Baking bread is not all that difficult

Mcooker: best recipes About bread

Baking bread

Many families have their own recipe for making bread, which has traditionally been passed down from generation to generation. Homemade loaf is the pride of any housewife. The production of this toasted, round with a crispy crust of homemade bread, like any other dough product, requires special attention and respect. If you put a little love and a piece of your soul into the process, then the loaf itself will delight us with its unsurpassed taste.

 

Archaeologists claim that the first flatbread was made from ground acorns, and the ancient people began to use cereals for baking much later. The Egyptians were the first to add yeast when preparing dough products, they also invented ovens.
Even in Ancient Russia, in many villages, loaves were baked in huts specially built for these purposes, and the masters of making fluffy rolls, bagels and other food products made from flour were called bread bakers. At that time, there was no question of any specialized equipment for the bakery: only skills and carefully stored recipes, and the naturalness of the products, were the key to a tasty, aromatic and long-lasting result.
However, then every woman knew how to bake loaves and had her own recipe. Most often in Russia sour bread was prepared from rye flour, but at monasteries they also baked prosphora, rolls, and cakes from wheat flour. In the annals, there are references to various mats with poppy seeds and cottage cheese and recipes for various pies. Already in the 16th century, bakers began to be divided into categories, there were bread bakers, kalachniki, pancake makers and other masters.
Making bread requires not only attention, but also a sufficient amount of free time. In our fussy and busy life, it is difficult to make a loaf on our own, and indeed why, because in stores there is a wide range of food products made from flour. But what could be better than waking up in the morning from the heady aroma of freshly baked kalach. Many people immediately recall their childhood years, when grandmother offered soft but crispy crumbs and a glass of fresh milk for breakfast. The current housewives also want to pamper their household with something delicious - buns, pies and muffins. And the modern equipment for bakeries and at home can allow you to turn the process of cooking flour products into a sheer pleasure.
Baking bread
If you bake bread in the oven or in the oven, they must be able to adjust the temperature from 150 to 300 degrees. The quality of the bread largely depends on the speed of heating the oven. It is also important to take high-quality flour, dry and without any smell. You can make your own yeast for the dough, but it is a rather laborious process, so it is better to get them at the store. The dough for the loaf is prepared either in the sponge way, or in the unpaired way.
The process of baking dough products is usually divided into 7 stages:
• warming up the dough;
• formation of a bread crust (the color of the bread crust depends on the duration of baking and on the temperature);
• movement of moisture inside the bread;
• crumb formation.
Baking bread
In production, many workers are involved in the process of cooking and baking rolls and loaves, but at home everything is much simpler - you just have to buy a bread machine. Pour the ingredients corresponding to the recipe into it and turn on the unit. The device will automatically start kneading the dough and baking the desired product. Cooking will take from 3 to 6 hours, and we note that you do not have to check every 10 minutes if the crust is not burnt, and also monitor whether the dough has risen, whether it spills out of the mold and for many other troubles.A modern unit will do everything itself, which greatly facilitates and simplifies the cooking process. Different models can bake from 450 grams to 1.5 kilograms at a time. Determine your family's need for bread and, following from this, choose a model for yourself.
When choosing a homemade bread machine, preference should be given to well-known, well-established brands. Pay attention to various additional functions - the more there are, the more expensive the unit will be. Think about whether you need them. The standard model does not take up much space in your kitchen, being about the same size as a microwave oven. It should be installed permanently, so think about the place in advance. Some models can keep ready-made flour products warm for a long time, so there will be no need to immediately remove them from the mold, but can be used as needed.
A home bakery will not just be a wonderful gift for any housewife, it will become a necessary item in every kitchen. Such popularity is easily explained. Just let the family try their homemade, fragrant, self-prepared loaf, which does not stale for a long time and retains the warmth of mother's hands, despite the complete automation of cooking.

Photo by Admin


We bake healthy bread: the right ingredients, GOST R certification and other tricks   Rye bread

All recipes

© Mcooker: best recipes.

map of site

We advise you to read:

Selection and operation of bread makers