Basic Bread Recipe

 
This is my really novice approach to bread baking... theres loads of room for improvement but even still I love the outcome.
600g Flour
330g Water
2 tsp of dried yeast

I'm undecided yet if this step if necessary. But I like to awaken the dried yeast by placing it in lukewarm water. Either use the water you'll end up using. Or as I did in the photo I used 160ml (about half the total water) of warm water from the tap and a tiny pinch of sugar as food for the yeast.

Here I barely combined the ingredients. I attempted kneading for about 1 min. Then it was too sticky and I didn't want to do what I did years ago when I last attempted making bread which was adding more and more flour. So I stopped and let it rise. They say it should double in size. I'll find out in time how to knead properly but you know what, this worked.

Once it rose I smooshed it with my hands to push the main gas from the yeast out. Then popped it in a bakeable casserole pot. Then let it rise again.

This pot baking is one trick I do know. By cooking it in a pot it keeps the moisture from the bread around the dough while it bakes. This steam gives it an awesome crust. Fancy pants bakeries have steam ovens. House holds have casserole pot ;)

The result is at the top. I should have included a photo of the bread slathered in butter while still steaming after the bake... I'll do that next week while baking.
Written by: Lex
Posted on: 2020-06-20T10:40:29.292Z
Recipe Book: Baked Things