Wednesday, May 9, 2012

whole wheat bread

After cooking so many dishes  all the time on my stove I have decided to take a break from cooking So no more cooking .But something has to be done .Let us do some baking.

Today I will bake  bread in my oven.Breadwala comes daily at my doorstop and we get fresh supply every morning.  He has all varieties of bread different sizes and tastes but one.That is the home baked one  Everybody in the family loves this variety so let us bake one. I am sure baking at home has lot more fun and the outcome  is delicious.It vanishes quickly .









                                                              Home baked bread loaf




                                                                Ingredients required

                                                         

                                                               For one loaf of bread
                                                       
 3 cups                     Whole wheat flour which we use for making roti and puri

 1 3/4 cup                water

1/4 cup                    milk

2 table spoon           sugar

2 tablespoon           honey

2 tablespoon           olive oil or any  cooking oil (I used olive oil)

1 teaspoon              salt

2 teaspoon              Active yeast

1 pan for baking      Approax 9" by 4"

                              An electric oven


In a bowl pour water and add sugar ,honey,oil,milk.Mix well.Now microwave this for 1 minute.
Now add 2 teaspoon of active yeast.Stir well with a spoon.Let it stay for 20 minutes.
The liquid will start looking frothy with small bubbles in it.


                                                         Frothy liquid ready for kneading the flour

Add salt to the flour and mix well.Now knead the flour and cover it with  a wet cloth.


                                                            Kneaded dough to rest for 35 minutes            

wait for 35 minutes.The  dough will become double in size in 35 minute as seen in the picture.



                                                         Dough rose to double of it's size


Till then grease the pan with oil spray and then gently spreading the dry flour on it so the dough does not stick .
      Now knead the dough again for 5 minutes  by punching it as it is very sticky at this stage and transfer it to the baking pan.Let the dough rest again for 30 minutes till it will rise in the pan.


                                                           Dough doubled  in pan

 Pre heat the oven at 350  and bake it for 35 minutes Switch off the oven.

But let this bread be in the oven for next 5 minutes.Now take it out and let it be in the pan for next 10 minutes(the baking process still goes on with the heat of oven and the pan.Take it out on a wire rack and let it cool for another 20 minutes.Now it is ready to be cut in slices.Do not cut slices before letting it cool .Hot bread if cut then it might turn into crumbs.





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