Let’s take a look at some of my favorite toppings to use when baking loaves of bread, whether they are free-form or in a loaf pan, and then look at some practical steps on how to ensure they stick to your bread dough. What ingredients work well to top bread dough?
To plan ahead, make a few batches of bread dough, shape them into loaves, and freeze them for whenever you want freshly baked bread. You can also consider giving frozen dough loaves away as gifts to family and friends. That way, they can enjoy a fresh loaf without having to make homema...
However, it was all great fun, and interesting, and I loved the slightly beery smell of the starter and the bread. I made two loaves, and they looked suitably rustic. Inside, they had the big bubbles we think of when we buy sour dough. It tasted—well, exactly like sour dough bread...
Fundamentally, when you shape bread dough you’re doing two things: primarily you’re molding the dough into the basic shape of bread that you want to bake. Secondarily, and in many ways more importantly, you’re developing surface tension in the outer “skin” of the dough. This surface ...
Start off by mixing the bread dough with theregular mixer attachment. Once the dough is starting to form, switch to thedough hook. (For me, that's usually between five and six cups of flour.) Continue adding flour in 1/4 cup increments until the dough starts to pull away from the sid...
Learn how to make bread and the difference between yeast and quick bread recipes; recipes for breakfast muffin and quick bread.
Grab your rolling pins and dough cutters and come to attention because class is in session! Join Peter Endriss, head baker at Runner & Stone, as he expertly demonstrates how to handle and shape the dough of (almost) every kind of bread you can bake.
• Punch dough down. Turn into a lightly floured surface; divide dough in half. Shape each into a loaf. Place two greased loaf pans. Cover and let rise until doubled, 1 to 1/2 hours. • Bake at 375 degrees until golden brown and bread sounds hollow when tapped or has reached an...
Make all kinds of fresh bread in your bread maker after learning how to properly load ingredients, how to use it to make dough for shaped loaves, how to trouble shoot problems such as bread that's too dense or doesn't rise, and more.
Most recipes say to let bread double in size and then press your finger into it to see if it is ready. If the dent stays, it is ready. After you have made several loaves, you can pretty much tell when it is ready. When I use the oven method for raising dough from above, I skip...