Homemade Bread

Name: Homemade Bread
Ingredients: 2 cups warm water; 1 teaspoon white sugar; 1 dried Instant yeast (2 1/4 teaspoon ) or 2 oz cake yeast; 1 1/2 teaspoons sea salt; 3 cups flour plus some for dusting

5 ingredients

12 steps

Ingredients

2 cups warm water
1 teaspoon white sugar
1 dried Instant yeast (2 1/4 teaspoon ) or 2 oz cake yeast
1 1/2 teaspoons sea salt
3 cups flour plus some for dusting

Directions

1

In a separate bowl, put the sugar in 1 cup of warm water and then stir in yeast and 1 tbs flour. Allow to proof, to make sure it's still active.
2

In the bowl with flour, make a well in the centre and add yeast mixture, and rest of water.
3

Using the tips of your fingers, mix the yeast and water with the flour, incorporating a little at a time, until everything is combined. Or just use a mixer.
4

Knead and shape it into a ball, then coat lightly with oil.
5

Put a cloth over the bowl and set it somewhere warm for an hour to rise.
6

It should double in size.
7

Punch the dough down and knead for a few minutes, make into a loaf.
8

Then oil the dough and bread pan ( 13 x 9 ) and put the loaf inside the pan.
9

Cover that loaf up with the towel and let rise again about 30 minutes.
10

Cut along the middle.
11

Bake 350 F 30-40 minute.
12

Turn out bread and let cool on a rack.