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Daily Bread(revised June 2007 - and check upgrades below))
always in preparation
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![]() Kneading: squeeze dough between your fingers and your upper hand while pushing down with the palm of your hand |
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Proofing Yeast
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For your first loaves, buy a 3-packet strip of dry yeast at the supermarket.
When I first saw the Oxo/Good Grips 'diagonal' measuring cup I thought
I would have no use for it, but when I finally got one I really came to
appreciate the convenience of not having to bend over anymore to read the scale.
It works very well for me; but I only use it for water.
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![]() Divide dough in nine equal portions, let rest for 5-10 minutes |
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$0.30 white flour $0.45 wholewheat flour $0.20 olive oil $0.05 yeast (in bulk) --------+ $1.00 |
This is about what a 2Lb loaf of bread costs me: (sugar, salt, baking paper, water, gas, electricity negligible) Of course, prices vary. If you're trying for the first time, I'd recomend the small bags of yeast from the supermarket ($2 for 3TBsp); if you get into baking seriously, buy it in bulk ($4 for 3 Lb.) |
Basic Bread recipee in steps (print version)
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The rolls I usually make
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At a boy scouts camp I made about 300 dinner rolls a few times. I
had a tub-sized dough kneader and of course some helpers.
I changed a few more things since the last revision.
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Unexpectedly, wholewheat flour absorbs more water than white flour, so I changed the proportions of flour. What works for me now is:
Occasionally, when my freezer is filling up I work a smaller amount of dough:
A smaller amount of dough (for 5 or 6 rolls) I sometimes work with:
See also: Dutch Lunch
Bread-Related
Dutch Words
After you've made regular bread a few times you could advance to raisin bread and yeast bread fruit pies; you could also try pizza, but that never worked really well for me
Dutch Food Words and Conversation ... drinks
![]() Banana Bread - Not too hard, low in fat - sour cream, sugar, eggs, flour, banana, raisins, nuts |
![]() Mochi Rice Flour - with milk, eggs, butter and sugar |
![]() Dutch 'Breakfast' Cake - very low fat - flour, milk, honey, ginger, raisins, pecans, cinnamon, ground ginger, cloves, cardamom, fennel, pepper - no butter! no eggs! |
![]() Rye Bread, Pumpernickel - surprisingly little rye wholewheat flour, wheat bran, bulgur (cracked wheat,) spelt flakes, rye flakes, molasses |
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