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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

White Bread

 Finally the basic white bread...:)..Its been long time I was thinking of baking this...either my laziness or the scarcity of ingredients would keep me away from that..This time I had all the stuffs, home made jam ;), and  a proper recipe to go with.The recipe is from suman...The bread was superb..Here's what I did...





All Purpose Flour/Maida-3 3/4 Cup
Active Dry Yeast-21/4 tsp
Honey-2 tbsp
Unsalted Butter-2 tbsp(melted and cooled)
Milk-1 Cup
Water-1/4 Cup
Salt-1 1/2 tsp

Method Of Preparation:
1. Preheat the oven to 350 F.
2. Heat the milk,water ,honey till luke warm(115 deg to 120 deg)/if using microwave heat for 40 to 45 sec.To this add cooled butter and yeast and keep for 5 to 10 mins for yeast to get active.
3. Mix the APF and salt in another bowl.
4. Add the yeast mixture to APF mixture and knead well to form a stiff dough that is soft and elastic,not sticky.Shape to a ball.
5. Place it in a lightly greased bowl and coat with oil all over.Cover and let rise in warm place till it doubles.Took about 1 hour for me.
6. Punch down the dough, shape the dough into a rectangle about 1 inch thick.The length and width should be approx the size of your loaf pan. I used 9X 5 inch pan.Form the rectangle to a loaf by rolling the dough from narrow edge(length).Seal with finger tips as you roll with the seam at the bottom.
7. Place the loaf with seam side down in the greased loaf pan.The ends should fit properly.Brush surface with butter, cover the pan with kitchen towel and put in a warm place to rise again until it comes just above the rims of pan. It took 45 min again.
8. Bake the bread for 40 to 45 mins or till the crust is well browned.Test by tapping the top with your finger. A hollow sound means the loaf is properly baked.
9. When bread is baked remove it from loaf pan and cool completely before slicing.






Tips:
1. If top browns fast cover loosely with foil for the last 15 mins of baking.
2. Baking time depends on your oven.
3. Rising time depends on the place you stay.

49 comments:

  1. So perfect...love the crust n everything...great attempt...soft n delicious looking bread

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  2. Bread looks amazing...I am still thinking to bake one...Your post will help me with mine...

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  3. thanks for visiting my blog and for your comment. You have a nice blog with yummy recipes. Following you. Would you be interested in my event Fusion Food: Pasta

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  4. home made bread, 1 of my favourites.

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  5. bread is done perfectly...very soft... thanx for the recipe ....bookmarking it...

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  6. perfect White Bread Resmi...

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  7. Ramya the bread reminds me of the breads that we get in India so soft and yummy.You have nailed this down.Good job.

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  8. Simple professional... the bread and the clicks.. superb!

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  9. Wonderful!!! It came out really well dear.

    Cheers,
    Uma

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  10. perfectly baked bread !! looks soft

    Ongoing Event - CC-Appetizers

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  11. Yay..Fab bread..Great outcome Reshmi.

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  12. Looks delicious and heavenly. Love the color.

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  13. bookmarking this recipe dear..looks perfect...

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  14. Bread looks awesome. Perfectly baked.

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  15. Absolutely gorgeous. Bookmarked.

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  16. WOW!! It looks perfect. Great job!

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  17. Oh! That looks great. Perfect & delicious bread!

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  18. Looks so soft and fluffy.... Makes me feel like grabbing one from the screen... Wonderful pictures.

    -Lavanya
    My recent post: Easy Breezy Chicken Curry

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  19. Perfectly baked, soft bread!!!
    Prathima Rao
    Prats Corner

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  20. Oh dear. u have done dat perfectly... Looks so perfectly risen and baked... Great job

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  21. What perfect looking bake...Love that bread Reshmi

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  22. perfectly baked bread and looks soft and moist

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  23. Home made is the best..looks delicious.

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  24. delicious looking white bread beautifully done

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  25. white bread looks delicious. I love home made bread.

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  26. Beautifully done bread! Looks so fresh and nice.

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  27. That does look superb dear, beautiful color and texture :)

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  28. Ah! Nothing like freshly baked bread. Very nice photos too.

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  29. What a beautiful loaf of bread!

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  30. There is nothing more comforting like home baked bread. Great effort.Looks soft and beautiful. Too good.

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  31. Home made bread look really great! Love the porous texture!

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  32. wow looks perfect isn't it rewarding to make bread :-)

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  33. Bread looks soft, spongy and perfect. Thanks for your lovely recipe.

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  34. looks so soft and nice pic
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  35. Super soft and beautifully baked bread!

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  36. Home made white bread looks wonderful and perfect...

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  37. That looks so perfect and yummy dear!!!! ooh...

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  38. This is the kind of bread I've been looking for, the bread in Italy tends to be rather hard. They have sliced bread but it's treated with alcohol and it smells unpleasant. When I go back home to Sicily I will try this recipe. I'm following you from Rome! Love your blog!

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  39. Perfect white bread :D So soft and fluffy.. nice :)

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  40. First time here Reshmi, you have a wonderful space I love this recipe. Will try soon. Glad to follow u.

    Drop in when you can.

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  41. wow! looks perfect and mighty tempting...first time here and loved your blog!
    happy to follow you!
    do visit me when time permits

    Cheers,
    Binitha
    yourstastefully.blogspot.com

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  42. This recipe sounds DELISH!

    My question is, do you use unbleached or bleached APF? What about bread flour? Does it work the same and would the measurements be the same as the APF?


    Athena B.

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    1. Here I have used bleached APF. But these days I bake with unbleached and the breads are still good.. I have not used bread flour. I guess they have high gluten and thus the result should be a softer bread. Hope this helps you.

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