surface.
11. 11 Knead with your hands for 10 minutes. To knead by hand, place the heel of your palm and press down on the dough, turn 1/4 turn, repeat.
12. 12 Form a ball of dough.
13. 13 Spray non-stick spray into a clean mixing bowl.
14. 14 Place a ball of dough in a bowl. Turn to coat it with non-stick cooking spray.
15. 15 Cover with a tea towel.
16. 16 Let the dough rise for about 1-1 1/2 hours.
17. 17 Remove the dough from the bowl.
18. 18 Roll out using a rolling pin.
19. 19 Form the dough into a loaf.
20. 20 Place in a bread pan.
21. 21 Let the dough almost double, it will take about 1 hour.
22. 22 Bake at 200 ° C for about 30 minutes.
23. 23 Turn off the gas and let the bread cool down.
24. 24 Ready.

Tips

• For a softer crust, spread freshly baked bread crust with chilled ghee.
• Spray your hands with non-stick spray to keep the dough from sticking to your hands.
• Try to keep the dough as soft as possible. This will help make a soft loaf of bread.
• You can add a pinch of sugar to the yeast and water mixture to help the yeast ferment.
• Try turning the oven on low for a couple of minutes to give it a good heat (about 30 ° C), a test temp. This works great.
• Use yeast in briquettes. This will help save money when baking. Briquette yeast can be found at grocery stores or ordered online. Dry yeast makes excellent bread.

What do you need

• Mixing bowls
• Measuring glasses and spoons
• Rolling pin
• Bread mold
• Kitchen towels
• Oven rack